896 Triploid grass carp permit application

Triploid Grass Carp Permit Application

[38 Pa.B. 2202]
[Saturday, May 10, 2008]

   Under 58 Pa. Code § 71.7 (relating to triploid grass carp), the Fish and Boat Commission (Commission) may issue permits to stock triploid grass carp in Commonwealth waters. Triploid grass carp are sterile fish that may, in appropriate circumstances, help control aquatic vegetation. The Commission has determined consistent with 58 Pa. Code § 71.7(e)(3) to seek public input with respect to any proposed stockings of triploid grass carp in waters having a surface area of more than 5 acres.

   Interested persons are invited to submit written comments, objections or suggestions about the notice to the Executive Director, Fish and Boat Commission, P. O. Box 67000, Harrisburg, PA 17106-7000, within 10 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Comments submitted by facsimile will not be accepted. Comments also may be submitted electronically by completing the form at www.fishandboat.com/regcomments. If an acknowledgment of electronic comments is not received by the sender within 2 working days, the comments should be retransmitted to ensure receipt.

   The following applications to stock triploid grass carp in waters having a surface area of greater than 5 acres are currently undergoing staff review:

Application	Water	Location of Water	Description of Water	Nature of Vegetation to be Controlled
Cobbs Lake Preserve	Cobbs Lake	Lake Township Wayne County	40 acre lake which discharges into Wangum Creek	Potamogeton nodosus Nuphar spp. Nymphaea spp.
Lake Underwood Nimrod Club	Lake Underwood	Preston Township Wayne County	78 acre lake which discharges into an UNT to Equinunk Creek	Potamogeton crispus Najas flexilis Vallisneria Americana Elodea Canadensis Nymphaea spp.

DOUGLAS J. AUSTEN, Ph.D.   
Executive Director

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 08-896. Filed for public inspection May 9, 2008, 9:00 a.m.]