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Watershed Redesigation

[31 Pa.B. 1911]

   The Storm Water Management Act (act) (32 P. S. §§ 680.1--680.19), requires Commonwealth counties to prepare and adopt watershed stormwater plans for designated watersheds. The intent of the act is to address the impacts of development on existing stormwater runoff levels and recommend measures to control accelerated runoff to prevent flood damage that could occur due to those development activities.

   A watershed stormwater plan includes hydrologic and hydraulic evaluation of the drainage basin, consideration of existing drainage problems, existing and proposed flood control projects and their impacts, existing government regulatory mechanisms, and provides recommendations for the control of accelerated runoff as a result of development. The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) provides up to 75% funding assistance to counties for their watershed stormwater planning efforts.

   Under section 14(a)(10) of the act (relating to powers and duties of the Department of Environmental Protection), the Department, in consultation with the counties, originally designated 353 watersheds in this entire Commonwealth. Those watersheds were approved by the Environmental Quality Board (Board) on May 31, 1980, with amendments on November 19, 1991, April 21, 1992, June 21, 1994, April 16, 1996, April 15, 1997, December 16, 1997 and most recently on March 20, 2001, bringing the current number of watersheds to 359.

   Nine watersheds had previously been designated within Bucks County. The Bucks County Planning Commission requested that the Delaware River's direct drainage area located within the county boundary be redesignated into two separate watersheds as Delaware River (North) and Delaware River (South), for the purposes of stormwater planning under the act. On March 20, 2001, the Board approved this request to separate the watersheds at the Tinicum and Plumstead Township boundaries near the mouth of Tohickon Creek. This redesignation results in Bucks County having 10 watersheds for planning purposes.

   Bucks County will take the lead role in preparing the watershed stormwater plans for the newly designated watersheds. The northern portion of the Delaware River (North) watershed drains to areas located in Northampton County. Northampton County has been informed that the redesignation will administratively affect the county. With the redesignations, Northampton County's ten watersheds, which previously were approved by the Board, result in 11 watersheds for planning purposes. The redesignation will enable Bucks County to undertake watershed planning separately, since each watershed has different topography, land uses and development pressures.

   The Department conducted a preliminary evaluation of the hydrologic and hydraulic impacts of the redesignations on both of the redesignated watersheds and determined that there will not be any negative environmental impact from the redesignation action. Northampton County is expected to cooperate with Bucks County in undertaking watershed planning for the redesignated watershed within its jurisdiction.

   The Department, subsequent to advertising in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on June 10, 2000, held public hearings on June 27, 2000, at the office of the Bucks County Planning Commission and on June 28, 2000, at the Lehigh County Courthouse to accept public comments on the redesignations. The Bucks County Planning Commission and the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission supported Bucks County's petition at the respective public hearings. No adverse comments were received. The public comment period following the hearings concluded on July 28, 2000, and no further comments were received.

   This watershed redesignation is effective upon publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

   For further information, contact Durla Lathia, Bureau of Water Supply and Wastewater Management, at (717) 772-5661, or e-mail at dlathia@dep.state.pa.us. Persons with a disability may use the AT&T Relay Service by calling (800) 654-5984 (TDD users) or (800) 654-5988 (voice users). The index is available electronically through the Department's website (http://www.dep.state.pa.us).

DAVID E. HESS,   
Acting Secretary

Annex A

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

INDEX OF

DESIGNATED WATERSHEDS

(STORMWATER MANAGEMENT)

   (Approved by the Environmental Quality Board, pursuant to the Storm Water Management Act, P. L. 864, No. 167, October 4, 1978, and published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on May 31, 1980 and August 9, 1980, as amended on November 19, 1991, April 21, 1992 , June 21, 1994, April 16, 1996, April 15, 1997, December 16, 1997, and March 20, 2001).

Department Of Environmental Protection
Bureau Of Watershed Management
Division Of Water Use Planning
Rachel Carson State Office Building
PO Box 8555
Harrisburg PA 17105-8555

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania          Tom Ridge, Governor

Department of Environmental Protection James M. Seif, Secretary

An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

http://www.dep.state.pa.us

LAKE ERIE BASIN

  1.  Lake Erie/Elk Creek
  2.  Conneaut Creek
  3.  Ashtabula River

GENESEE River BASIN

  1.  Genessee River

POTOMAC River BASIN

  1.  Potomac River*

POTOMAC River (From Somerset County to Adams County along Maryland State Line)

