The shale gas withdrawals include--
-- Project Sponsor and Facility: Expand Operating, LLC [Chesapeake Energy] (Susquehanna River), Great Bend Township, Susquehanna County, PA. Application for renewal with modification of surface water withdrawal of up to 3.500 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20241214).
-- Project Sponsor and Facility: Expand Operating, LLC (Susquehanna River), Mehoopany Township, Wyoming County, PA. Application for renewal with modification of surface water withdrawal of up to 3.700 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20220602).
So far in 2025, SRBC issued a total of six shale gas water withdrawal approvals. Read more here.
In 2024, SRBC issued a total of 27 approvals for shale gas development water withdrawals from specific sources. Read more here.
So far in 2025, SRBC issued or renewed 84 general water use permits for shale gas development. Read more here.
In 2024, SRBC issued 310 shale gas drilling pad general permits for water use. Read more here.
Among the other applications to be considered are--
-- Project Sponsor and Facility: Rausch Creek Generation, LLC, Frailey and Tremont Townships, Schuylkill County, PA. Applications for renewal of consumptive use of up to 0.930 mgd (peak day) and groundwater withdrawals (30-day averages) of up to 1.120 mgd from the Lykens Well and 1.120 mgd from the Westwood Well (Docket No. 19990301). Located in an Environmental Justice area.
Project Sponsor: Chester County Solid Waste Authority. Project Facility: Lanchester Landfill, Caernarvon and Salisbury Townships, Lancaster County and Honey Brook Township, Chester County, PA. Applications for renewal with modification of consumptive use of up to 0.099 mgd (30-day average) and an out-of-basin diversion of up to 0.099 mgd (30-day average) (Docket No. 20100602). Located in an Environmental Justice area.
-- Project Sponsor: Republic Services of Pennsylvania, LLC. Project Facility: Modern Landfill, Windsor and Lower Windsor Townships, York County, PA. Conforming the grandfathered amount with the forthcoming determination for consumptive use of up to 0.044 mgd (30-day average) (Docket No. 20160906).
Information concerning the project applications is available at the Commission's Water Application and Approval Viewer webpage.
The deadline for written comments is May 5.
The projects and actions are intended to be scheduled for Commission action at its next business meeting, tentatively scheduled for June 4, 2025, which will be noticed separately.
Submitting Comments
Interested parties may appear or call into the hearing to offer comments to the Commission on any business previously listed required to be the subject of a public hearing.
The Commission strongly encourages those members of the public wishing to provide oral comments to pre-register with the Commission by emailing Jason Oyler at joyler@srbc.gov before the hearing date.
Joining The Hearing
The hearing will be held at the SRBC Offices, 4423 North Front Street in Harrisburg starting at 6:00 p.m.
The hearing will also be available by telephone by calling (877) 304-9269, passcode 2619070#.
Questions should be directed to: Jason Oyler, General Counsel and Secretary, (717) 238-0423 or joyler@srbc.gov.
Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for official information on how to submit comments and other background.
For more information on programs, training opportunities and upcoming events, visit the Susquehanna River Basin Commission website. Click Here to sign up for SRBC’s newsletter. Follow SRBC on Twitter, visit them on YouTube.
(Photos: SRBC-approved shale gas drilling water withdrawal point on the Exceptional Value Loyalsock Creek in Lycoming County under construction.)
PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards:
-- DEP: Shale Gas Driller Failed To Restore 3 Million Gallon Water Impoundment, Well Site For Nearly 8 Years In Clinton County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Nearly 7 Year Struggle Continues To Cleanup Multiple Conventional Oil Well Spills At Site In Economy Borough, Beaver County [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 5 [PaEN]
-- Environmental Quality Board Invites Comments On Spill Notification Regulation Changes; May 15 Virtual Hearing [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission April 24 Hearing On Water Withdrawal Requests, Including Renewal Of 2 Shale Gas Water Projects [PaEN]
-- DEP To Use General Permit To Implement New Federal Oil & Gas Facility Methane Reduction Regulation [PaEN]
-- DEP Announces Availability Of Air Quality General Permit For Gaseous Fuel-Fired Spark Ignition Internal Combustion Engines (GP-16) [Copy of GP-16]
-- DEP Posted 83 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 5 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Related Article This Week:
-- Environmental Health Project Releases New White Paper: PA's Shale Gas - What We Can Do Now To Better Protect Public Health [PaEN]
-- Environmental Health Project: Lois Bower-Bjornson Shares Her First-Hand Experiences With Shale Gas Health, Environmental Impacts In Washington County [PaEN]
-- Environmental Hearing Board Denies EQT Shale Gas Motion To Exclude Evidence Of Medical Conditions, Toxicology Reports Related To A Landowner Appeal Of A DEP Water Supply Contamination Determination [PaEN]
-- House Environmental Committee Meets April 7 On Bill To Establish DEP Environmental Justice Permit Review Program To Analyze, Consider Cumulative Impacts Of Pollution From Some New Facilities [PaEN]
-- DEP Climate Change Committee Meets April 22 On Microgrids, Abandoned Oil & Gas Well Plugging, Update On Federal Clean Energy, Climate Funding Programs [PaEN]
-- Marcellus Drilling News: PA Supreme Court Upholds Rule Of Capture In Resurrected Trespass Case [PDF of Article]
-- Guest Essay: The Real Waste In Pennsylvania Government - Criticizing The Right Of Citizens To Petition Their Government For Change - By Terrie Baumgardner, Resident Of Aliquippa, Clean Air Council Outreach Coordinator [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: US DOE Offers 2 National Energy Technology Laboratory Sites In Pittsburgh For Colocating Data Centers, Related Power Plants [PaEN]
NewsClips:
-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: PA Health Advocates Say Gov. Shapiro Has Let Residents Down On Shale Gas Fracking Protections
-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Still Room For Frontline Community Protections From Shale Gas Impacts In Gov. Shapiro’s ‘Lightning’ Energy Plan - By Alison Steele, Environmental Health Project
-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Chesapeake Energy, Fined $1.9 Million For Damaging Wetlands In PA, Is On New Federal ‘Fast Track’ Permit Approval List
-- TribLive: Decision On 2nd Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Plum Boro, Allegheny County To Come In June, Zoning Board Says
-- Bradford Era: Another Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Proposed In McKean County; Hearing Will Only Be Held By Public Request [PDF of Article]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Report Says Pennsylvania Poised To Be Geothermal Energy Leader
-- Wall Street Journal: Homer City Coal Power Plant Was Just Imploded To Make Way For An A.I. Data Center, The Country’s Largest Natural Gas Power Plant [PDF of Article]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Homer City Reinventing Itself As Datacenter Campus With Lots Of Natural Gas Power To Supply It
-- TribLive: Homer City Site: Large Gas-Fired Power Plant To Support Data Center
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Homer City Coal Power Plant Site To Become A.I. Data Center With Massive Gas-Fired Power Plant
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Sen. Yaw’s Bill To Prohibit Bans Of Any Energy Sources Correct
-- Energy Choice Matters: Peoples Natural Gas Rate For Gas To Increase Another 14% April 1
-- Altoona Mirror: Peoples Natural Gas Raises Gas Rate Another 14% April 1
-- Reuters: Oil, Gas, Refined Product Imports Exempt From President’s Tariffs [The Things They Buy Are Not]
-- The Center Square: Critics: Climate Change Lawsuit Against Oil & Gas Companies On Tenuous Legal Grounds [Bucks County Example]
[Posted: April 4, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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