1511 Triploid grass carp permit application

FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION

Triploid Grass Carp Permit Application

[38 Pa.B. 4593]
[Saturday, August 16, 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 application to stock triploid grass carp in waters having a surface area of greater than 5 acres is currently undergoing staff review:

Applicant	Water	Location of Water	Description of Water	Nature of Vegetation to be Controlled
Richard and Helen Christianson	Griffith Pond	Jackson Township Susquehanna County	15 acre lake which discharges into UNT to Tunkhannock Creek	Potamogeton amplifolius Ceratophyllum demersum Utricularia spp. Potamogeton americanus Ludwigia spp. Vallisneria americana

DOUGLAS J. AUSTEN, Ph.D.,   
Executive Director

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 08-1511. Filed for public inspection August 15, 2008, 9:00 a.m.]