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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 99-1707

THE GOVERNOR

GOVERNOR'S OFFICE

[29 Pa.B. 5283]

Amendment to Proclamation

September 30, 1999

   Whereas, on July 20, 1999, I declared a State of Drought Emergency in fifty-five counties of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania due to a long and continuing period of unusually dry weather, abnormally low stream flows, and reduced groundwater, which resulted in widespread shortage of water supplies throughout the Commonwealth; and

   Whereas, on September 10, 1999, I amended the Drought Proclamation to include twelve additional counties in the designated drought emergency area and to declare that an agricultural drought emergency had severely impacted the Commonwealth's agricultural and farming community's ability to grow crops, feed livestock, and perform other normal agricultural functions; and

   Whereas, during the past several weeks significant amounts of rainfall have fallen throughout the Commonwealth increasing stream flows, raising ground water levels, and otherwise eliminating many of the adverse impacts of the drought in all Commonwealth counties, except for Somerset County and the irreversible impact of the drought upon the Commonwealth's agricultural and farming community; and

   Whereas, officials of the Department of Environmental Protection have recommended to me that the drought emergency proclamation be lifted in all counties of the Commonwealth, with the exception of Somerset County, which has a continuing need to implement mandatory water conservation measures, and the agricultural drought emergency;

   Now Therefore, I, Tom Ridge, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution, the Emergency Management Services Code, 35 Pa.C.S. § 7101 et seq., as amended, and other laws of the Commonwealth, do hereby amend my Proclamation of July 20, 1999, as follows:

   1.  All counties of the Commonwealth are removed from the designated drought emergency except for Somerset County.

   2.  All provisions of the drought proclamation shall remain in full force and effect and shall continue to apply to Somerset County.

   3.  The adverse impacts of the drought on the Commonwealth's agricultural and farming community continue to exist throughout all of the counties of the Commonwealth. This continued agricultural drought emergency requires the Department of Agriculture to continue implementing a hay assistance program and other measures deemed necessary to respond to this emergency.

   4.  This Proclamation Amendment shall take effect immediately and shall continue to apply for ninety days from issuance.

   Given under my hand and the Seal of the Governor, at the City of Harrisburg, this thirtieth day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine and of the Commonwealth, the two hundred and twenty-fourth.

Ridge Signature
Governor

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 99-1707. Filed for public inspection October 8, 1999, 9:00 a.m.]


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