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Committee Members

Regulated Flow Advisory Committee Bylaws (pdf)

Resolution 2005-18 (pdf; Reconstitutes the Flow Management Technical Advisory Committee as the Regulated Flow Advisory Committee, re-defining its purpose and expanding its membership)

Presentations from the Wednesday, March 13, 2013 Meeting

• Kelly Maloney, USGS Northern Appalachian Research Laboratory: "USGS Upper-Delaware Decision-Support System (DSS)" (pdf 4.9 MB)
• Garth Pettinger, Trout Unlimited: "Beyond 2013" (pdf 2.22 MB)
• Peter Kolesar, Columbia University: "Mitigating Thermal Stress to Trout in the Upper Delaware" (pdf 3 MB)
• Dan Plummer, Delaware Watershed Conservation Coalition: "Fair Share 2013" (pdf 8 MB)

Presentations from the Thursday, December 6, 2012 Meeting

• Peter Kolesar et al., "Mitigating Thermal Stress in the Upper Delaware: Toward a Lordville Thermal Relief Program" (pdf 848 KB)
• Dan Plummer, Friends of the Upper Delaware River, "Delaware Watershed Conservation Coalition Recommendations" (pdf 417 KB)

Presentation and Narrative Handout from the Thursday, September 20, 2012 Meeting

• Garth Pettinger, Trout Unlimited, "The Delaware in Conflict"
  • Presentation (pdf 1.6 MB)
  • Narrative Handout (pdf 562 KB)

Presentations from the Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Meeting

• Anthony Fiore, NYC Dept. of Environmental Protection, "Cannonsville Hydroelectric Project" (pdf 2.7 MB)
• Joe Miri, N.J. Dept. of Environmental Protection, "Origins of Good Faith/FFMP Delaware Basin Reservoir Rule Curves" (pdf 663 KB)

Presentation from the Thursday, February 16, 2012 Meeting

• Garth Pettinger, Trout Unlimited, "Equitable Apportionment Plan" (pdf 2 MB)

Information from the April 7, 2011 Meeting

• Questions Submitted in Advance by Members of the Public (pdf 970 KB)
• Response by Peter Kolesar and Jim Serio to Questions from Glenn Erikson (pdf 790 KB)
• Response by Peter Kolesar and Jim Serio to Questions from Elaine Reichart (pdf 400 KB)
• Supporting Information Presented by Hazen & Sawyer Staff (Consultants for NYCDEP) (pdf 1 MB)

Presentations/Informational Statements from the March 8, 2011 Meeting

• Presentation by Peter Kolesar and James Serio, "Moving Towards an Improved Delaware Release Policy for June 1, 2011 Implementation" (pdf 3 MB)
• Presentation by Grantley Pyke and Josh Weiss, "New York City's Operations Support Tool (OST)" (pdf 680 KB)
• Presentation by Brenan Tarrier, "Progress of OST Table Development" (pdf 644 KB)
• Statement by Glenn Erikson, Ph.D., President, Wild Trout Flyrodders (pdf 233 KB)
• Statement by Dan Plummer, Chairman, Friends of the Upper Delaware River (pdf 7 KB)

Presentations/Information from the January 25, 2011 Meeting

• Presentation by Peter Kolesar and James Serio, "A Framework for Immediate Improvement of the FFMP" (pdf 1.3MB)
• Presentation by Tom Murphy, "NYC Reservoir System - Current Operations" (pdf 330 KB)
• Presentation by Garth Pettinger, "The Root Cause" (pdf 1.2 MB)

• Work Plan Elements for a 1-Year Extension of the Flexible Flow Management Plan (FFMP) (pdf 8 KB)

Presentations/Information from the December 14, 2010 Meeting

• Presentation by Tom Brand, N.J. Department of Environmental Protection (pdf 3.3 MB)
• Presentation by Tina Johnstone, N.Y.C. Department of Environmental Protection (pdf 4.5MB)
• Presentation by Tom Murphy, N.Y.C. Department of Environmental Protection (pdf 5.5MB)
• Presentation by Elaine Reichart, Aquatic Conservation Unlimited (pdf 3 MB)

• Sections of FFMP Agreement Subject to Decree Party Scrutiny and Potential Revision (pdf 11 KB)

Presentations Given at the June 17, 2009 Meeting

• Presentation by Dr. Muralidhar, NYSDEC, on the FFMP Summer 2009 Reservoir Releases Program (pdf 153 KB)
• Statement by Peter Kolesar, Columbia University, and Jim Serio, Delaware River Foundation, to the RFAC and to the DRBC (pdf 17 KB)

• Presentation by Jeff Zimmerman on Delaware River Flow Management Proposal for April 2009 through March 2010 (pdf 191 KB)

Presentation Given at the December 11, 2008 Meeting

Briefing by DRBC's William Muszynski on DRBC Withdrawal of Proposed Amendments to the Water Code and Comprehensive Plan to Implement the Flexible Flow Management Plan (FFMP) (pdf 69 KB)