The Department of Environmental Protection has invited interested watershed groups and others with technical information on water quality in several watersheds across the state for which it is doing a stream redesignation evaluation.

Data should be submitted no later than September 10.

The streams include: Bear Run, Indiana & Jefferson Counties; Grinnage Run, Greene County; Halter Creek, Blair & Bedford Counties; Hotland Run, tributary to Crum Creek Delaware County; and Sherman Creek, Perry County.

Persons who have technical data concerning the water quality, instream habitat or biological condition of this stream section are encouraged to make it available to the Department for consideration in the assessment. This assessment may lead to a recommendation to the Environmental Quality Board for redesignation.

Data should be submitted to Tony Shaw, Division of Water Quality Standards, Bureau of Water Standards and Facility Regulation, P. O. Box 8467, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8467 or send email to: tshaw@state.pa.us. Questions concerning this evaluation can be directed to Tony Shaw at 717-787-9637.

DEP also published a notice withdrawing the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Plan for Neshaminy Creek (Pa Bulletin page 4579). A rationale for the withdrawal is posted on DEP’s TMDL webpage.

8/17/2007