[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 187 (Friday, September 25, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60517-60518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21190]


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SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION


Actions Taken at September 18, 2020, Meeting

AGENCY: Susquehanna River Basin Commission

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As part of its regular business meeting held on September 18, 
2020, from 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: September 18, 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) 
tabled action on a general permit; (2) rescission of Policy No. 98-03; 
(3) ratification of grants and agreements; (4) modifications to the 
Commission expense budget for fiscal year 2021; (5) adoption of the 
proposed expense budget for fiscal year 2022; (6) adoption of 
resolution regarding member allocation; (7) adoption of an updated 
Water Resources Program; (8) adoption of amendments to the 
Comprehensive Plan; (9) approval of two emergency certificate 
extensions; (10) approval of a request for waiver of 6-month renewal 
deadline; and (11) election of officers for FY2021.

Project Applications Approved

    1. Project Sponsor and Facility: Bloomfield Borough Water 
Authority, Centre Township, Perry County, Pa. Application for renewal 
of groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.056 mgd (30-day average) from Well 
1 (Docket No. 19901103).
    2. Project Sponsor: Byler Golf Management, Inc. Project Facility: 
Iron Valley Golf Club, Cornwall Borough, Lebanon County, Pa. 
Modification to change consumptive use mitigation method (Docket No. 
19981206).
    3. Project Sponsor and Facility: Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, Eaton 
Township, Wyoming County, Pa. Application for renewal of groundwater 
withdrawal of up to 0.864 mgd (30-day average) from the Hatchery 
Wellfield (Wells 1, 2, and 3) (Docket No. 20160610).
    4. 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. 20160902).
    5. Project Sponsor and Facility: Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. 
(Susquehanna River), Wilmot Township, Bradford County, Pa. Application 
for surface water withdrawal of up to 3.000 mgd (peak day).
    6. Project Sponsor and Facility: Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. 
(Susquehanna River), Windham Township, Wyoming County, Pa. Application 
for surface water withdrawal of up to 3.000 mgd (peak day).
    7. Project Sponsor and Facility: Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. 
(Wyalusing Creek), Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pa. Application 
for surface water withdrawal of up to 3.000 mgd (peak day).
    8. Project Sponsor and Facility: Green Leaf Water LLC (Lycoming 
Creek), Lewis Township, Lycoming County, Pa. Application for renewal of 
surface water withdrawal of up to 0.900 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 
20160601).
    9. Project Sponsor and Facility: Lake Meade Municipal Authority, 
Reading Township, Adams County, Pa. Application for groundwater 
withdrawal of up to 0.252 mgd (30-day average) from Well 3.
    10. Project Sponsor and Facility: Meadia Heights Golf Club LLC, 
West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pa. Modification to change 
consumptive use mitigation method (Docket No. 20000204).
    11. Project Sponsor and Facility: Montgomery Water Authority, 
Clinton Township, Lycoming County, Pa. Application for renewal of 
groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.267 mgd (30-day average) from Well 1 
(Docket No. 19881102).
    12. Project Sponsor: Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC. Project 
Facility: Spring Grove Mill (Codorus Creek and Unnamed Tributary to 
Codorus Creek), Spring Grove Borough, Jackson Township, and North 
Codorus Township, York County, Pa. Applications for existing surface 
water withdrawals (peak day) of up to 19.800 mgd (New Filter Plant 
Intake), 6.000 mgd (Old Filter Plant Intake), and 0.750 mgd (Kessler 
Pond Intake); consumptive use of up to 3.650 mgd (peak day); and 
existing groundwater withdrawals (30-day average) of up to 0.039 mgd 
(Well 1) and 0.021 mgd (Well 2). Proposed action to include combining 
all existing and new approvals into a single approval document with a 
single approval term.
    13. Project Sponsor and Facility: Repsol Oil & Gas USA, LLC 
(Susquehanna River), Sheshequin Township, Bradford County, Pa. 
Application for renewal of surface water withdrawal of up to 1.500 mgd 
(peak day) (Docket No. 20160908).
    14. Project Sponsor and Facility: S.T.L. Resources, LLC (West 
Branch Susquehanna River), Grugan Township, Clinton County, Pa. 
Application for surface water withdrawal of up to 3.450 mgd (peak day).
    15. Project Sponsor and Facility: Shippensburg Borough Authority, 
Southampton Township, Cumberland County, Pa. Application for renewal of 
groundwater withdrawal of up to 1.280 mgd (30-day average) from Well 1 
(Docket No. 19900713).

Commission Initiated Project Approval Modifications

    16. Project Sponsor and Facility: The Municipal Authority of the 
Borough of Berlin, Allegheny Township, Somerset County, Pa. Conforming 
the grandfathering amount with the forthcoming determination for a 
groundwater withdrawal up to 0.030 mgd (30-day average) from Well 6 
(Docket No. 19980702).
    17. Project Sponsor and Facility: Iron Masters Country Club, 
Bloomfield Township, Bedford County, Pa. Conforming the grandfathering 
amount with the forthcoming determination for groundwater withdrawals 
up to 0.051 mgd (30-day average) from Well 10 and

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up to 0.061 mgd (30-day average) from Well 14 (Docket No. 20020813).
    18. Project Sponsor and Facility: Sinking Valley Country Club, 
Tyrone Township, Blair County, Pa. Conforming the grandfathering amount 
with the forthcoming determination for groundwater withdrawals up to 
0.081 mgd (30-day average) from the 14th Fairway Well and up to 0.099 
mgd (30-day average) from the 8th Tee Well (Docket No. 20020811).

Project Application Tabled

    19. Project Sponsor: Togg Mountain, LLC. Project Facility: 
Toggenburg Mountain Winter Sports Center (West Branch Tioughnioga 
Creek), Town of Fabius, Onondaga County, N.Y. Modification to increase 
consumptive use (peak day) by an additional 0.505 mgd, for a total 
consumptive use of up to 0.990 mgd, and increase surface water 
withdrawal (peak day) by an additional 2.300 mgd, for a total surface 
water withdrawal of up to 4.500 mgd (Docket No. 20180911).

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

Jason E. Oyler,
General Counsel and Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2020-21190 Filed 9-24-20; 8:45 am]
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