FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION Triploid Grass Carp Permit Applications [33 Pa.B. 3439] 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 to ra-pfbcregs@state.pa.us. A subject heading of the proposal and a return name and address must be included in each transmission. In addition, all electronic comments must be contained in the text of the transmission, not in an attachment. 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 application to stock triploid grass carp in waters having a surface area of more than 5 acres is currently undergoing staff review:
Location Description Nature of Vegetation Applicant Water of Water of Water to be Controlled Cobbs Lake Cobbs Lake Lake Township 40 acre lake which See following list Preserve (a.k.a. Cobbs Wayne County discharges into Pond) Wangum Creek List of plant species and their respective lake coverages:
1. Dulichium arundinaceum(three-way sedge) <1%
2. Ceratophylum demersum(coontail) <5%
3. Nymphaea odorata(American white waterlily) <5%
4. Brasenia schreberi(watershield) <1%
5. Nuphar luteum(yellow waterlily or spatterdock) <5%
6. Typha latifolia(broadleaf cattail) <1%
7. Utricularia sp.(bladderwort) <1%
8. Potamogeton fluitans(longleaf pondweed) 90%
9. Sparangium sp.(burreed) <1%
10. Filamentous algae(various species) 95-100%
PETER A. COLANGELO,
Executive Director[Pa.B. Doc. No. 03-1368. Filed for public inspection July 11, 2003, 9:00 a.m.]
