1156 Acceptance of rulemaking petition for study

ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY BOARD

Acceptance of Rulemaking Petition for Study

[34 Pa.B. 3334]

   On June 15, 2004, 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 Board of Commissioners for Upper Gwynedd Township in Montgomery County, requests the Board to redesignate the Wissahickon Creek from its headwaters in Montgomery Township to State Route 73 (Skippack Pike) bridge from Trout Stocking Fishery to Warm Water Fishes.

   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 before performing survey work. The Department's assessment notice for the Wissahickon Creek, as identified previously, will appear in a future issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

   The referenced petition submitted by the Upper Gwynedd Township Board of Commissions is available to the public by contacting the Environmental Quality Board, P. O. Box 8477, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8477, [phone] and is also accessible on the Department's website: www.dep.state.pa.us (DEP Keyword:  EQB (under ''Meeting Agendas/Handouts/Minutes'' choose ''2004'' then ''June 15, 2004'').

KATHLEEN A. MCGINTY,   
Chairperson

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 04-1156. Filed for public inspection June 25, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]