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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 03-31

NOTICES

ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY BOARD

Approval of Stream Evaluation Recommendation

[33 Pa.B. 91]

Frya Run, Northampton County

   On December 17, 2002, the Environmental Quality Board (Board) adopted the recommendation of the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) to retain the current High Quality-Cold Water Fishes, Migratory Fishes designation for Frya Run in Northampton County. This designation was originally established for Frya Run based upon the results of a stream study conducted by the Department in October 1990.

   The Department evaluated Frya Run in response to a petition submitted to the Board in September 1997 by the Fry's Run Residents' Group. In its petition, the group requested that Frya Run (locally known as Fry's Run) be redesignated to Exceptional Value (EV) status. As a result of the petition, the Department conducted field surveys on Frya Run in December 1997 and March 2000. The Department's surveys included a comparison of biological data collected from two stations on Frya Run to data collected from two tributaries to Cooks Creek, an EV reference stream in Bucks County. The results of the analysis, along with a review of other attributes of the basin, indicated that no portion of the Frya Run basin qualified as surface waters of exceptional ecological significance or met any of the other EV criteria listed in 25 Pa. Code § 93.4b(b) (relating to qualifying as High Quality or Exceptional Value waters).

   The Board's adoption of the Department's recommendation on December 17, 2002, concludes the review and consideration of the petition submitted by the Fry's Run Residents' Group for Frya Run.

   Questions concerning the petition, evaluation or the Board's action may be directed to the Environmental Quality Board, P. O. Box 8477, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8477, (717) 787-4526.

DAVID E. HESS,   
Chairperson

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 03-31. Filed for public inspection January 3, 2003, 9:00 a.m.]


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