Proposed Special Regulation Designations and Redesignations [42 Pa.B. 5595]
[Saturday, August 25, 2012]The Fish and Boat Commission (Commission) has approved guidelines with regard to encouraging public participation on possible changes to the designation of streams, stream sections or lakes for special regulation programs. Under 58 Pa. Code Chapter 65 (relating to special fishing regulations), the Commission designates certain streams, stream sections and lakes as being subject to special fishing regulations. These designations are effective after Commission approval when they are posted at the site and a notice is published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Under the Commission's guidelines, a notice concerning the proposed designation or redesignation of a stream, stream section or lake under special regulations ordinarily will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin before the matter is reviewed by the Commissioners.
At the next Commission meeting on October 1 and 2, 2012, the Commission will consider taking the following actions with respect to waters subject to special fishing regulations under 58 Pa. Code Chapter 65, effective on January 1, 2013:
58 Pa. Code § 65.10. Early Season Trout Stocked Waters Program
The Commission will consider removing the following waters from the Early Season Trout Stocked Waters Program regulated and managed under 58 Pa. Code § 65.10:
County Water Allegheny North Park Lake Beaver Bradys Run Lake Beaver Raccoon Lake (Main Lake) Blair Canoe Creek Lake Butler Harbar Acres Lake Cambria Duman Lake Cambria Lake Rowena Cameron George B Stevenson Reservoir Clinton Kettle Creek Lake Columbia Briar Creek Lake Erie East Basin Pond Erie Upper Gravel Pit Erie West Basin Pond Erie Lake Pleasant Fayette Dunlap Creek Lake Fayette Virgin Run Lake Fayette/Somerset Youghiogheny River Fulton Cowans Gap Lake Jefferson Cloe Lake Lackawanna Lackawanna Lake Lawrence Bessemer Lake Luzerne Lake Took A While Luzerne Lily Lake Luzerne Moon Lake Luzerne Lake Irena Lycoming Little Pine Lake McKean Bradford City Number Three Reservoir Mercer Shenango River Monroe Hidden Lake Potter Lyman Run Reservoir Somerset Laurel Hill Lake Sullivan Hunters Lake Susquehanna Quaker Lake Tioga Beechwood Lake Tioga Hamilton Lake Venango Two Mile Run Reservoir (Justus Lake) Warren Chapman Dam Reservoir Washington Canonsburg Lake Wayne Upper Woods Pond Westmoreland Northmoreland Lake Westmoreland Donegal Lake Westmoreland Keystone Lake Westmoreland Twin Lakes Number One Reservoir Westmoreland Twin Lakes Number Two Reservoir Westmoreland Mammoth Lake 58 Pa. Code § 65.19. Approved Trout Waters Open to Year-Round Fishing
The Commission will consider adding the following waters to its list of Approved Trout Waters Open to Year-Round Fishing regulated and managed under 58 Pa. Code § 65.19:
County Water Allegheny North Park Lake Beaver Raccoon Lake (Main Lake) Blair Canoe Creek Lake Cambria Duman Lake Cambria Lake Rowena Cameron George B Stevenson Reservoir Clinton Kettle Creek Lake Columbia Briar Creek Lake Fayette Dunlap Creek Lake Fayette Virgin Run Lake Fayette/Somerset Youghiogheny River Fulton Cowans Gap Lake Lackawanna Lackawanna Lake Luzerne Lily Lake Lycoming Little Pine Lake Monroe Hidden Lake Potter Lyman Run Reservoir Somerset Laurel Hill Lake Sullivan Hunters Lake Tioga Beechwood Lake Tioga Hamilton Lake Venango Two Mile Run Reservoir (Justus Lake) Washington Canonsburg Lake Westmoreland Northmoreland Lake Westmoreland Donegal Lake Westmoreland Keystone Lake Westmoreland Twin Lakes Number One Reservoir Westmoreland Twin Lakes Number Two Reservoir Westmoreland Mammoth Lake At this time, the Commission is soliciting public input concerning the previously listed designations and redesignations. Persons with comments, objections or suggestions concerning the designations and redesignations are invited to submit comments 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. 12-1653. Filed for public inspection August 24, 2012, 9:00 a.m.]
