PROPOSED RULEMAKING
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD
Acceptance of Rulemaking Petition for Study
[52 Pa.B. 7514]
[Saturday, December 10, 2022]On November 15, 2022, the Environmental Quality 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 the Brodhead Watershed Association, requests the amendment of 25 Pa. Code § 93.9c (relating to Drainage List C) to redesignate a section of Brodhead Creek in Monroe County, from the Middle Branch headwater to the confluence with Paradise Creek, from high quality cold water fishes, migratory fishes to exceptional value, migratory fishes.
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. The Department's assessment notice for this rulemaking petition will appear in a future issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
The previously-referenced petition 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 web site at www.dep.pa.gov (select ''Public Participation,'' ''Environmental Quality Board,'' ''2022 Meetings,'' then ''Meeting Agendas/Minutes/Handouts; November 15, 2022: In-Person/WebEx Meeting'').
RAMEZ ZIADEH, P.E.,
Acting Chairperson
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 22-1896. Filed for public inspection December 9, 2022, 9:00 a.m.]
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