467 Acceptance of rulemaking petition for study

ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY BOARD

Acceptance of Rulemaking Petition for Study

[44 Pa.B. 1321]
[Saturday, March 8, 2014]

 On February 18, 2014, the Environmental Quality Board (Board) accepted a rulemaking petition for study under 25 Pa. Code Chapter 23 (relating to Environmental Quality Board policy for processing petitions—statement of policy).

 The petition, submitted by the University of Pittsburgh School of Law on behalf of the Mountain Watershed Association, requests the amendment of 25 Pa. Code § 93.9v (relating to Drainage List V) to redesignate Stony Run Watershed in Fayette County from Cold Water Fishes to Exceptional Value waters.

 Under 25 Pa. Code § 93.4d(a) (relating to processing of petitions, evaluations and assessments to change a designated use), the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is required to publish a notice of intent to assess candidate waters. The Department's assessment notice for this rulemaking petition will appear in a future issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

 The previously-referenced petition is available to the public by contacting the Environmental Quality Board, P. O. Box 8477, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8477, [phone], and is accessible on the Department's web site at www.depweb.state.pa.us (DEP Keywords: ''EQB'') (click ''2014 EQB Meeting Dates''; see February 18, 2014, meeting).

E. CHRISTOPHER ABRUZZO, 
Chairperson

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 14-467. Filed for public inspection March 7, 2014, 9:00 a.m.]