NOTICES
FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION
Triploid Grass Carp Permit Applications
[33 Pa.B. 5885] 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 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 to ra-pfbcregs@state.pa.us. A subject heading of the proposal and a return name and address must be included in each transmission. In addition, all electronic comments must be contained in the text of the transmission, not in an attachment. 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 application to stock triploid grass carp in waters having a surface area of more than 5 acres is currently undergoing staff review:
Location Description Nature of Vegetation Applicant Water of Water of Water to be Controlled Richard Bonifanti for Heart Lake Association Heart Lake Bridgewater and New Milford Townships, Susquehanna County 43-acre lake which discharges into Hopbottom Creek Wild celery
Filamentous algae
Pondweed
(Potamogeton sp.)DENNIS T. GUISE,
Deputy Executive Director
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 03-2283. Filed for public inspection November 26, 2003, 9:00 a.m.]
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