  2.  Little Wills Creek
  3.  Wills Creek
  4.  Evitts Creek
  5.  Little Tonoloway Creek
  6.  Tonoloway Creek
  7.  Cove Creek
  8.  Little Cove Creek
  9.  Licking Creek
10.  Back Creek
11.  West Branch Conocheague Creek
12.  Conocheague Creek
13.  Antietam Creek
14.  Monocacy River

OHIO River BASIN

  1.  Ohio River*
  2.  Allegheny River*
  3.  Clarion River*
  4.  Kiskiminetas River*
  5.  Youghiogheny River*
  6.  Monongahela River*
  7.  Beaver River*

OHIO River (From Confluence with Allegheny River to Ohio State Line)

  8.  Sawmill Run
  9.  Robinson Run
10.  Chartiers Creek
11.  Lowries Run
12.  Montour Run
13.  Little Sewickley Creek
14.  Flaugherty Run
15.  Big Sewickley Creek
16.  Traverse Creek
17.  Service Creek
18.  Raccoon Creek
19.  Little Beaver Creek
20.  Fish Creek
21.  Wheeling Creek
22.  Cross Creek

ALLEGHENY River (From Potter County to New York State Line)

23.  Potato Creek
24.  Oswago Creek
25.  Tunungwant Creek
26.  Upper Allegheny River

ALLEGHENY River (from New York State Line to Confluence with Clarion River)

27.  Conewago Creek
28.  Brokenstraw Creek
29.  Tionesta Creek
30.  Oil Creek
31.  Muddy Creek
32.  Cussewago Creek
33.  Conneaut Outlet
34.  Sugar Creek
35.  French Creek
36.  East Sandy Creek
37.  Sandy Creek

CLARION River (From McKean County to Confluence with Allegheny River)

38.  Elk Creek
39.  Little Toby Creek
40.  Toms, Cather, Maxwell, Blyson and McCanna Runs
41.  Piney Creek
42.  Deer Creek
43.  Licking Creek

ALLEGHENY River (From Clarion River to Kiskiminetas River)

44.  Sandy Lick Creek
45.  North Fork Redbank Creek
46.  Little Sandy Creek
47.  Redbank Creek
48.  Stump Creek
49.  East Branch Mahoning Creek
50.  Big Run
51.  Canoe Creek
52.  Elk Run
53.  Little Mahoning Creek
54.  Mahoning Creek
55.  Pine Creek
56.  Cowanshannock Creek
57.  Crooked Creek
58.  Glade Run

KISKIMINETAS River (from Somerset County to Confluence with Allegheny River)

59.  Quemahoning Creek
60.  Shade Creek
61.  Paint Creek
62.  Bens Creek
63.  Stony Creek
64.  Little Conemaugh River
65.  Two Lick Creek
66.  Black Lick Creek
67.  Aultmans/Stewart Runs
68.  Loyalhanna Creek
69.  Conemaugh River
70.nBlacklegs Creek

ALLEGHENY River (From Kiskiminetas River to Confluence with Ohio River)

71.  Buffalo Creek
72.  Bull Creek
  73.  Pucketa Creek
  74.  Deer Creek
  75.  Plum Creek
  76.  Squaw Run
  77.  Pine Creek
  78.  Girty Run

YOUGHIOGHENY River (From Somerset County to Confluence with Monongahela River)

  79.  Buffalo Creek
  80.  Coxes Creek
  81.  Casselman River
  82.  Laurel Hill Creek
  83.  Indian Creek
  84.  Jacobs Creek
  85.  Sewickley Creek

MONONGAHELA River (From West Virginia State Line to Confluence with Ohio River)

  86.  Cheat River
  87.  Dunkard Creek
  88.  Georges Creek
  89.  Whitley Creek
  90.  Muddy Creek
  91.  Pumpkin Run
  92.  South Fork Ten Mile Creek
  93.  Ten Mile Creek
  94.  Dunlan Creek
  95.  Redstone Creek
  96.  Pike Run
  97.  Pigeon Creek
  98.  Peters Creek
  99.  Turtle Creek

BEAVER River (From Ohio State Line to Confluence with Ohio River)

100.  Little Shenango River
101.  Little Neshannock Creek
102.  Neshannock Creek
103.  Shenango River
104.  Sullivan Run
105.  Breakneck Creek
106.  Wolf Creek
107.  Slippery Rock Creek
108.  Connoquenessing Creek
109.  Brady Run

