On September 10 the Susquehanna River Basin Commission held its quarterly business meeting in Binghamton, N.Y. Among its actions, SRBC:

— Adopted revisions to Resolution  2013-11;

— Authorized publication of proposed rulemaking to address shortcomings in the rules for transfer of approvals, create a category for minor modifications, establish a procedure for issuing general permits, and address other minor enhancements; a public hearing and comment period will be scheduled to solicit input from interested members of the public;

— Adopted amendments to SRBC’s comprehensive plan;

— Accepted a settlement offer for a compliance matter from Downs Racing L.P. for $25,000 for consumptively using water in excess of its regulatory threshold;

— Conditionally transferred ownership of Hummel Station LLC (Docket Nos. 20081222 and 20081222-2) to Panda Power Funds;

— Extended the term of emergency certificates with Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. to September 1, 2016, and with Furman Foods, Inc. to December 3, 2015; and

— Approved 20 applications and tabled 8 applications.

SRBC’s voting commissioners and alternates were :  Kelly Heffner, SRBC Chair and Deputy Secretary for Water Management, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection; Virginia Kearney, SRBC Vice Chair and Acting Director, Water Management Administration, Maryland Department of the Environment; Col. Edward Chamberlayne, Commander and District Engineer, Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and Kenneth Lynch, Director, Region 7, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

SRBC staff also reported on delegated settlements with the following project sponsors, pursuant to SRBC Resolution 2014-15:

-- Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc.—SCI Waymart, in the amount of $6,000;

-- Conyngham Borough Authority, in the amount of $5,000;

-- Keister Miller Investments, LLC, in the amount of $2,000;

-- Susquehanna Gas Field Services, LLC, in the amount of $2,500; and

-- Wynding Brook, Inc. d/b/a Wynding Brook Golf Club, in the amount of $5,000.

For more information, visit SRBC’s Public Participation Center webpage.

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9/21/2015