[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 183 (Friday, September 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44486-44487]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20276]


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SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION


Actions Taken at September 7, 2017, Meeting

AGENCY: Susquehanna River Basin Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As part of its regular business meeting held on September 7, 
2017, in Elmira, New York, the Commission took the following actions: 
(1) Approved or tabled the applications of certain water resources 
projects; and (2) took additional actions, as set forth in the 
Supplementary Information below.

DATES: September 7, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Susquehanna River Basin Commission, 4423 N. Front Street, 
Harrisburg, PA 17110-1788.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason E. Oyler, General Counsel, 
telephone: 717-238-0423, ext. 1312; fax: 717-238-2436; [email protected]. 
Regular mail inquiries may be sent to the above address. See also 
Commission Web site at www.srbc.net.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In addition to the actions taken on projects 
identified in the summary above and the listings below, the following 
items were also presented or acted upon at the business meeting: (1) 
Approval of a grant and a grant amendment; (2) tabled action to amend 
Commission By-laws; (3) adoption of guidelines for preparing an 
alternatives analysis to provide clarity to project sponsors regarding 
a formal evaluation of alternate options for a proposed water source, 
use or diversion; (4) release of proposed rulemaking to amend the 
Commission's regulations to codify and strengthen its Access to Records 
Policy; (5) approval of waiver requests of Carrolltown Borough 
Municipal Authority and the Village of Hamilton to extend the 
expiration dates of their groundwater withdrawal approvals; (6) 
approval of Middletown Borough's request for waiver, modifying the 
requirements of the regulation appropriate to Middletown's request and 
directed staff to apply this modification to similar situations while a 
corresponding rulemaking is developed; (7) denied a request for waiver 
from Peak Resorts, Inc./Greek Peak Mountain Resort; (8) approval to 
extend the terms of emergency certificates for Sunset Golf Course, 
Sunoco Pipeline L.P., and Furman Foods, Inc.; and (9) a report on 
delegated settlements with the following project sponsors, pursuant to 
SRBC Resolution 2014-15: Labrador Mountain, in the amount of $2,000;

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Standing Stone Golf Club, Inc., in the amount of $2,000; and Suez Water 
Owego-Nichols, Inc., in the amount of $7,500.

Project Applications Approved

    The Commission approved the following project applications:
    1. Project Sponsor and Facility: Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation 
(Meshoppen Creek), Springville Township, Susquehanna County, Pa. 
Renewal with modification of surface water withdrawal of up to 0.750 
mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20130904).
    2. Project Sponsor and Facility: Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. 
(Chemung River), Athens Township, Bradford County, Pa. Renewal of 
surface water withdrawal of up to 0.999 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 
20130905).
    3. Project Sponsor and Facility: Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. 
(Sugar Creek), Burlington Township, Bradford County, Pa. Renewal of 
surface water withdrawal of up to 0.499 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 
20130906).
    4. Project Sponsor and Facility: Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. 
(Susquehanna River), Terry Township, Bradford County, Pa. Renewal of 
surface water withdrawal of up to 1.440 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 
20130907).
    5. Project Sponsor and Facility: Chief Oil & Gas LLC (Towanda 
Creek), Leroy Township, Bradford County, Pa. Surface water withdrawal 
of up to 1.500 mgd (peak day).
    6. Project Sponsor and Facility: Downs Racing, L.P. d/b/a Mohegan 
Sun Pocono, Plains Township, Luzerne County, Pa. Consumptive use of up 
to 0.350 mgd (peak day).
    7. Project Sponsor and Facility: Elizabethtown Area Water 
Authority, Mount Joy Township, Lancaster County, Pa. Renewal of 
groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.432 mgd (30-day average) from Well 6 
(Docket No. 19861103).
    8. Project Sponsor and Facility: Elizabethtown Area Water 
Authority, Mount Joy Township, Lancaster County, Pa. Groundwater 
withdrawal of up to 0.432 mgd (30-day average) from Well 7.
    9. Project Sponsor and Facility: Elizabethtown Area Water 
Authority, Elizabethtown Borough and Mount Joy Township, Lancaster 
County, Pa. Modification to correct total system limit to remove 
inclusion of water discharged to the Conewago watershed to offset 
passby and transfer of water from Conewago Creek to Back Run (Docket 
No. 20160903).
    10. Project Sponsor and Facility: Moxie Freedom LLC, Salem 
Township, Luzerne County, Pa. Modification to increase consumptive use 
by an additional 0.408 mgd (peak day), for a total consumptive use of 
up to 0.500 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20150907).
    11. Project Sponsor and Facility: Susquehanna Gas Field Services, 
LLC (Meshoppen Creek), Meshoppen Borough, Wyoming County, Pa. Renewal 
of surface water withdrawal of up to 0.145 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 
20130913).
    12. Project Sponsor and Facility: Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC, Salem 
Township, Luzerne County, Pa. Modification to increase consumptive use 
by an additional 5.000 mgd (peak day), for a total consumptive use of 
up to 53.000 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 19950301).
    13. Project Sponsor and Facility: Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC 
(Susquehanna River), Salem Township, Luzerne County, Pa. Modification 
to increase surface water withdrawal by an additional 10.000 mgd (peak 
day), for a total surface water withdrawal increase of up to 76.000 mgd 
(peak day) (Docket No. 19950301).
    14. Project Sponsor and Facility: SWEPI LP (Elk Run), Sullivan 
Township, Tioga County, Pa. Surface water withdrawal of up to 0.646 mgd 
(peak day).
    15. Project Sponsor and Facility: SWN Production Company, LLC 
(Wyalusing Creek), Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pa. Renewal of 
surface water withdrawal of up to 2.000 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 
20130911).
    16. Project Sponsor and Facility: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Company, LLC. Project: Atlantic Sunrise (Fishing Creek), Sugarloaf 
Township, Columbia County, Pa. Modification to add consumptive use of 
up to 0.200 mgd (peak day) to existing docket approval (Docket No. 
20160913).
    17. Project Sponsor and Facility: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 
Company, LLC. Project: Atlantic Sunrise (Fishing Creek), Sugarloaf 
Township, Columbia County, Pa. Modification to change authorized use of 
source to existing docket approval (Docket No. 20160913).

Project Applications Tabled

    The Commission tabled action on the following project applications:
    1. Project Sponsor and Facility: Houtzdale Municipal Authority, 
Gulich Township, Clearfield County, Pa. Application for groundwater 
withdrawal of up to 1.008 mgd (30-day average) from Well 14R.
    2. Project Sponsor and Facility: Village of Waverly, Tioga County, 
N.Y. Application for groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.320 mgd (30-day 
average) from Well 1.
    3. Project Sponsor and Facility: Village of Waverly, Tioga County, 
N.Y. Application for groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.480 mgd (30-day 
average) from Well 2.
    4. Project Sponsor and Facility: Village of Waverly, Tioga County, 
N.Y. Application for groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.470 mgd (30-day 
average) from Well 3.

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

    Dated: September 19, 2017.
Stephanie L. Richardson,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2017-20276 Filed 9-21-17; 8:45 am]
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