DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES Casselman River Watershed Conservation Plan [31 Pa.B. 6550] The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), Bureau of Recreation and Conservation has approved the Casselman River Watershed Conservation Plan (Plan) and is placing the Casselman River, the watershed and all tributaries covered in the Plan (in Somerset County, PA) on the Pennsylvania Rivers Conservation Registry (Registry).
The Somerset County Conservancy submitted the Plan and other required information to gain Registry status.
After review of the Plan and other information, the DCNR has determined that the Keystone Rivers Conservation Program requirements have been satisfied and places the following on the Registry:
1. The watershed area of Casselman River Watershed (Somerset County, PA) from the Pennsylvania/Maryland Stateline to its confluence with the Youghiogheny River--399 square miles.
2. All tributary streams within the Casselman River Watershed in this Commonwealth.
This action becomes effective, December 1, 2001. Projects identified in the Plan become eligible for additional planning, development or acquisition grant funding through the Keystone Rivers Conservation Program.
A copy of the final Plan is available for review at Somerset County Conservancy, P. O. Box 241, Somerset, PA 15501, (814) 445-4652 and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, 6th floor, Harrisburg, PA 17101, (717) 787-2316.
Maps and supporting data are on file at the Somerset County Conservancy.
JOHN C. OLIVER, III,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 01-2129. Filed for public inspection November 30, 2001, 9:00 a.m.]