SUSQUEHANNA River BASIN

  1.  Susquehanna River*
  2.  West Branch Susquehanna River*

SUSQUEHANNA River (From Susquehanna County to Bradford county along New York State Line)

  3.  Starrucca/Cascade Creeks
  4.  Drinker Creek
  5.  Mitchell/Denton Creeks
  6.  Salt Lick Creek
  7.  DuBois Creek
  8.  Snake Creek
  9.  Choconut Creek
10.  Apalachin Creek
11.  Wappasening Creek

SUSQUEHANNA River (From Potter County to Confluence with Chemung River along New York State Line)

12.  Crooked Creek
13.  Cowanesque River
14.  Tioga River
15.  Chemung River

SUSQUEHANNA River (From Confluence with Chemung River to the Confluence with West Branch Susquehanna River)

16.  Sugar Creek
17.  Towanda Creek
18.  Wysox Creek
19.  Wyalusing Creek
20.  East and Middle Branch Wyalusing Creek
21.  North Branch Wyalusing Creek
22.  Meshoppen Creek
23.  Mehoopany Creek
24.  Tunkhannock Creek upstream from Nine Partners Creek
25.  Tunkhannock Creek upstream from Martins Creek
26.  East Branch Tunkhannock Creek
27.  Martins Creek
28.  South Branch Tunkhannock Creek
29.  Tunkhannock Creek
30.  Bowman Creek
31.  Lackawanna River
32.  Abrahams Creek
33.  Mill Creek
34.  Toby Creek
35.  Solomon Creek
36.  Nanticoke/Newport Creeks
37.  Harvey Creek
38.  Hunlock Creek
39.  L. Wapwallopen/Wapwallopen Creeks
40.  Nescopeck Creek
41.  Briar Creek
42.  Huntingdon Creek
43.  Little Fishing Creek
44.  Fishing Creek
45.  Catawissa Creek
46.  Roaring Creek
47.  Sechler Run
48.  Mahoning Creek

WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA River (From Cambria County to Confluence with Susquehanna River)

49.  Chest Creek
50.  Anderson Creek
51.  Central Region West Branch Susquehanna River Clearfield County
52.  Clearfield Creek
53.  Moshannon Creek
54.  Mosquito Creek
55.  Sinnemahoning/Portage Creeks
56.  West Creek
57.  First Fork Sinnemahoning Creek
58.  Sinnemahoning Creek
59.  Kettle Creek
60.  Young Womans Creek
61.  Spring Creek
62.  Beech Creek
63.  Fishing Creek/Cedar Run
64.  Bald Eagle Creek
65.  Reeds Run
66.  Chatham Run
67.  Marsh Creek
68.  West Branch Pine Creek
69.  Pine Creek
70.  Antes Creek
71.  Larry's Creek
72.  Lycoming Creek
73.  Grafius/Millers/McClure Runs
74.  Loyalsock Creek
75.  Muncy Creek
76.  White Deer Hole Creek
77.  White Deer Creek
  78.  Limestone Run
  79.  Buffalo Creek
  80.  Bull Run
  81.  Chillisquaqua Creek

SUSQUEHANNA River (From Confluence with West Branch Susquehanna River to the Confluence with Juniata River)

  82.  Shamokin Creek
  83.  Penns Creek
  84.  Middle Creek
  85.  Mahanoy Creek
  86.  Mahantago Creek (West)
  87.  Mahantago Creek (East)
  88.  Wiconisco Creek

JUNIATA River (From Centre County to Confluence with Suquehanna River)

  89.  South Bald Eagle Creek
  90.  Spruce Creek
  91.  Little Juniata River
  92.  Frankstown Branch Juniata River
  93.  Beaverdam Branch Juniata River
  94.  Shaver Creek
  95.  Muddy Run
  96.  Crooked Creek
  97.  Standing Stone Creek
  98.  Shawnee Creek
  99.  Shobers Run
100.  Bobs Creek
101.  Dunning Creek
102.  Cove Creek
103.  Snakespring Valley Run
104.  Clear Creek
105.  Shaffer Creek
106.  Brush Creek
107.  Sandy/Sixmile Runs
108.  Yellow Creek
109.  Shoup Run
110.  Great Trough Creek
111.  Raystown Branch Juniata River
112.  Mill Creek
113.  Wooden Bridge Creek
114.  Sideling Hill Creek
115.  Three Spring Creek
116.  Blacklog Creek
117.  Aughwich Creek
118.  Laurel Creek
119.  Honey Creek
120.  Kishacoquillas Creek
121.  Jacks Creek
122.  East Licking Creek
123.  Tuscarora Creek
124.  Little Buffalo/Buffalo Creeks
125.  Juniata River

