DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES Connoquenessing Creek Watershed Conservation Plan [40 Pa.B. 6691]
[Saturday, November 20, 2010]The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (Department), Bureau of Recreation and Conservation has approved the Connoquenessing Creek Watershed Conservation Plan (Plan) and is placing the Connoquenessing Creek Watershed covered in the Plan in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler and Lawrence Counties, on the Pennsylvania Rivers Conservation Registry (Registry).
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy submitted the Plan and other required information to gain Registry status.
After review of the Plan and other information, the Department has determined that the Pennsylvania Rivers Conservation Program (Program) requirements have been satisfied and places the following on the Registry:
1. The watershed area of Connoquenessing Creek (Allegheny, Butler, Beaver and Lawrence Counties) from the headwaters to its confluence with Slippery Rock Creek in Perry and Wayne Townships in Lawrence County—819.277 square miles.
2. The watershed area of Connoquenessing Creek (Lawrence County) from the confluence of Slippery Rock Creek in Perry and Wayne Townships, Lawrence County to its confluence with the Beaver River in Ellwood City Borough, Lawrence County—10.723 square miles.
3. All tributary streams within the Connoquenessing Creek Watershed except the Slippery Rock Watershed.
This action becomes effective November 20, 2010. Projects identified in the Plan become eligible for implementation, development or acquisition grant funding through the Program.
A copy of the Final Plan is available for review at The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Watershed Conservation Program, 246 South Walnut Street, Blairsville, PA 15717, (724) 459-0953 and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, 6th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17101, (717) 783-2712.
Maps and supporting data are available by contacting The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy.
JOHN QUIGLEY,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-2202. Filed for public inspection November 19, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]
