7040-01
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION
Public Hearing
AGENCY: Susquehanna River Basin Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The Susquehanna River Basin Commission will hold a public hearing on
February 3, 2022. The Commission will hold this hearing in-person and telephonically. At this
public hearing, the Commission will hear testimony on the projects listed in the Supplementary
Information section of this notice. Such projects and proposals are intended to be scheduled for
Commission action at its next business meeting, tentatively scheduled for March 17, 2022, which
will be noticed separately. The public should take note that this public hearing will be the only
opportunity to offer oral comment to the Commission for the listed projects and proposals. The
deadline for the submission of written comments is February 14, 2022.
DATES: The public hearing will convene on February 3, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. The public hearing
will end at 9:00 p.m. or at the conclusion of public testimony, whichever is earlier. The deadline
for the submission of written comments is Monday, February 14, 2022.
ADDRESSES: This public hearing will be conducted in-person and telephonically. You may
attend in person at Susquehanna River Basin Commission, 4423 N. Front St., Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania or join by Conference Call #: 1-888-387-8686, Conference Room #: 917 968 6050.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason Oyler, General Counsel and Secretary
to the Commission, telephone: (717) 238-0423 or joyler@srbc.net.
Information concerning the applications for the projects is available at the Commission’s Water
Application and Approval Viewer at https://www.srbc.net/waav. Information concerning the
proposals can be found at https://www.srbc.net/about/meetings-events/. Additional supporting
documents are available to inspect and copy in accordance with the Commission’s Access to

Records Policy at www.srbc.net/regulatory/policies-guidance/docs/access-to-records-policy2009-02.pdf.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public hearing will cover the following projects:
Projects Scheduled for Action:
1. Project Sponsor and Facility: Artesian Water Company, Inc., New Garden Township, Chester
County, Pa. Application for renewal of the transfer of water of up to 3.000 mgd (30-day
average) from the Chester Water Authority (Docket No. 19961105).
2, Project Sponsor and Facility: Columbia Water Company, West Hempfield Township,
Lancaster County, Pa. Applications for groundwater withdrawals (30-day averages) of up to
0.474 mgd from Chickies Well 2 and 0.596 mgd from Chickies Well 3.
3. Project Sponsor and Facility: Commonwealth Environmental Systems L.P., Foster, Frailey and
Reilly Townships, Schuylkill County, Pa. Application for renewal of consumptive use of up
to 0.150 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20070304).
4. Project Sponsor: Compass Quarries, Inc. Project Facility: Allan Myers Materials – Paradise
Quarry, Paradise Township, Lancaster County, Pa. Modification to increase consumptive use
(peak day) by an additional 0.068 mgd, for a total consumptive use of up to 0.150 mgd (Docket
No. 20040608).
5. Project Sponsor: Corning Incorporated. Project Facility: Sullivan Park, Town of Erwin,
Steuben County, N.Y.

Applications for renewal of groundwater withdrawals (30-day

averages) of up to 0.800 mgd from Well 2 and 0.800 mgd from Well 3, and consumptive use
of up to 0.350 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 19970705).
6. Project Sponsor and Facility: Coterra Energy Inc. (Meshoppen Creek), Lemon Township,
Wyoming County, Pa. Application for renewal of surface water withdrawal of up to 1.000 mgd
(peak day) (Docket No. 20170302).

