[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 130 (Thursday, July 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44407-44408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15994]



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SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION


Public Hearing

AGENCY: Susquehanna River Basin Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Susquehanna River Basin Commission will hold a public 
hearing on August 4, 2016, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. At this public 
hearing, the Commission will hear testimony on the projects listed in 
the Supplementary Information section of this notice. The Commission 
will also hear testimony on a proposal to rescind its Information 
Technology Services Fee Policy. Such projects and the proposal are 
intended to be scheduled for Commission action at its next business 
meeting, tentatively scheduled for September 8, 2016, which will be 
noticed separately. The public should take note that this public 
hearing will be the only opportunity to offer oral comment to the 
Commission for the listed projects and proposal. The deadline for the 
submission of written comments is August 15, 2016.

DATES: The public hearing will convene on August 4, 2016, at 2:30 p.m. 
The public hearing will end at 5:00 p.m. or at the conclusion of public 
testimony, whichever is sooner. The deadline for the submission of 
written comments is August 15, 2016.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be conducted at the Pennsylvania 
State Capitol, Room 8E-B, East Wing, Commonwealth Avenue, Harrisburg, 
PA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason Oyler, General Counsel, 
telephone: (717) 238-0423, ext. 1312; fax: (717) 238-2436. Information 
concerning the applications for these projects is available at the SRBC 
Water Resource Portal at www.srbc.net/wrp. Additional supporting 
documents are available to inspect and copy in accordance with the 
Commission's Access to Records Policy at www.srbc.net/pubinfo/docs/2009-02_Access_to_Records_Policy_20140115.pdf.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public hearing will cover a proposed 
rescission to the Commission's Information Technology Services Fee 
Policy, as posted on the SRBC Public Participation Center Web page at 
www.srbc.net/pubinfo/publicparticipation.htm. The public hearing will 
also cover the following projects:

Projects Scheduled for Action

    1. Project Sponsor and Facility: Bloomfield Borough Water 
Authority, Centre Township, Perry County, PA. Application for 
groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.302 mgd (30-day average) from Well 3.
    2. Project Sponsor and Facility: Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation 
(Susquehanna River), Great Bend Township, Susquehanna County, PA. 
Application for renewal of surface water withdrawal of up to 2.000 mgd 
(peak day) (Docket No. 20120904).
    3. Project Sponsor and Facility: Elizabethtown Area Water 
Authority, Elizabethtown Borough, Lancaster County, PA. Application for 
groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.201 mgd (30-day average) from Well 1.
    4. Project Sponsor and Facility: Elizabethtown Area Water 
Authority, Mount Joy Township, Lancaster County, PA. Application for 
groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.106 mgd (30-day average) from Well 3.
    5. Project Sponsor and Facility: Elizabethtown Area Water 
Authority, Elizabethtown Borough, Lancaster County, PA. Application for 
groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.130 mgd (30-day average) from Well 4.
    6. Project Sponsor and Facility: Elizabethtown Area Water 
Authority, Mount Joy Township, Lancaster County, PA. Application for 
groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.187 mgd (30-day average) from Well 8.
    7. Project Sponsor and Facility: Elizabethtown Area Water 
Authority, Mount Joy Township, Lancaster County, PA. Application for 
groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.216 mgd (30-day average) from Well 9.
    8. Project Sponsor: Exelon Generation Company, LLC. Project 
Facility: Muddy Run Pumped Storage Project, Drumore and Martic 
Townships, Lancaster County, PA. Application for an existing 
hydroelectric facility.
    9. Project Sponsor and Facility: Geisinger Health System, Mahoning 
Township, Montour County, PA. Modification to increase consumptive 
water use by an additional 0.319 mgd (peak day), for a total 
consumptive water use of up to 0.499 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 
19910103).
    10. Project Sponsor and Facility: Gilberton Power Company, West 
Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill County, PA. Application for renewal of 
consumptive water use of up to 1.510 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 
19851202).
    11. Project Sponsor and Facility: Gilberton Power Company, West 
Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill County, PA. Application for groundwater 
withdrawal of up to 1.870 mgd (30-day average) from the Gilberton Mine 
Pool.
    12. Project Sponsor and Facility: Manbel Devco I, LP, Manheim 
Township, Lancaster County, PA. Application for groundwater withdrawal 
of up to 4.320 mgd (30-day average) from the Belmont Quarry.
    13. Project Sponsor: Pennsylvania American Water Company. Project 
Facility: Nittany Water System, Walker Township, Centre County, PA. 
Application for groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.432 mgd (30-day 
average) from Nittany Well 1.
    14. Project Sponsor and Facility: Republic Services of 
Pennsylvania, LLC, Windsor and Lower Windsor Townships, York County, 
PA. Application for renewal of groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.350 
mgd (30-day average) from groundwater remediation wells (Docket No. 
19860903).
    15. Project Sponsor and Facility: SWN Production Company, LLC, 
Herrick Township, Bradford County, PA. Application for groundwater 
withdrawal of up to 0.101 mgd (30-day average) from the Fields Supply 
Well.
    16. Project Sponsor and Facility: Talisman Energy USA Inc. 
(Susquehanna River), Sheshequin Township, Bradford County, PA. 
Application for renewal of surface water withdrawal of up to 1.500 mgd 
(peak day) (Docket No. 20120912).
    17. Project Sponsor and Facility: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Company, LLC. Project: Atlantic Sunrise (Chiques Creek), West Hempfield 
Township, Lancaster County, PA. Application for surface water 
withdrawal of up to 2.880 mgd (peak day).
    18. Project Sponsor and Facility: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Company, LLC. Project: Atlantic Sunrise (Conestoga River-1), Conestoga 
Township, Lancaster County, PA. Application for surface water 
withdrawal of up to 2.880 mgd (peak day).
    19. Project Sponsor and Facility: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Company, LLC. Project: Atlantic Sunrise (Conestoga River-1), Conestoga 
Township, Lancaster County, PA. Application for consumptive water use 
of up to 0.100 mgd (peak day).
    20. Project Sponsor and Facility: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Company, LLC. Project: Atlantic Sunrise (Conestoga River-2), Conestoga 
Township, Lancaster County, PA. Application for surface water 
withdrawal of up to 2.592 mgd (peak day).
    21. Project Sponsor and Facility: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line

