Notice2026-02547
Notice of Proposed Methodology for the 2026 Delaware River and Bay Water Quality Assessment Report
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Published
February 9, 2026
Issuing agencies
Delaware River Basin Commission
Abstract
Notice is hereby given that the methodology proposed to be used in the 2026 Delaware River and Bay Water Quality Assessment Report is available for review and comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 26 (Monday, February 9, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 5751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-02547]
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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION
Notice of Proposed Methodology for the 2026 Delaware River and
Bay Water Quality Assessment Report
AGENCY: Delaware River Basin Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the methodology proposed to be
used in the 2026 Delaware River and Bay Water Quality Assessment Report
is available for review and comment.
DATES: Comments on the assessment methodology or recommendations for
the consideration of data sets should be submitted in writing before
5:00 p.m. EST on March 31, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted through the Commission's
web-based comment system, a link to which is provided at <a href="http://www.drbc.gov">www.drbc.gov</a>.
All submissions should include the name and address (street address
optional) of the commenter. Exceptions to use of the web-based comment
system are available based on need, by writing to the attention of the
Commission Secretary, DRBC, P.O. Box 7360, 25 Cosey Road, West Trenton,
NJ 08628-0360. For assistance, please contact Patricia Hausler at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c9b9a8bdbba0aaa0a8e7a1a8bcbaa5acbb89adbbabaae7aea6bf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83f3e2f7f1eae0eae2adebe2f6f0efe6f1c3e7f1e1e0ade4ecf5">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jake Bransky, Senior Aquatic
Biologist, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6802090b070a460a1a09061b0311280c1a0a0b460602460f071e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="117b70727e733f7363707f627a6851756373723f7f7b3f767e67">[email protected]</span></a>, 609-883-9500, ext. 230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Delaware River Basin Commission
(``DRBC'' or ``Commission'') is an interstate and federal compact
agency that was created in 1961 by concurrent legislation of the States
of Delaware, New Jersey, and New York, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and the United States Government for purpose of jointly managing the
water resources of the Delaware River Basin.
DRBC currently is compiling data for the 2026 Delaware River and
Bay Water Quality Assessment Report (``2026 Assessment'') required by
the federal Clean Water Act (``CWA''). The 2026 Assessment will present
the extent to which waters of the Delaware River and Bay are attaining
designated uses in accordance with Section 305(b) of the CWA and the
Commission's Water Quality Regulations, 18 CFR part 410, and will
identify impaired waters, which consist of waters in which surface
water quality standards are not being met.
The proposed assessment methodology to be used in the 2026
Assessment is available for review at the following URL: <a href="https://www.nj.gov/drbc/library/documents/WQAssessmentReport2026MethodologyDRAFTfeb2026.pdf">https://www.nj.gov/drbc/library/documents/WQAssessmentReport2026MethodologyDRAFTfeb2026.pdf</a>.
Authority: Delaware River Basin Compact, Public Law 87-328,
Approved September 27, 1961, 75 Statutes at Large, 688, sec's 3.6(c),
3.6(h), 3.9, 3.9(a), 3.9(d), and 5.1.
Dated: February 4, 2026.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-02547 Filed 2-6-26; 8:45 am]
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