On December 15, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission approved requests to renew three oil and gas development water withdrawal requests and a request from the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant.

The Commission also approved the program fee schedule for 2023 which does not increase fees from 2022.

The projects included--

-- Lycoming County: Project Sponsor and Facility: SWN Production Company, LLC (Lycoming Creek), Lewis Township, Lycoming County, Pa. Application for renewal of surface water withdrawal of up to 0.500 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20171208).

-- Lycoming County: Project Sponsor and Facility: SWN Production Company, LLC (Lycoming Creek), McIntyre Township, Lycoming County, Pa. Application for renewal of surface water withdrawal of up to 0.500 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20171209).

-- Susquehanna County: Project Sponsor and Facility: Repsol Oil & Gas USA, LLC (Choconut Creek), Choconut Township, Susquehanna County, Pa. Application for renewal of surface water withdrawal of up to 0.999 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20171206).

-- Dauphin County: Project Sponsor: Constellation Energy Generation, LLC. Project Facility: Three Mile Island Generating Station, Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, Pa. Applications for renewal of groundwater withdrawals (30-day averages) of up to 0.099 mgd from Well A, 0.099 mgd from Well B, and 0.099 mgd from Well C (Docket No. 20110610), and Commission-initiated modification of surface water and consumptive use approvals based on changes in operating status of the project and revised demand projections.

Click Here for a list of all actions taken at the meeting.

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(Photo: Example of a water withdrawal approved by the SRBC.  Courtesy of SRBC.)

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[Posted: December 20, 2022]

12/26/2022