NOTICES
Two Rivers Watershed Conservation Management Plan
[33 Pa.B. 1372] The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (Department), Bureau of Recreation and Conservation, has approved the Two Rivers Watershed Conservation Management Plan (Plan) and is placing all watersheds and all tributaries covered in the Plan in Northampton County on the Pennsylvania Rivers Conservation Registry (Registry).
The Two Rivers Council of Governments submitted the Plan and other required information to gain Registry status.
After review of the Plan and other information, the Department has determined that the DCNR Rivers Conservation Program requirements have been satisfied and places the following on the Registry:
* The watershed area of the Bushkill Creek (Northampton County) from the headwaters to its confluence with the Delaware River--82.2 square miles.
* All tributary streams within the Bushkill Creek Watershed.
* The Lehigh River Corridor from the Palmer and Williams Townships border to its confluence with the Delaware River in Northampton County--12.8 square miles.
* All tributary streams that flow directly into the Lehigh River from the Palmer and Williams Townships border to its confluence with the Delaware River in Northampton County.
* The Delaware River Corridor from the border between Lower Mount Bethel and Forks Townships in Northampton County to the border between Northampton and Bucks Counties--10.8 square miles.
* All tributary streams that flow directly into the Delaware River from the border between Lower Mount Bethel and Forks Townships in Northampton County to the border between Northampton and Bucks Counties.
* The watershed area of Fry's Run (Northampton County) from the headwaters to its confluence with the Delaware River--6.3 square miles.
This action becomes effective March 15, 2003. Projects identified in the Plan become eligible for implementation, development or acquisition grant funding through the Keystone Rivers Conservation Program.
A copy of the Plan is available for review at the Two Rivers Area Chamber of Commerce, 1 South Third Street, Suite 800, P. O. Box 637, Easton, PA 18044-0637, (610) 253-4211; and at the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, 6th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17101, (717) 787-7672.
Maps and supporting data are on file at the Two Rivers Area Chamber of Commerce.
MICHAEL F. DIBERARDINIS,
Acting Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 03-461. Filed for public inspection March 14, 2003, 9:00 a.m.]
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