SUSQUEHANNA River (From Confluence with Juniata River to Maryland State Line)

126.  Little Juniata Creek
127.  Sherman Creek
128.  Clark Creek
129.  Stony Creek
130.  Fishing Creek
131.  Middle Spring Creek
132.  Letort Spring Run
133.  Hogestown/Trindle Spring Runs
134.  Conodoguinet Creek
135.  Paxton Creek
136.  Spring Creek (West)
137.  Mountain Creek
138.  Cedar Run
139.  Yellow Breeches Creek (Lower)
140.  Yellow Breeches Creek (Upper)
141.   Quittapahilla Creek
142.   Spring Creek (East)
143.   Bow/Beaver/Manada Creeks
144.   Swatara Creek
145.   Conewago Creek
146.   Little Conewago Creek
147.   Conewago Creek (West)
148.   East Branch Codorus Creek
149.   South Branch Codorus Creek
150.   Codorus Creek
151.   Donegal/Little Chickies Creeks
152.   Chickies Creek
153.   Kreutz Creek
154.   Cocalico Creek
155.   Mill Creek
156.   Little Conestoga Creek
157.   Conestoga River
158.   Pequea Creek
159.   Muddy Creek
160.   Conowingo Creek
161.  Octoraro Creek

DELAWARE River BASIN

  1.  Delaware River*
  2.  Lehigh River*
  3.  Schuylkill River*

DELAWARE River (From Wayne County to Confluence with Lehigh River along New York and New Jersey State Line)

  4.  Equinunk Creek
  5.  Wallenpaupack Creek
  6.  Lackawaxen River
  7.  Shohola Creek
  8.  Saw Kill Creek
  9.  Bushkill Creek
10.  McMichaels Creek
11.  Broadhead Creek
12.  Cherry Creek
13.  Martins/Jacoby Creeks
14.  Bushkill Creek

LEHIGH River (From Pike County to Confluence with Delaware River)

15.  Tobyhanna Creek
16.  Mud Run
17.  Black Creek
18.  Nesquehoning Creek
19.  Mauch Chunk Creek
20.  Mahoning Creek
21.  Pohopoco Creek
22.  Lizard Creek
23.  Aquashicola Creek
24.  Trout/Bertsch Creeks
25.  Hokendaugua Creek
26.  Coplay Creek
27.  Catasauqua Creek
28.  Jordan Creek
29.  Little Lehigh Creek
30.  Monocacy Creek
31.  Saucon Creek
32.  Nancy Run

DELAWARE River (From Confluence with Lehigh River to Confluence with Schuylkill River along New Jersey State Line)

33.  Tohicon Creek
34.  Little Neshaminy Creek
35.  Neshaminy Creek
36.  Poquessing Creek
37.  Pennypack Creek
38.  Tacony Creek (Frankford)

SCHUYLKILL River (From Carbon County to Confluence with Delaware River)

39.  Little Schuylkill River
40.  Sacony Creek
41.  Maiden Creek
42.  Tulpehocken Creek
43.  Manatawny Creek
44.  Pigeon Creek
45.  French Creek
46.  Pickering/Valley Creeks
47.  Swamp Creek
48.  East Branch Perkiomen Creek
49.  Skippack Creek
50.  Perkiomen Creek
51.  Valley Creek
52.  Stony Creek (Sawmill Run)
53.  Mill Creek/Rock Run/Gully Creek/Arrowmink Creek
54.  Wissahickon Creek
55.  Sandy Run

DELAWARE River (From Confluence with Schuylkill River to Delaware State along New Jersey State Line)

56.  Cobbs Creek
57.  Darby Creek
58.  Crum Creek
59.  Ridley Creek
60.  Chester Creek
61.  East Branch Brandywine Creek
62.  West Branch Brandywine Creek
63.  Sucker Run
64.  White Clay Creek (Christina River)
65.  Red Clay Creek
66.  Brandywine Creek
67.  Big Elk Creek (Chesapeake Bay)
68.  Little Elk Creek
69.  Northeast Creek

