A member of the group "ICE OUT of Upper Bern," which is opposed to the plans, is celebrating the news.

"We just want to thank all the people in "ICE OUT Upper Bern." We got support from all over. It's not just Upper Bern watershed, Tulpehocken watershed, people are all affected by this or would have been," said Richard Cattermole with ICE OUT UPPER BERN.

"The federal governments just gonna roll right over you. Nobody here can do anything. We got together," Cattermole said. "We got support from outside Delaware River keepers. Different people noticed and helped out and I think we had something to do with it."