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Company, LLC. Project: Atlantic Sunrise (Conestoga River-2), Conestoga 
Township, Lancaster County, PA. Application for consumptive water use 
of up to 0.100 mgd (peak day).
    22. Project Sponsor and Facility: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Company, LLC. Project: Atlantic Sunrise (Deep Creek), Hegins Township, 
Schuylkill County, PA. Application for surface water withdrawal of up 
to 2.880 mgd (peak day).
    23. Project Sponsor and Facility: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Company, LLC. Project: Atlantic Sunrise (Fishing Creek), Sugarloaf 
Township, Columbia County, PA. Application for surface water withdrawal 
of up to 2.592 mgd (peak day).
    24. Project Sponsor and Facility: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Company, LLC. Project: Atlantic Sunrise (Little Fishing Creek), Mount 
Pleasant Township, Columbia County, PA. Application for surface water 
withdrawal of up to 2.880 mgd (peak day).
    25. Project Sponsor and Facility: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Company, LLC. Project: Atlantic Sunrise (Pequea Creek), Martic 
Township, Lancaster County, PA. Application for surface water 
withdrawal of up to 2.880 mgd (peak day).
    26. Project Sponsor and Facility: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Company, LLC. Project: Atlantic Sunrise (Roaring Creek), Franklin 
Township, Columbia County, PA. Application for surface water withdrawal 
of up to 2.880 mgd (peak day).
    27. Project Sponsor and Facility: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Company, LLC. Project: Atlantic Sunrise (Susquehanna River), Eaton 
Township, Wyoming County, PA. Application for surface water withdrawal 
of up to 2.592 mgd (peak day).
    28. Project Sponsor and Facility: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Company, LLC. Project: Atlantic Sunrise (Susquehanna River), Eaton 
Township, Wyoming County, PA. Application for consumptive water use of 
up to 0.100 mgd (peak day).
    29. Project Sponsor and Facility: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Company, LLC. Project: Atlantic Sunrise (Susquehanna River-1), Montour 
Township and Catawissa Borough, Columbia County, PA. Application for 
surface water withdrawal of up to 2.880 mgd (peak day).
    30. Project Sponsor and Facility: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Company, LLC. Project: Atlantic Sunrise (Susquehanna River-1), Montour 
Township and Catawissa Borough, Columbia County, PA. Application for 
consumptive water use of up to 0.100 mgd (peak day).
    31. Project Sponsor and Facility: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Company, LLC. Project: Atlantic Sunrise (Susquehanna River-2), Montour 
Township, Columbia County, PA. Application for surface water withdrawal 
of up to 2.880 mgd (peak day).
    32. Project Sponsor and Facility: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Company, LLC. Project: Atlantic Sunrise (Susquehanna River-2), Montour 
Township, Columbia County, PA. Application for consumptive water use of 
up to 0.100 mgd (peak day).
    33. Project Sponsor and Facility: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Company, LLC. Project: Atlantic Sunrise (Swatara Creek), East Hanover 
Township, Lebanon County, PA. Application for surface water withdrawal 
of up to 2.880 mgd (peak day).
    34. Project Sponsor and Facility: Village of Windsor, Broome 
County, NY. Application for groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.380 mgd 
(30-day average) from Well 2.
    35. Project Sponsor and Facility: West Manchester Township 
Authority, West Manchester Township, York County, PA. Application for 
groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.216 mgd (30-day average) from Well 7.

Opportunity To Appear and Comment

    Interested parties may appear at the hearing to offer comments to 
the Commission on any project or proposal listed above. The presiding 
officer reserves the right to limit oral statements in the interest of 
time and to otherwise control the course of the hearing. Rules of 
conduct will be posted on the Commission's Web site, www.srbc.net, 
prior to the hearing for review. The presiding officer reserves the 
right to modify or supplement such rules at the hearing. Written 
comments on any project listed above may also be mailed to Mr. Jason 
Oyler, General Counsel, Susquehanna River Basin Commission, 4423 North 
Front Street, Harrisburg, PA. 17110-1788, or submitted electronically 
through www.srbc.net/pubinfo/publicparticipation.htm. Comments mailed 
or electronically submitted must be received by the Commission on or 
before August 15, 2016, to be considered.

    Authority:  Pub. L. 91-575, 84 Stat. 1509 et seq., 18 CFR parts 
806, 807, and 808.

    Dated: June 30, 2016.
Andrew D. Dehoff,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 2016-15994 Filed 7-6-16; 8:45 am]
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