Susquehanna River Basin Commission October 2, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This document contains proposed rules that would amend the project review regulations of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (Commission) by requiring review and approval of any natural gas well development project targeting the Marcellus, Utica or other shale formations and involving the withdrawal or consumptive use of waters of the Susquehanna River Basin, adding a provision providing for a specific approval by rule process for consumptive water use associated with such projects and modifying the definition of project. In addition, two editorial changes are made to the existing approval by rule provision related to the consumptive use of water withdrawn from public water supply systems to make that provision consistent with the new approval by rule provision for natural gas well development projects.