The Susquehanna River Basin Commission Thursday held its quarterly business meeting in Corning, N.Y. Among its actions, SRBC--
-- Authorized publication of proposed rulemaking to amend its regulations to clarify the water uses involved in hydrocarbon development that are subject to consumptive use regulations, as implemented by the Approval By Rule program; a public hearing and comment period will be scheduled to solicit input from interested members of the public;
-- Rescinded certain unneeded Commission policies;
-- Accepted settlement offers for compliance matters from Carrizo (Marcellus), LLC; JKT Golf LLC; and Southwestern Energy Production Company; and
-- Approved 16 applications, including 3 consumptive water use, 1 into-basin diversion and 1 out-of-basin diversion, and tabled 13 applications.
A list of projects approved and tabled is available online.