177 Acceptance of rulemaking petitions for study

ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY BOARD

Acceptance of Rulemaking Petitions for Study

[26 Pa.B. 591]

   At the January 16, 1996, meeting of the Environmental Quality Board (EQB), the EQB accepted three rulemaking petitions for further study under 25 Pa. Code Chapter 23 (relating to Environmental Quality Board policy for processing petitions--statement of policy).

   The petitions request changes to stream designations. These petitions were submitted by the Lloyd Wilson Chapter of Trout Unlimited for Fishing Creek (Clinton County), the Buck Hill Conservation Foundation for Buck Hill Creek (Monroe County) and the Blairsville Municipal Authority for Trout Run (Westmoreland County).

   The petitions for Fishing Creek and Buck Hill Creek request redesignations of the waters as ''Exceptional Value'' from their present classifications as ''High Quality--Cold Water Fishes.'' The Trout Run petition requests a Special Protection designation for the stream which is currently classified as ''Cold Water Fishes.''

   After the completion of the Department of Environmental Protection's (Department) regulatory negotiation process for special protection waters, the Department will initiate its evaluations of the watersheds and prepare recommendations to the EQB on these petitions. If the Department recommends redesignating these water bodies, and the EQB concurs, the recommendations will be processed as proposed rulemakings with opportunity for public comment.

   Copies of these petitions are available from the EQB, P. O. Box 8477, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8477, [phone], or e-mail at [e-mail].

JAMES M. SEIF,   
Chairperson

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-177. Filed for public inspection February 9, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]