DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES Chester Creek Conservation Plan [32 Pa.B. 801] The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), Bureau of Recreation and Conservation has approved the ''Chester Creek Conservation Plan'' (Plan) and is placing the Chester Creek, the watershed and all tributaries covered in the Plan in Chester and Delaware Counties, on the Pennsylvania Rivers Conservation Registry (Registry).
The Pennsylvania Environmental Council submitted the Plan and other required information to gain Registry status.
After review of the Plan and other information, the DCNR 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 Chester Creek (Chester and Delaware Counties) from the headwaters to its confluence with the Delaware River--67.2 square miles.
2. All tributary streams within the Chester Creek Watershed.
This action becomes effective February 9, 2002. 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: Pennsylvania Environmental Council, 117 South 17th Street, Suite 2300, Philadelphia, PA 19103, (215) 563-0250 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 Pennsylvania Environmental Council.
JOHN C. OLIVER, III,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 02-217. Filed for public inspection February 8, 2002, 9:00 a.m.]
