Pennsylvania Rivers Conservation Registry [31 Pa.B. 955] The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), Bureau of Recreation and Conservation has approved the ''Tinicum Creek Watershed Conservation Plan'' and is placing the Tinicum Creek, the watershed and all tributaries covered in the Plan in Bucks County, on the Pennsylvania Rivers Conservation Registry (Registry).
Tinicum Township, Bucks County, submitted the Tinicum Creek Watershed Conservation 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 Tinicum Creek (Bucks County), including Rapp Creek, Beaver Creek and Little Tinicum Creek, from the headwaters to its confluence with the Delaware River--17 square miles.
2. All tributary streams within the Tinicum Creek Watershed.
This action becomes effective today, February 17, 2001. Projects identified in the Tinicum Creek Watershed Conservation Plan become eligible for implementation, developement or acquisition grant funding through the Keystone Rivers Conservation Program.
A copy of the Final Plan is available for review at Tinicum Township, 163 Municipal Road, Pipersville, PA 18942, (610) 294-9154 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 Tinicum Township Municipal Building.
JOHN C. OLIVER, III,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 01-277. Filed for public inspection February 16, 2001, 9:00 a.m.]
