NOTICES
ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY BOARD
Acceptance of Rulemaking Petition for Study
[34 Pa.B. 133] On December 16, 2003, the Environmental Quality Board (Board) accepted a rulemaking petition for study under 25 Pa. Code Chapter 23 (relating to Environmental Quality Board policy for processing petitions--statement of policy). The petition, submitted by John Morris on behalf of the Stanley Cooper Sr. Chapter of Trout Unlimited, requests that the Board redesignate the stream segment appearing in 25 Pa. Code § 93.9a (relating to Drainage List A) as West Branch Delaware River (Main Stem, PA-NY State border to confluence with East Branch) and Delaware River, Main Stem (confluence of East and West Branches, to PA 652 Bridge, Narrowsburg, NY) from its present designation of Cold Water Fishes (CWF), Migratory Fishes (MF) to High Quality (HQ)-CWF, MF.
Under 25 Pa. Code § 93.4d(a) (relating to processing of petitions, evaluations and assessments to change a designated use), the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) is required to publish a notice of intent to assess candidate waters before performing survey work. The Department's assessment notice for the West Branch and Main Stem of the Delaware River will appear in a future issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
The petition submitted by the Stanley Cooper Sr. Chapter of Trout Unlimited is available to the public by contacting the Environmental Quality Board, P. O. Box 8477, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8477, (717) 787-4526 and is accessible on the Department's website at www.dep.state.pa.us (DEP Keyword: EQB) (December 16, 2003, meeting).
KATHLEEN A. MCGINTY,
Chairperson
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 04-34. Filed for public inspection January 2, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]
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