DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES Hay Creek Watershed Management Plan [35 Pa.B. 1437] The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (Department), Bureau of Recreation and Conservation has approved the Hay Creek Watershed Management Plan (Plan) and is placing Hay Creek, the watershed and all tributaries covered in the Plan in Berks County on the Pennsylvania Rivers Conservation Registry (Registry).
The Berks County Conservancy (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 Hay Creek (Berks County), from the headwaters to its confluence with the Schuylkill River--22.1 square miles.
2. All tributary streams within the Hay Creek Watershed.
This action takes effect February 26, 2005. 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 Berks County Conservancy, 25 North 11th Street, Reading, PA 19610, (610) 372-4992; and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, 6th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17101, (717) 787-7672.
Maps and supporting data are on file at the Conservancy.
MICHAEL F. DIBERARDINIS,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 05-362. Filed for public inspection February 25, 2005, 9:00 a.m.]
