NOTICES
Elimination of Refuge Areas
[39 Pa.B. 1368]
[Saturday, March 14, 2009]Under 58 Pa. Code § 67.2 (relating to refuge areas), the Executive Director of the Fish and Boat Commission (Commission), with the approval of the Commission, may designate waters as refuge areas to which 30 Pa.C.S. § 2306 (relating to refuge areas), shall apply. Section 2306 provides that the Commission may set aside, in its discretion, such areas as it may judge best as refuge areas in which fishing or entry shall be prohibited for such periods of time as the Commission prescribes. According to the regulation, the designation of waters as refuge areas shall be effective upon posting of the waters after publication of a notice that the waters have been so designated in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Refuge areas are closed to public fishing except during the period from June 15 until the last day of February of the following year. It is unlawful to disturb fish or other aquatic life in refuge areas by any means, including wading, throwing stones, rocks or other objects or otherwise agitating the waters. The regulation will not be construed to prohibit fishing in such areas during the extended trout season.
At the next Commission meeting on April 20 and 21, 2009, the Commission will consider taking action to remove the refuge area designations from the sections of the following waters that have been so designated:
County Water Area Cameron Hicks Run Cameron Mix Run Cameron Upper Jerry Run Cameron Wykoff Run Clearfield Chest Creek Clearfield Jack Dent Branch Clearfield Little Clearfield Creek Clearfield Mosquito Creek and tributary,
Gifford RunElk Bear Creek Elk Big Mill Creek Elk Medix Run Elk Wilson Run Forest Blue Jay Creek Luzerne Bowman's Creek Lycoming White Deer Hole Creek McKean Chappel Fork McKean Combs Creek McKean Kinzua Creek McKean Kinzua Creek, South Branch McKean Lewis Run McKean Skinner Creek McKean Sugar Run McKean Sugar Run, North Branch McKean Tionesta Creek, East Branch McKean Tunungwant Creek, East Branch McKean Two Mile Run McKean Willow Creek McKean Wilson Run Monroe Tobyhanna Creek Snyder Swift Run Schuylkill Little Schuylkill River Warren Farnsworth Branch Warren Tionesta Creek, West Branch Warren Two Mile Run At this time, the Commission is soliciting public input concerning the previous redesignations. Persons with comments, objections or suggestions concerning the 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.
DOUGLAS J. AUSTEN, Ph.D.,
Executive Director
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 09-490. Filed for public inspection March 13, 2009, 9:00 a.m.]
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