[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 228 (Monday, November 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62626-62628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28516]


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SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION


Notice of Public Hearing and Commission Meeting

AGENCY: Susquehanna River Basin Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public hearing and commission meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Susquehanna River Basin Commission will hold a public 
hearing as part of its regular business meeting beginning at 1 p.m. on 
December 17, 2009, in Lancaster, Pa. At the public hearing, the 
Commission will consider: action on certain water resources projects; a 
compliance matter involving one project; the rescission of a previous 
docket approval; a request for an extension of an approval; a request 
for an administrative hearing; the 2010 Regulatory Program Fee 
Schedule; and amendments to the SRBC Comprehensive Plan. Details 
concerning the matters to be addressed at the public hearing and 
business meeting are

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contained in the Supplementary Information section of this notice.

DATES: December 17, 2009, at 1 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Lancaster Marriot at Penn Square, 25 South Queen Street, 
Lancaster, PA 17603.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard A. Cairo, General Counsel, 
telephone: (717) 238-0423, ext. 306; fax: (717) 238-2436; e-mail: 
[email protected] or Stephanie L. Richardson, Secretary to the 
Commission, telephone: (717) 238-0423, ext. 304; fax: (717) 238-2436; 
e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In addition to the public hearing and its 
related action items identified below, the business meeting also 
includes actions or presentations on the following items: (1) A special 
presentation by Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of 
Environmental Protection John Hanger; (2) presentation of the Frederick 
L. Zimmermann Award; (3) hydrologic conditions of the basin; 4) FY-2011 
funding of the Susquehanna Flood Forecast and Warning System; (5) the 
2010 Annual Water Resources Program; (6) a Low Flow Monitoring Plan for 
the basin; (7) ratification/approval of grants/contracts; and (8) the 
FY-2009 Audit Report. The Commission will also hear a Legal Counsel's 
report.

Public Hearing--Compliance Matter

    1. Project Sponsor: TYCO Electronics Corporation. Project Facility: 
Lickdale, Union Township, Lebanon County, Pa.

Public Hearing--Projects Scheduled for Action

    1. Project Sponsor and Facility: Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC 
(Susquehanna River--Hicks), Great Bend Township, Susquehanna County, 
Pa. Application for surface water withdrawal of up to 0.750 mgd.
    2. Project Sponsor and Facility: East Resources, Inc. (Susquehanna 
River--Welles), Sheshequin Township, Bradford County, Pa. Application 
for surface water withdrawal of up to 0.850 mgd.
    3. Project Sponsor and Facility: Eastern American Energy 
Corporation (West Branch Susquehanna River--Moore), Goshen Township, 
Clearfield County, Pa. Application for surface water withdrawal of up 
to 2.000 mgd.
    4. Project Sponsor and Facility: Fortuna Energy Inc. (Fall Brook--
Tioga State Forest C.O.P.), Ward Township, Tioga County, Pa. 
Application for surface water withdrawal of up to 2.000 mgd.
    5. Project Sponsor and Facility: Fortuna Energy Inc. (Fellows 
Creek--Tioga State Forest C.O.P.), Ward Township, Tioga County, Pa. 
Application for surface water withdrawal of up to 2.000 mgd.
    6. Project Sponsor and Facility: Fortuna Energy Inc. (Susquehanna 
River--Thrush), Sheshequin Township, Bradford County, Pa. Modification 
to increase surface water withdrawal from 0.250 mgd up to 2.000 mgd 
(Docket No. 20080909).
    7. Project Sponsor and Facility: Montgomery Water and Sewer 
Authority, Clinton Township, Lycoming County, Pa. Application for 
groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.252 mgd from Well 2R.
    8. Project Sponsor and Facility: Nissin Foods (USA) Co., Inc., East 
Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, Pa. Modification to increase 
consumptive water use from 0.090 mgd up to 0.150 mgd (Docket No. 
20021021).
    9. Project Sponsor and Facility: Southwestern Energy Company 
(Lycoming Creek--Reichenbach), Lewis Township, Lycoming County, Pa. 
Application for surface water withdrawal of up to 1.500 mgd.
    10. Project Sponsor and Facility: Southwestern Energy Company 
(Lycoming Creek--Wascher), Lewis Township, Lycoming County, Pa. 
Application for surface water withdrawal of up to 1.500 mgd.
    11. Project Sponsor and Facility: Southwestern Energy Company 
(Lycoming Creek--Parent), McIntyre Township, Lycoming County, Pa. 
Application for surface water withdrawal of up to 1.500 mgd.
    12. Project Sponsor and Facility: Southwestern Energy Company 
(Lycoming Creek--Schaefer), McIntyre Township, Lycoming County, Pa. 
Application for surface water withdrawal of up to 1.500 mgd.
    13. Project Sponsor and Facility: Sunbury Generation LP, Monroe 
Township and Shamokin Dam Borough, Snyder County, Pa. Modification for 
use of up to 0.100 mgd of the approved surface water withdrawal by 
natural gas companies (Docket No. 20081222).

