[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 55 (Friday, March 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16178-16179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05872]


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SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION


Actions Taken at March 13, 2020, Meeting

AGENCY: Susquehanna River Basin Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As part of its regular business meeting held on March 13, 
2020, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the Commission approved the 
applications of certain water resources projects, and took additional 
actions, as set forth in the Supplementary Information below.

DATES: March 16, 2020.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason E. Oyler, General Counsel and 
Secretary, telephone: (717) 238-0423, ext. 1312, fax: (717) 238-2436; 
email: [email protected]. Regular mail inquiries may be sent to the above 
address. See also Commission website 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) 
Resolution 2020-01 adopting the Commission's Fiscal Year 2021 Budget 
Reconciliation; (2) ratification/approval of contracts/grants; (3) 
Resolution 2020-02 adopting Final Rulemaking regarding consumptive use 
mitigation and adopting Consumptive Use Mitigation Policy; (4) 
Resolution 2020-03 adopting Guidance For The Preparation Of A Metering 
Plan & A Groundwater Elevation Monitoring Plan For Withdrawals, 
Consumptive Uses And Diversions (``Metering Plan Guidance''); and (5) 
Regulatory Program projects.

Project Applications Approved

    1. Project Sponsor and Facility: ARD Operating, LLC (Lycoming 
Creek), Lewis Township, Lycoming County, Pa. Application for renewal of 
surface water withdrawal of up to 1.340 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 
20160301).
    2. Project Sponsor and Facility: EQT Production Company (Wilson 
Creek), Duncan Township, Tioga County, Pa. Application for renewal of 
surface water withdrawal of up to 0.720 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 
20160305).
    3. Project Sponsor and Facility: New Holland Borough Authority, New 
Holland Borough, Lancaster County, Pa. Application for groundwater 
withdrawal of up to 0.860 mgd (30-day average) from Well 5.
    4. Project Sponsor and Facility: SWN Production Company, LLC 
(Susquehanna River), Oakland Township, Susquehanna County, Pa. 
Application for renewal of surface water withdrawal of up to 3.000 mgd 
(peak day) (Docket No. 20160310).
    5. Project Sponsor and Facility: SWN Production Company, LLC 
(Tunkhannock Creek), Lenox Township, Susquehanna County, Pa. 
Application for renewal of surface water withdrawal of up to 1.218 mgd 
(peak day) (Docket No. 20160311).
    6.. Project Sponsor and Facility: Towanda Municipal Authority, 
Albany Township, Bradford County, Pa. Application for groundwater 
withdrawal of up to 0.551 mgd (30-day average) from the Eilenberger 
Spring.
    7. Project Sponsor: York Haven Power Company, LLC. Project 
Facility: York Haven Hydroelectric Project, Londonderry Township, 
Dauphin County; Conoy Township, Lancaster County; and York Haven 
Borough and Newberry Township, York County, Pa. Application for 
approval of an existing hydroelectric facility.

Project Approved Involving a Diversion

    1. Project Sponsor: Gas Field Specialists, Inc. Project Facility: 
Wayne Gravel Products Quarry, Ceres Township, McKean County, Pa. 
Application for renewal of an into-basin diversion from the Ohio River 
Basin of up to 1.170 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20160312).

Commission Initiated Project Approval Modifications

    1. Project Sponsor and Facility: Susquehanna Valley Country Club, 
Monroe Township, Snyder County, Pa. Conforming the grandfathering 
amount with the forthcoming determination for a groundwater withdrawal 
up to 0.162 mgd (30-day average) from the Front Nine Well (Docket No. 
20020814).
    2. Project Sponsor and Facility: New Morgan Borough Utilities 
Authority, New Morgan Borough, Berks County, Pa. Modification to remove 
expired Well PW-3 and to recognize the interconnection with Caernarvon 
Township Authority. Well PW-3 automatically expired consistent with 
Condition 25 of the approval due to lack of commencement of withdrawal 
(Docket No. 20141207).
    In addition, as a part of Resolution 2020-02, which was adopted, 
the Executive Director has the authority necessary to carry out the 
implementation of the final rulemaking and policy, including where 
necessary approving any Commission-initiated modifications to 
consumptive use

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approvals to modify the mitigation requirements for evaporative losses 
from ponds and other on-site structures that meet the mitigation 
standard in Policy No. 2020-01. As such, notice is hereby given that 
the Executive Director is initiating such modifications. A list of 
modifications under review by Commission staff and date for public 
comment on those modifications can be found at the Commission's website 
at www.srbc.net, https://www.srbc.net/about/meetings-events/meeting-comment/default.aspx?type=9&cat=29.

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

    Dated: March 16, 2020.
Jason E. Oyler,
General Counsel and Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2020-05872 Filed 3-19-20; 8:45 am]
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