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On November 21, 2011, the Delaware River Basin Commission will consider adoption of Article 7 of DRBC’s Water Quality Regulations
to protect the water resources of the Delaware River Basin during the
construction and operation of natural gas development projects.
This meeting is a special meeting rescheduled from October 21, 2011. It will be held from 10 a.m. to 12 noon in the Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, 1 Memorial Drive, in Trenton, N.J. It will not include a hearing to accept comments from the public prior to the anticipated vote.
The purpose of the proposed regulations are to protect the water
resources of the Delaware River Basin during the development and
operation of natural gas projects.
69,000 comments were received on the draft natural gas development
regulations. Six
public hearings were held at three locations in February 2011. Written comments were accepted until April
15, 2011, which was an extension from the original March 16 deadline.
The Commission has published the regulations on their website: NATURAL GAS DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
They also published a "fact sheet" regarding the regulations on their website: NATURAL GAS DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS "AT A GLANCE" FACT SHEET
