The Department of Environmental Protection and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have set a May 1 public hearing to gather comments on a proposed inflatable dam at Wilkes-Barre.

The hearing will take place on the third floor of the Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center at Kings College, 133 North River Street, Wilkes-Barre

A formal notice of the hearing and background on the issue is available online.

Questions regarding the joint public hearing should be directed to Jack Kraeuter, Division of Dam Safety, P. O. Box 8554, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8554, 717-772-5959, jkraeuter@state.pa.us .

3/31/2006