770 Acceptance of rulemaking petition for study

ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY BOARD

Acceptance of Rulemaking Petition for Study

[43 Pa.B. 2327]
[Saturday, April 27, 2013]

 On April 16, 2013, the Environmental Quality 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 Brodhead Watershed Association, requests the amendment of 25 Pa. Code § 93.9c (relating to Drainage List C) to redesignate Cranberry Creek in Monroe County from High Quality-Cold Water Fishes, Migratory Fishes (HQ-CWF, MF) to Exceptional Value (EV) designation.

 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]. The petition is also accessible on the Department's web site at http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/environmental_quality_board/14005/eqb_meeting_schedule_2013/1339599 (see April 16, 2013, meeting).

E. CHRISTOPHER ABRUZZO, 
Acting Chairperson

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 13-770. Filed for public inspection April 26, 2013, 9:00 a.m.]