NOTICES
FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION
Triploid Grass Carp Permit Application
[48 Pa.B. 6634]
[Saturday, October 13, 2018]Under 58 Pa. Code § 71.7 (relating to triploid grass carp), the Fish and Boat Commission (Commission) may issue permits to stock triploid grass carp in Commonwealth waters. Triploid grass carp are sterile fish that may, in appropriate circumstances, help control aquatic vegetation. The Commission has determined consistent with 58 Pa. Code § 71.7(e)(3) to seek public input with respect to any proposed stockings of triploid grass carp in waters having a surface area of more than 5 acres.
Interested persons are invited to submit written comments, objections or suggestions about the notice to the Executive Director, Fish and Boat Commission, P.O. Box 67000, Harrisburg, PA 17106-7000, within 10 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.
The following applications to stock triploid grass carp in waters having a surface area of greater than 5 acres are currently undergoing staff review:
Applicant Water Location of
WaterDescription
of WaterNature of
Vegetation to
be ControlledJohn Hawthorne Gruber Lake
N 40 59.847
W -75 21.363
Jackson Township
Monroe County14.6-acre lake tributary to Appenzell Creek tributary to McMichael Creek Elodea, Coontail, Bladderwort, White Water Lily Jonathan Tyler Laurel Lake
New MilfordHarford Township
Susquehanna County6.6-acre lake discharges to an Unnamed Tributary to Leslie Creek tributary to Tunkhannock Creek Variable Leaf Pondweed JOHN A. ARWAY,
Executive Director
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 18-1603. Filed for public inspection October 12, 2018, 9:00 a.m.]
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