Wiconisco Creek Watershed Conservation Plan
[35 Pa.B. 743] The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (Department), Bureau of Recreation and Conservation has approved the Wiconisco Creek Watershed Conservation Plan (Plan) and is placing the Wiconisco Creek, the watershed and all tributaries covered in the Plan in Schuylkill and Dauphin Counties on the Pennsylvania Rivers Conservation Registry (Registry).
The Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (EPCAMR) 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:
* The watershed area of the Wiconisco Creek Watershed (Dauphin and Schuylkill Counties) from the headwaters to its confluence with the Susquehanna River-- 116.32 square miles.
* All tributary streams within the Wiconisco Creek Watershed.
This action takes effective February 5, 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 Dauphin County Conservation District, 1451 Peters Mountain Road, Dauphin, PA 17108, (717) 921-8100; 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 Dauphin County Conservation District.
MICHAEL F. DIBERARDINIS,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 05-238. Filed for public inspection February 4, 2005, 9:00 a.m.]