DESIGNATED WATERSHEDS BY COUNTIES

ADAMS COUNTY

  1.  Conewago Creek
  2.  Monocacy River
  3.  Conococheague Creek
  4.  Antietam Creek
  5.  Mountain Creek

ALLEGHENY COUNTY

  1.  Pine Creek
  2.  Chartiers Creek
  3.  Deer Creek
  4.  Bull Creek
  5.  Turtle Creek
  6.  Sawmill Run
  7.  Squaw Run
  8.  Ohio River
  9.  Robinson Run
10.  Peters Creek
11.  Montour Run
12.  Lowries Run
13.  Girty Run
14.  Plum Creek
15.  L. Sewickley Creek
16.  Big Sewickley Creek
17.  Flaugherty Run
18.  Monongahela River
19.  Youghiogheny River
20.  Allegheny River
21.  Raccoon Creek
22.  Connoquenessing Creek
23.  Pucketa Creek
24.  Breakneck Creek

ARMSTRONG COUNTY

  1.  Cowanshannock Creek
  2.  Glade Run
  3.  Kickiminetas River
  4.  Allegheny River
  5.  Pine Creek
  6.  Crooked Creek
  7.  Mahoning Creek
  8.  Redbank Creek
  9.  Buffalo Creek
10.  Blacklegs Creek
11.  L. Sandy Creek

BEAVER COUNTY

  1.  Raccoon Creek
  2.  Service Creek
  3.  Traverse Creek
  4.  Connoquenessing Creek
  5.  Ohio River
  6.  Big Sewickley Creek
  7.  Beaver River
  8.  Brady Run
  9.  Little Beaver Creek
10.  Slippery Rock Creek
11.  Flaugherty Run

BEDFORD COUNTY

  1.  Dunning Creek
  2.  Yellow Creek
  3.  Bobs Creek
  4.  Shobers Run
  5.  Shoup Run
  6.  Raystown Br., Juniata River
  7.  Snakespring Valley Run
  8.  Little Wills Creek
  9.  Cove Creek
10.  Clear Creek
11.  Shaffer Creek
12.  Potomac River
13.  Wills Creek
14.  Shawnee Creek
15.  Brush Creek
16.  Frankstown Br. Juniata River
17.  Evitts Creek
18.  Sandy/Sixmile Runs

BERKS COUNTY

  1.  Tulpehocken Creek
  2.  Schuylkill River
  3.  Maiden Creek
  4.  Sacony Creek
  5.  Manatawny Creek
  6.  Little Lehigh Creek
  7.  Perkiomen Creek
  8.  Swamp Creek
  9.  Conestoga River
10.  Swatara Creek
11.  French Creek
12.  L. Schuylkill River

BLAIR COUNTY

  1.  Beaverdam Br. Juniata River
  2.  L. Juniata River
  3.  Frankstown Br. Juniata River
  4.  South Bald Eagle Creek
  5.  Yellow Creek
  6.  Bobs Creek
  7.  Moshannon Creek
  8.  Clearfield Creek

BRADFORD COUNTY

  1.  Sugar Creek
  2.  Towanda Creek
  3.  Wysox Creek
  4.  Susquehanna River
  5.  Chemung River
  6.  Wyalusing Creek
  7.  Loyalsock Creek
  8.  Tioga River
  9.  Mehoopany Creek
10.  North Branch Wyalusing Creek
11.  Wappasening Creek
12.  Apalachin Creek

BUCKS COUNTY

  1.  Neshaminy Creek
  2.  L. Neshaminy Creek
  3.  Tohickon Creek
  4.  Perkiomen Creek
  5.  E. Br. Perkiomen Creek
  6.  Delaware River (North)
  7.  Delaware River (South)
  8.  Poquessing Creek
  9.  Pennypack Creek
10.  Saucon Creek

BUTLER COUNTY

  1.  Connoquenessing Creek
  2.  Slippery Rock Creek
  3.  Wolf Creek
  4.  Allegheny River
  5.  Sullivan Run
  6.  Breakneck Creek
  7.  Bull Creek
  8.  Buffalo Creek
  9.  Deer Creek

CAMBRIA COUNTY

  1.  L. Conemaugh River
  2.  Conemaugh River
  3.  Stony Creek
  4.  Paint Creek
  5.  Blacklick Creek
  6.  Bens Creek
  7.  W. Br. Susquehanna River
  8.  Chest Creek
  9.  Clearfield Creek
10.  Frankstown Br. Juniata River
11.  L. Juniata River
12.  Bobs Creek

CAMERON COUNTY

  1.  Sinnemahoning Portage Creek
  2.  West Creek
  3.  Sinnemahoning Creek
  4.  First Fork Sinnemahoning Creek
  5.  West Br. Susquehanna River
  6.  Potato Creek
  7.  Mosquito Creek

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