NOTICES
FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION
Triploid Grass Cart Permit Applications
[34 Pa.B. 5321] 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 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, 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 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 Water Description of Water Nature of Vegetation
to be ControlledRobert Merritt Merritt Pond Bedford Township,
Bedford County10-acre lake which discharges into Shobers Run Elodea canadensis
Filamentous algaeJohn K. Wolff Le Lac du Loup
Restocking requestOregon Township,
Wayne County13-acre lake which discharges into
an unnamed tributary to South Branch
Calkins CreekPotamogeton spp. Deer Lake Improvement Association Deer Lake Wharton Township,
Fayette County60-acre lake which discharges into Meadow Run Myriophyllum sp. DOUGLAS J. AUSTEN, Ph.D.,
Executive Director
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 04-1797. Filed for public inspection September 24, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]
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