2427 Triploid grass carp permit application?

Triploid Grass Carp Permit Application

[40 Pa.B. 7306]
[Saturday, December 18, 2010]

 Under 58 Pa. Code § 71.7 (relating to triploid grass carp), the Fish and Boat Commission (Commission) may issue permits to stock triploid grass carp in Commonwealth waters. Triploid grass carp are sterile fish that may, in appropriate circumstances, help control aquatic vegetation. The Commission has determined consistent with 58 Pa. Code § 71.7(e)(3) to seek public input with respect to any proposed stockings of triploid grass carp in waters having a surface area of more than 5 acres.

 Interested persons are invited to submit written comments, objections or suggestions about the notice to the Executive Director, Fish and Boat Commission, P. O. Box 67000, Harrisburg, PA 17106-7000, within 10 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Comments submitted by facsimile will not be accepted. Comments also may be submitted electronically by completing the form at www.fishandboat.com/regcomments. If an acknowledgment of electronic comments is not received by the sender within 2 working days, the comments should be retransmitted to ensure receipt.

 The following application to stock triploid grass carp in waters having a surface area of greater than 5 acres is currently undergoing staff review:

Applicant	Water	Location of Water	Description of Water	Nature of Vegetation to be Controlled
Lake Sheridan Cottagers Association	Lake Sheridan	Nicholson and Benton Townships Wyoming and Lackawanna Counties	95 acre lake which discharges into the South Branch Tunkhannock Creek, then into the Susquehanna River	Elodea canadensis Ceratophyllum demersum Myriophyllum spicatum Potamogeton amplifolius

JOHN A. ARWAY, 
Executive Director

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-2427. Filed for public inspection December 17, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]