# Hearing Updates From Regulatory Bodies For Marcellus And Utica On How Regulations Will Affect The Use Of Surface Water For Disposal And Water SourcingThe Basin • 27,510-square-mile watershed • Comprises 43 percent of the Chesapeake Bay watershed • 4.2 million population • 60 percent forested • 32,000+ miles of waterways The River • 444 miles, largest tributary to the Chesapeake Bay • Supplies 18 million gallons per minute to the Bay • Supports Public Water Supply and Industry 

## Susquehanna River Basin

## Susquehanna River Basin Commission

• SRB Compact, 1971 • Mission: provide for the planning, conservation, utilization, development, management and control of the water resources of the basin • Commissioners, budget • Technical staff • Regulations, fees

### Issues facing the Susquehanna

• Water Quality • Chesapeake Bay • Smallmouth Bass • Stormwater Management 

### • Water Quantity • Flooding • Droughts • Public Water Supply permittingStream Pollution Profile for the Susquehanna River Basin

• 19%	of	Streams	“impaired” • 8,400	miles	out	of	a	total	of 49,000 • Agriculture • 3,800	miles	or	8% • Abandoned	Mine	Drainage • 2,000	miles	or	4% • Atmospheric	DeposiDon • 1,500	miles	or	3% • Urban	Runoff • 1,500	miles	or	3% • Other • 1%

# Water Withdrawals

• why it’s important to regulate • rule changes made to accommodate the industry

# Approved and Reported Water Use

# Renewals

• Data? • Modifications? • Grandfathered sources? Subject to review if: • adding a source • increasing unapproved withdrawal by greater than 100,000 gpd • increasing withdrawal from an approved source

## Criteria for Renewing Existing Sources

• Similar	criteria	as	a	new source • demonstraDon	of	need • Historic	usage • infrastructure limitaDons • Subject	to	Dec.	2012 LFPP • new	limits?

# Rule	Changes Recently Adopted Water Tracking Methods

• “CU	at	the	Source”

• Daily	gage	report	for	tracking passbys • Improvements	to	post- hydrofrac reports

# Recent	Rule	Changes

• Revised	and	simplified	transfer	rule • New	secDon	defining	Minor	ModificaDons • New	secDon	establishing	process	for	General Permits.

# What	are	Minor	ModificaDons?

• CorrecDon	of	typos* • Changes	to	metering	or	monitoring	condiDons* • Adding	sources	for	consumpDve	use** • Changing	authorized	water	uses** • Changing	schedules	set	forth	in	dockets* • Changes	to	intake	designs • Certain	increases	in	total	system	limits • ModificaDons	to	extracDon	well	networks *			Covered	by	DelegaDon	in	ResoluDon	2013-11 **	Allowed	to	be	done	by	ED	in	more	recent	docket	approval language

## Transfer	Rule-What	are	the	Changes?

• The	requirement	to	submit	NEW	applicaDons where	the	approval	is	older	than	10	years	is removed. • The	requirement	that	applicaDons	for grandfathered	sources	be	submibed	within	90 days	of	the	change	in	ownership	is	changed	to be	required	as	a	condiDon	of	the	transfer	on	a Dmeline	approved	by	the	ExecuDve	Director.

# Proposed	Rule	Changes

• FY17	Fee	Schedule • Policy:	terminaDng	review	of	applicaDons • Policy:	expiring	approvals

# Upcoming	Report	ReleasesAndrew Dehoff, P.E. Executive Director Telephone: (717) 238-0423 E-mail: adehoff@srbc.net www.srbc.net

Marcellus and Utica Shale Water Management March 31, 2016 Pittsburgh, PA