! quality!of!the!water!source!such!that!it!no!longer!accords!with!the!guidelines!of!its!“designated! best!use.”196! ! Pennsylvania’s!regulations,!for!example,!require!operators!to!submit!a!“water!management! plan”!to!the!state’s!Department!of!Environmental!Protection!(DEP),!which!the!agency!must! approve!before!the!operator!is!permitted!to!begin!drawing!water.197!!The!operator!must! describe!the!water!source,!its!location,!the!average!daily!quantity!that!it!proposes!to!withdraw,! and!the!maximum!withdrawal!rate.198!!The!water!management!plan!also!requires!that! operators!conduct!a!low\flow!analysis!of!surface!waterways!from!which!they!propose!to! withdraw!water,!a!withdrawal\impacts!analysis!describing!how!the!withdrawal!will!be!designed! to!minimize!adverse!impact!on!aquatic!life!and!habitat,!and!a!natural!diversity!inventory.199!! Pennsylvania!law!requires!that!the!DEP!only!approve!a!water!management!plan!if!the!operator! demonstrates!that!withdrawal!will!not!adversely!impact!the!quantity!or!quality!of!water!in!the! source,!will!not!adversely!impact!water!quality!in!the!watershed,!and!will!meet!passby!flow! conditions.200! ! Some!states!require!permitting!for!withdrawals!in!limited!circumstances!or!have!enacted! regulations!granting!state!authorities!jurisdiction!to!protect!the!health!of!waterways!and!the! rights!of!riparian!rights!holders.!!Colorado!requires!that!parties!seeking!to!withdraw! groundwater!outside!of!designated!groundwater!basins!secure!a!permit!from!the!state! engineer!before!doing!so.201!!Opinions!by!Louisiana’s!Attorney!General!have!established!that! River!Waterway!Districts!possess!authority!to!“maintain!proper”!water!depths!and!regulate! water!use!and!that!running!water!may!not!be!“taken!out!of!a!channel!in!a!volume!that!would! impair!the!rights!of!riparian!owners.”202! ! Texas!does!not!require!any!sort!of!prior!permit!for!water!withdrawal,!but!does!require! reporting!of!the!total!volume!of!water!used.203!!Colorado!similarly!requires!reporting!of!total! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 196
!N.Y.!Dept.!of!Environmental!Conservation,!“Revised!Draft!SGEIS!on!the!Oil,!Gas!and!Solution!Mining! Regulatory!Program,”!7–3.! 197 !Weston,!“Water!and!Wastewater!Issues!in!Conducting!Operations!in!a!Shale!Play!–!The!Appalachian! Basin!Experience,”!18.! 198 !PA!Department!of!Environmental!Protection,!“Water!Management!Plan!Example!Format!Instructions! for!Marcellus!Shale!Gas!Well!Development.”! 199 !Ibid.! 200 !58!PENN.!STAT.!§!3211(m)(2).! 201 !COL.!STAT.!REV.!§!37\90\137!(2011).! 202 !State!of!La.,!Atty.!Gen.!Op.!10\0289!at!3!(Feb.!22,!2011);!State!of!La.,!Atty.!Gen.!Op.!08\0176!at!3! (Mar.!17,!2010).! 203 !16!TEX.!ADMIN.!CODE!§!3.29!(c)(2)(A)(viii).!
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