NOTICES

Stream Redesignation Evaluations; Water Quality Standards Review

[42 Pa.B. 3027]
[Saturday, May 26, 2012]

 Under 25 Pa. Code § 93.4b(a)(2)(ii) (relating to qualifying as High Quality or Exceptional Value Waters), the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) gives notice that it is undertaking evaluations of data submitted to the Department by the Fish and Boat Commission (Commission) pertaining to stream segments added to the Commission's Class A list. The Commission is requesting that 50 stream segments throughout this Commonwealth that meet their requirements for Class A Wild Trout Waters be redesignated as High Quality—Cold Water Fishes (HQ-CWF).

Stream Name	County	Tributary To
Balliet Run	Luzerne	Wapwallopen Creek
Bear Run	Venango	South Sandy Creek
Big Rift Creek	Tioga	Tioga River
Big Spring Creek	Cumberland	Conodoquinet Creek
Big Wapwallopen Creek	Luzerne	Wapwallopen Creek
Bow Creek	Luzerne	Big Wapwallopen Creek
Burgess Brook	Wyoming	North Branch Mahoopany Creek
Catasuaqua Creek	Northampton, Lehigh	Lehigh River
Cedar Run	Centre	Marsh Creek
Coles Creek	Columbia, Luzerne, Sullivan	Fishing Creek
Conety Run	Luzerne	Little Nescopeck Creek
Creasy Creek	Luzerne	Nescopeck Creek
Gaylord Creek	Susquehanna	North Branch Wyalusing Creek
Halter Creek	Blair	Frankstown Branch Juniata River
Harveys Run	Clinton	Bald Eagle Creek
Hay Creek	Berks	Schuylkill River
Higgins Run	Somerset	Quemahoning Creek
Hunter Creek	Carbon	Buckwha Creek
Laurel Run (Port Matilda)	Centre	Bald Eagle Creek
Letort Spring Run	Cumberland	Conodoquinet Creek
Lewis Creek	Luzerne	Lackawanna River
Lick Run	Columbia	Little Fishing Creek
Little Juniata River	Blair, Huntingdon	Juniata River
Little Nescopeck Creek	Luzerne	Nescopeck Creek
Logan Run	Forest	Tionesta Creek
Long Run	Luzerne	Nescopeck Creek
Martins Creek	Northampton	Tobyhanna Creek
Middle Spring Creek	Cumberland	Conodoquinet Creek
Mill Creek	Potter	Allegheny River
Plum Creek	Blair	Halter creek
Rock Creek	Susquehanna	Tunkhannock Creek
Rock Run	Tioga	Babb Creek
Sandy Run	Blair	Little Juniata River
Satterlee Run	Bradford	South Branch Towanda Creek
Saucon Creek	Lehigh	Lehigh River
Sherman Creek	Wayne	West Branch Delaware River
UNT Monocacy Creek	Berks	Monocacy Creek
UNT 01950 to Tulpehocken Creek (Womelsdorf)	Berks	Tulpehocken Creek
UNT 2299 to Bear Creek (West)	Schuylkill	Bear Creek
UNT 28137 to Nescopeck Creek (Kester CK)	Luzerne	Nescopeck Creek
UNT 28138 to Nescopeck Creek	Luzerne	Nescopeck Creek
UNT 28152 to Nescopeck Creek	Luzerne	Nescopeck Creek
UNT 64019 to Allegheny Creek	Berks	Allegheny Creek
UNT Coles Creek ''Fallow Hollow''	Columbia	Coles Creek
UNT Coles Creek ''Hess Hollow''	Columbia	Coles Creek
UNT to Delaware River	Northampton	Delaware River
UNT to Freeman Run	Westmoreland	Freeman Run
UNT to Laurel Run ''Wheelbarrow Run''	Luzerne	Laurel Run
Wapwallopen Creek	Luzerne	Susquehanna River
Willow Creek	Berks	Maiden Creek

 Persons who have technical data concerning the water quality, instream habitat or biological condition of these stream sections are encouraged to make it available to the Department for consideration in the assessment. These assessments may lead to recommendations to the Environmental Quality Board for redesignation.

 Data should be submitted to Tony Shaw, Division of Water Quality Standards, Bureau of Point and Non-Point Source Management, P. O. Box 8774, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8774, tshaw@pa.gov. Data should be submitted no later than 30 days following publication of this notice. Questions concerning this evaluation can be directed to Tony Shaw at (717) 787-9637.

 More information on stream redesignation notifications is available online at www.dep.state.pa.us (DEP Keyword: ''Stream Assessment Notifications'').

 Persons in need of accommodations as provided for in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 should contact Tony Shaw directly at (717) 787-9637 or through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TDD) to discuss how the Department may accommodate their needs.

MICHAEL L. KRANCER, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 12-981. Filed for public inspection May 25, 2012, 9:00 a.m.]

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