A3O-Lancastw Farming, Saturday, June 18, 1994
SRBC Public Hearings To Begin
VERNON ACHENBACH
JR.
Lancaster Fanning Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) The first tWo of eight
public hearings to be held by
the Susquehanna River Basin
Commission (SRBC) to
gather public comment on its
proposed revision of rules and
regulations concerning the
drawing of basin water are to
be held Thursday, June 23 at
the Fred L. Waterman Conser
vation Education Center, in
Apalachin, N.Y.
As reported in the May 21
issue of Lakcaster Fanning,
the SRBC has proposed
almost a complete revision of
its regulations covering proce
dures for its review of
projects.
However, two additional
public hearings, to be held in
Maryland, have been added to
the six previously reported,
and dates have changed
slightly.
According to Richard
Cairo, SRBC general counsel
and secretary, the revision of
rules was seen as necessary
because existing regulations
and rules had been created
piecemeal.
The SRBC staff, working
with an agricultural adivsory
committee for about a year,
has proposed bringing
together several separately
created regulations and
addressing some other areas of
concern that had not been pre
viously addressed.
The proposed rules would
condense and bring consisten
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Among the areas not previ
ously addressed in rules is a
proposal of user “compensa
tion” for those who would take
significant amounts of water
from the Susquehanna River
Basin during drought in a
“consuming” manner, .
To “consume” water is to
use it in a manner which
makes it no longer available to
the flow of the basin. Three-
Mile Island Nuclear Power
Plant’s evaporation tower is a
well-known example of con
suming water.
Using water in its liquid
form and converting it to a
gaseous form is a basic con
sumption of water.
Freezing water and selling
it as ice outside of the basin, or
hauling or pumping water out
of the basin can also technical
ly be considered to be con
sumptive uses because that
water is no longer available to
maintain basin flows.
Those who consume water,
abovea certain amount, would
be required to make some
form of water compensation.
The compensation could be in
a number of forms, but also
could be in the form of money.
In lieu of adopting a prac
tice or creating an alternative
source of water (a pond, lake,
etc.) to consume during
drought, a water-consumer
could pay a compensation rate
of 14 cents per 1,000 gallons
consumed on a year-round
basis.
The proposal was published
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in its entirety in the June 8
issue of the Federal Register,
the federal government’s noti
fication publication.
Copies of the proposal can
also be obtained upon request
from the SRBC. Write to the
SRBC at 1721 N. Front St.,
Harrisburg, Pa., 17102, or call
(717) 238-0423.
For those who are unable to
attend any of the eight hear
ings, written comments on the
proposal will be accepted by
the commission until August
1. 1994.
To present written com
ments, all the commission
requests are legible, concise
and constructive comments,
along with the name, address
and phone number, if applic
able, of the person or group
commenting.
Send comments to: Richard
Cairo, General Counsel/
Secretary, Susquehanna River
Basin Commission, 1721 N.
Front St., Harrisburg, Pa.
17102-2391.
The scheduled hearings are:
• June 23, 1:30 p.m„ at the
Fred L. Waterman Conserva
tion Education Center, Hilton
Road, Apalachin, N.Y.
• June 23, 7 p.m., same
place.
• June 24, 1 p.m., at the
Days Inn, along River
Avenue, in Williamsport. It’s
located at the exit from Rl
180.
• June 28, 10 a.m., in the
auditorium of the Pennsylva
nia Game Commission Head
quarters Building, 2001
Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. It
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