The shale gas drilling water withdrawal requests include--
-- EQT ARO, LLC (Pine Creek - Exceptional Value + High Quality), Watson Township, Lycoming County, PA. Application for renewal of surface water withdrawal of up to 0.720 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20181202).
-- Hummel Station, LLC (Susquehanna River), Shamokin Dam Borough and Monroe Township, Snyder County, PA. Applications for renewal of surface water withdrawal of up to 10.000 mgd (peak day) and consumptive use of up to 6.500 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20081222).
-- Pennsylvania General Energy Company, LLC (Loyalsock Creek - Exceptional Value), Plunketts Creek Township, Lycoming County, PA. Modification to intake location and design for the surface water withdrawal (Docket No. 20200312). [Read more here - PGE did not comply with original permit.]
-- Repsol Oil & Gas USA, LLC (Seeley Creek), Wells Township, Bradford County, PA. Application for renewal of surface water withdrawal of up to 0.750 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20181207).
-- Repsol Oil & Gas USA, LLC (Wyalusing Creek), Stevens Township, Bradford County, PA. Application for renewal of surface water withdrawal of up to 1.500 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20181208).
-- Seneca Resources Company, LLC (Cowanesque River), Nelson Township, Tioga County, PA. Application for renewal of surface water withdrawal of up to 0.533 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20181210).
-- Seneca Resources Company, LLC (Cowanesque River), Westfield Township, Tioga County, PA. Application for renewal of surface water withdrawal of up to 0.400 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20181211).
Click Here for more information on the applications.
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Questions should be directed to Jason Oyler, General Counsel and Secretary, (717) 238-0423 or send email to: joyler@srbc.gov.
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(Photo: PA General Energy constructed an SRBC-approved water withdrawal in the Exceptional Value Loyalsock Creek attracting notices of violation from DEP and the Fish and Boat Commission.)
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