7. Project Sponsor: County of Lycoming.

Project Facility:

Lycoming County Resource

Management Services, Brady Township, Lycoming County, Pa. Application for renewal of
consumptive use of up to 0.099 mgd (30-day average) (Docket No. 20070302).
8. Project Sponsor and Facility: Deep Woods Lake LLC, Dennison Township, Luzerne County,
Pa. Applications for groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.200 mgd (30-day average) from Well
SW-5 and consumptive use of up to 0.467 mgd (peak day).
9. Project Sponsor and Facility: Eagles Mere Country Club, Eagles Mere Borough and
Shrewsbury Township, Sullivan County, Pa. Application for renewal of consumptive use of
up to 0.120 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 19970302).
10. Project Sponsor and Facility: EQT ARO LLC (West Branch Susquehanna River), Nippenose
Township, Lycoming County, Pa. Application for renewal of surface water withdrawal of up
to 0.720 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20170301).
11. Project Sponsor: Farmers Pride, Inc. Project Facility: Bell & Evans Plant 3, Bethel Township,
Lebanon County, Pa. Applications for groundwater withdrawals (30-day averages) of up to
0.108 mgd from Well PW-1, 0.139 mgd from Well PW-2, and 0.179 mgd from Well PW-4.
12. Project Sponsor and Facility: Geisinger Health System, Mahoning Township, Montour
County, Pa. Applications for renewal of consumptive use of up to 0.499 mgd (peak day) and
groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.075 mgd (30-day average) from Well 3, as well as
recognizing, assessing, and regulating historical withdrawals from the Mine Shaft Well
(Docket No. 19910103).
13. Project Sponsor: Hampden Township. Project Facility: Armitage Golf Club, Hampden
Township, Cumberland County, Pa. Application for renewal of consumptive use of up to
0.290 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 19920101).
14. Project Sponsor and Facility: Millersburg Area Authority, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin
County, Pa. Application for renewal of groundwater withdrawal of up to 0.117 mgd (30-day
average) from Well 14 (Docket No. 19930301).

15. Project Sponsor and Facility: Municipal Authority of the Township of East Hempfield dba
Hempfield Water Authority, East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, Pa. Applications
for renewal of groundwater withdrawals (30-day averages) of up to 0.353 mgd from Well 6,
0.145 mgd from Well 7, 1.447 mgd from Well 8, and 1.800 mgd from Well 11, and
Commission-initiated modification to Docket No. 20120906, which approves withdrawals
from Wells 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 and Spring S-1 (Docket Nos. 19870306, 19890503, 19930101, and
20120906).
16. Project Sponsor and Facility: Repsol Oil & Gas USA, LLC (Sugar Creek), West Burlington
Township, Bradford County, Pa. Application for renewal of surface water withdrawal of up
to 0.750 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20170308).
Project Scheduled for Action Involving a Diversion:
17. Project Sponsor and Facility: Chester Water Authority, New Garden Township, Chester
County, Pa. Applications for renewal of consumptive use and for an out-of-basin diversion of
up to 3.000 mgd (30-day average) (Docket No. 19961104).
Opportunity to Appear and Comment:
Interested parties may call into the hearing to offer comments to the Commission on any
business listed above required to be the subject of a public hearing. Given the nature of the
meeting, the Commission strongly encourages those members of the public wishing to provide
oral comments to pre-register with the Commission by e-mailing Jason Oyler at joyler@srbc.net
prior to the hearing date. The presiding officer reserves the right to limit oral statements in the
interest of time and to otherwise control the course of the hearing. Access to the hearing via
telephone will begin at 6:15 p.m. Guidelines for the public hearing are posted on the
Commission’s website, www.srbc.net, prior to the hearing for review. The presiding officer
reserves the right to modify or supplement such guidelines at the hearing. Written comments on
any business listed above required to be the subject of a public hearing may also be mailed to
Mr. Jason Oyler, Secretary to the Commission, Susquehanna River Basin Commission, 4423

North Front Street, Harrisburg, Pa. 17110-1788, or submitted electronically through
https://www.srbc.net/regulatory/public-comment/. Comments mailed or electronically submitted
must be received by the Commission on or before February 14, 2021, to be considered.
Authority: Pub. L. 91-575, 84 Stat. 1509 et seq., 18 CFR Parts 806, 807, and 808.
Dated: January 6, 2022.
Jason E. Oyler,
General Counsel and Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022-00320 Filed: 1/10/2022 8:45 am; Publication Date: 1/11/2022]