The Susquehanna River Basin Commission held its quarterly business meeting in Harrisburg on March 13.  Among its actions, the Commission:

-- Approved a resolution adopting the Commission’s Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Reconciliation;

-- Approved a grant, a contractual agreement and two lease agreements;

-- Adopted a Final Rulemaking regarding consumptive use mitigation and adopted a companion Consumptive Use Mitigation Policy;

-- Adopted Guidance for the Preparation of a Metering Plan & a Groundwater Elevation Plan for Water Withdrawals, Consumptive Uses, and Diversions (“Metering Plan Guidance”); and

-- Approved 10 project applications (see list below).

The voting Commissioners and alternates were:  Aneca Atkinson, Chair, Deputy Secretary, Office of Water Programs, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection; Paul D’Amato, Director, Region 8, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; and Suzanne Dorsey, Assistant Secretary, Maryland Department of the Environment.  There was no voting representative present for the U.S. Government.

Applications Approved (includes new approvals, modifications, and renewals) included--

-- ARD Operating, LLC (Lycoming Creek), Lewis Township, Lycoming County, Pa.

-- EQT Production Company (Wilson Creek), Duncan Township, Tioga County, Pa.

-- New Holland Borough Authority, New Holland Borough, Lancaster County, Pa.

-- SWN Production Company, LLC (Susquehanna River), Oakland Township, Susquehanna County, Pa.

-- SWN Production Company, LLC (Tunkhannock Creek), Lenox Township, Susquehanna County, Pa.

-- Towanda Municipal Authority, Albany Township, Bradford County, Pa.

-- 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 Approved Involving a Diversion--

-- Gas Field Specialists, Inc.,  Wayne Gravel Products Quarry, Ceres Township, McKean County, Pa.

Commission Initiated Project Approval Modification--

-- Susquehanna Valley Country Club, Monroe Township, Snyder County, Pa. 

-- New Morgan Borough Utilities Authority, New Morgan Borough, Berks County, Pa.

The next scheduled hearing by the Commission is May 14 and the next business meeting is June 19.

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[Posted: March 16, 2020]

3/23/2020