[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69182-69183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24032]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION


Public Hearing

AGENCY: Susquehanna River Basin Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Susquehanna River Basin Commission will hold a public 
hearing on November 3, 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. Such 
projects are intended to be scheduled for Commission action at its next 
business meeting, tentatively scheduled for December 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. The deadline for the submission 
of written comments is November 14, 2016.

DATES: The public hearing will convene on November 3, 2016, at 2:00 
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 November 14, 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 the following 
projects:

Projects Scheduled for Action

    1. Project Sponsor and Facility: Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation 
(Bowman Creek), Eaton Township, Wyoming County, Pa. Application for 
renewal of surface water withdrawal of up to 0.290 mgd (peak day) 
(Docket No. 20121201).
    2. Project Sponsor and Facility: Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation 
(Susquehanna River), Susquehanna Depot Borough, Susquehanna County, Pa. 
Application for renewal with modification of surface water withdrawal 
of up to 1.500 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20120903).
    3. Project Sponsor and Facility: Chester Water Authority, East and 
West Nottingham Townships, Chester County, Pa. Application for an 
interconnection with the Town of Rising Sun of up to 1.800 mgd (peak 
day).
    4. Project Sponsor and Facility: Conyngham Borough Authority, 
Sugarloaf Township, Luzerne County, Pa. Application for groundwater 
withdrawal of up to 0.120 mgd (30-day average) from Well 6.
    5. 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.

[[Page 69183]]

    6. Project Sponsor: Future Power PA, LLC. Project Facility: Good 
Spring NGCC, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pa. Application for 
consumptive water use of up to 0.063 mgd (peak day).
    7. Project Sponsor: Future Power PA, LLC. Project Facility: Good 
Spring NGCC, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pa. Application for 
groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.126 mgd (30-day average) from Well 
RW-1.
    8. Project Sponsor: Future Power PA, LLC. Project Facility: Good 
Spring NGCC, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pa. Application for 
groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.126 mgd (30-day average) from Well 
RW-2.
    9. 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).
    10. 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.
    11. Project Sponsor and Facility: Keystone Clearwater Solutions, 
LLC (Moshannon Creek), Snow Shoe Township, Centre County, Pa. 
Application for renewal of surface water withdrawal of up to 0.999 mgd 
(peak day) (Docket No. 20120910).
    12. Project Sponsor: Lycoming County Water and Sewer Authority. 
Project Facility: Halls Station System, Muncy Township, Lycoming 
County, Pa. Application for groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.158 mgd 
(30-day average) from Well PW-1.
    13. Project Sponsor and Facility: Moxie Freedom LLC, Salem 
Township, Luzerne County, Pa. Minor modification to add a new source 
(Production Well 2) to existing consumptive use approval (no increase 
requested in consumptive use quantity) (Docket No. 20150907).
    14. Project Sponsor and Facility: Moxie Freedom LLC, Salem 
Township, Luzerne County, Pa. Application for groundwater withdrawal of 
up to 0.062 mgd (30-day average) from Production Well 2.
    15. Project Sponsor and Facility: Town of Nichols, Tioga County, 
N.Y. Application for groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.250 mgd (30-day 
average) from Well PW-1.
    16. Project Sponsor and Facility: Town of Nichols, Tioga County, 
N.Y. Application for groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.250 mgd (30-day 
average) from Well PW-2.
    17. Project Sponsor and Facility: Town of Rising Sun, Rising Sun 
District, Cecil County, Md. Application for an interconnection with the 
Chester Water Authority of up to 1.800 mgd (peak day).
    18. Project Sponsor and Facility: Sunoco Pipeline, L.P. 
(Conodoguinet Creek), North Middleton Township, Cumberland County, Pa. 
Application for surface water withdrawal of up to 2.880 mgd (peak day).
    19. Project Sponsor and Facility: Sunoco Pipeline, L.P. (Frankstown 
Branch Juniata River), Frankstown Township, Blair County, Pa. 
Application for surface water withdrawal of up to 2.880 mgd (peak day).
    20. Project Sponsor and Facility: Sunoco Pipeline, L.P. 
(Susquehanna River), Highspire Borough and Lower Swatara Township, 
Dauphin County, Pa. Application for surface water withdrawal of up to 
2.880 mgd (peak day).
    21. Project Sponsor and Facility: Sunoco Pipeline, L.P. (Swatara 
Creek), Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, Pa. Application for 
surface water withdrawal of up to 2.880 mgd (peak day).
    22. Project Sponsor and Facility: Sunoco Pipeline, L.P. (Tuscarora 
Creek), Lack Township, Juniata County, Pa. Application for surface 
water withdrawal of up to 2.880 mgd (peak day).
    23. Project Sponsor and Facility: SWEPI LP (Cowanesque River), 
Deerfield Township, Tioga County, Pa. Application for surface water 
withdrawal of up to 2.000 mgd (peak day).
    24. Project Sponsor and Facility: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Company, LLC. Project: Atlantic Sunrise (Fishing Creek), Hemlock 
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 (Fishing Creek), Hemlock 
Township, Columbia County, Pa. Application for consumptive water use of 
up to 0.100 mgd (peak day).

Projects Scheduled for Action Involving a Diversion

    1. Project Sponsor and Facility: Gilberton Power Company, West 
Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill County, Pa. Application for an into-basin 
diversion from the Delaware River Basin of up to 0.099 mgd (peak day) 
from Wells AN-P03 and AN-P04.
    2. Project Sponsor and Facility: JKLM Energy, LLC, Roulette 
Township, Potter County, Pa. Application for an into-basin diversion 
from the Ohio River Basin of up to 1.100 mgd (peak day) from the 
Goodwin and Son's Sand and Gravel Quarry.

Opportunity To Appear and Comment

    Interested parties may appear at the hearing to offer comments to 
the Commission on any project 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 November 14, 2016, to be considered.

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

    Dated: September 29, 2016.
Stephanie L. Richardson,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2016-24032 Filed 10-4-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 7040-01-P