Public Hearing--Request for Extension

    1. Project Sponsor and Facility: Sunnyside Ethanol, a wholly owned-
subsidiary of Consus Ethanol, LLC, Curwensville Borough, Clearfield 
County, Pa. Request for a waiver of the 120-day period for applying for 
extension and a retroactive 2-year extension for the project scheduled 
to expire on December 5, 2009 (Docket No. 20061203).

Public Hearing--Project Scheduled for Rescission Action

    1. Project Sponsor: Eastern American Energy Corporation. Pad ID: 
Whitetail Gun and Rod Club 1, ABR-20090418, Goshen Township, 
Clearfield County, Pa.

Public Hearing--Request for Administrative Hearing

    1. Petitioner Delta Borough, York County, Pennsylvania; RE: Delta 
Borough Public Water Supply Well No. DR-2; Docket No. 20090315, 
approved March 12, 2009.

Public Hearing--2010 Regulatory Program Fee Schedule

    The revisions implement annual adjustments previously established 
by the Commission in March 2005. Other changes include annual 
compliance and monitoring fees for projects approved or modified after 
December 31, 2009; an increase in certain water withdrawal application 
fees for new and modified projects in the smaller withdrawal 
categories; and comprehensive format changes to the fee schedule 
document to aid applicants, including separate charts for different 
types of fees and a new application fee worksheet.

Public Hearing--Comprehensive Plan Amendments

    The Commission will also consider amendments to its Comprehensive 
Plan for the Water Resources of the Susquehanna River Basin. The 
proposed amendments include the addition of the 2010 Annual Water 
Resources Program and a ``Low Flow Monitoring Plan'' (both to be 
considered separately at this meeting), as well as all water resources 
projects approved by the Commission during 2009.

Opportunity to Appear and Comment

    Interested parties may appear at the above hearing to offer written 
or oral comments to the Commission on any matter on the hearing agenda, 
or at the business meeting to offer written or oral comments on other 
matters scheduled for consideration at the business meeting. The chair 
of the Commission reserves the right to limit oral statements in the 
interest of time and to otherwise control the course of the hearing and 
business meeting. Written comments may also be mailed to the 
Susquehanna River Basin Commission, 1721 North Front Street, 
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17102-2391, or submitted electronically to 
Richard A. Cairo, General Counsel, e-mail: [email protected] or Stephanie 
L. Richardson, Secretary to the Commission, e-mail: 
[email protected]. Comments mailed

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or electronically submitted must be received prior to December 11, 
2009, to be considered.

    Authority:  Public Law 91-575, 84 Stat. 1509 et seq., 18 CFR 
Parts 806, 807, and 808.

    Dated: November 17, 2009.
Stephanie L. Richardson,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. E9-28516 Filed 11-27-09; 8:45 am]
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