The shale gas water withdrawals include--
-- Project Sponsor and Facility: Beech Resources, LLC (Lycoming Creek), Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, PA. Application for surface water withdrawal of up to 1.500 mgd (peak day).
-- Project Sponsor and Facility: Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC (Susquehanna River), Braintrim Township, Wyoming County, PA. Application for renewal of surface water withdrawal of up to 3.000 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20190303).
-- Project Sponsor and Facility: Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC (Susquehanna River), Wysox Township, Bradford County, PA. Modification to increase surface water withdrawal by an additional 2.001 mgd (peak day), for a total withdrawal of up to 3.000 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20220603).
-- Project Sponsor and Facility: Greylock Production, LLC (Genesee Forks), Hector Township, Potter County, PA. Application for surface water withdrawal of up to 1.440 mgd (peak day).
-- Project Sponsor and Facility: Greylock Production, LLC (Pine Creek), Ulysses Township, Potter County, PA. Application for surface water withdrawal of up to 2.592 mgd (peak day).
-- Project Sponsor and Facility: Seneca Resources Company, LLC (Cowanesque River), Westfield Township, Tioga County, PA. Application for renewal of surface water withdrawal of up to 0.375 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20190311).
-- Project Sponsor and Facility: Sugar Hollow Water Services, LLC (Martins Creek), Hop Bottom Borough, Susquehanna County, PA. Application for renewal of surface water withdrawal of up to 0.360 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20190310).
-- Project Sponsor and Facility: SWN Production Company, LLC (Martins Creek), Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna County, PA. Application for renewal of surface water withdrawal of up to 0.997 mgd (peak day) (Docket No. 20190312).
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(Photos: 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. DEP and SRBC discovered after the withdrawal was built, PGE violated its permits and constructed the withdrawal larger than permitted. No penalties were assessed. Read more here.)
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