FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION Classification of Wild Trout Streams; Proposed Additions and Adjustments; September 2014 [44 Pa.B. 5154]
[Saturday, July 26, 2014]Under 58 Pa. Code § 57.11 (relating to listing of wild trout streams), it is the policy of the Fish and Boat Commission (Commission) to accurately identify and classify stream sections supporting naturally reproducing populations of trout as wild trout streams. The Commission's Fisheries Management Division maintains the list of wild trout streams. The Executive Director, with the approval of the Commission, will from time to time publish the list of wild trout streams in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The listing of a stream section as a wild trout stream is a biological designation that does not determine how it is managed. The Commission relies upon many factors in determining the appropriate management of streams.
At the next Commission meeting on September 29 and 30, 2014, the Commission will consider changes to its list of wild trout streams. Specifically, the Commission will consider the addition of the following streams or portions of streams to the list:
County Stream Name Tributary To Section Limits Berks Rodges Run Delaware River Headwaters to mouth Cambria Bear Rock Run Little Conemaugh River Headwaters to Christie Hollow Cambria UNT to North Branch
Little Conemaugh River
(RM 1.43)North Branch Little Conemaugh River Headwaters to mouth Indiana UNT to Little Yellow Creek Little Yellow Creek Headwaters to mouth Somerset Shanks Run Laurel Hill Creek Headwaters to mouth Somerset Ware Run Brush Creek Headwaters to mouth Westmoreland Harbridge Run McGee Run Headwaters to 400 m upstream of T-972
(Tannery Hollow Road)York Mill Branch Otter Creek Headwaters to mouth The Commission also will consider the following revisions to the section limits of streams on the list:
County Stream Name Tributary To Current Limits Revised Limits Westmoreland Shirey Run McGee Run Headwaters to mouth Headwaters to Bridge on T-972 (Gray Station Road) Westmoreland UNT to Conemaugh River (RM 40.83) Conemaugh River Headwaters to mouth Headwaters to confluence with the Sugar Run Reservoir Outflow Persons with comments, objections or suggestions concerning the classification of the streams listed may submit them in writing to Executive Director, Fish and Boat Commission, P. O. Box 67000, Harrisburg, PA 17106-7000, within 30 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. Electronic comments submitted in any other manner will not be accepted.
JOHN A. ARWAY,
Executive Director[Pa.B. Doc. No. 14-1589. Filed for public inspection July 25, 2014, 9:00 a.m.]
