DEP Invites Comments On Stream Evaluation Reports For 3 Streams In Monroe/Carbon; Susquehanna; Berks/Lehigh/Montgomery Counties

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the August 12 PA Bulletin inviting comments on draft Stream Evaluation Reports for Aquashicola Creek (Monroe and Carbon counties); Jones Creek (Susquehanna County) and Hosensack Creek (Berks, Lehigh and Montgomery counties).

The Aquashicola Creek evaluation was conducted in response to a petition from the Aquashicola/Pohopoco Watershed Conservancy, which was accepted for further study by the Environmental Quality Board (Board) on December 21, 2010. 

This portion of the Aquashicola Creek basin is currently designated High Quality—Cold Water Fishes (CWF), Migratory Fishes (MF). The petition requests the Aquashicola Creek basin from the source to Buckwha Creek be redesignated to Exceptional Value.

The Jones Creek evaluation was conducted as part of ongoing monitoring and assessment efforts. The entire Jones Creek basin is currently designated CWF, MF.

The Hosensack Creek evaluation was conducted in response to a petition submitted by the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Perkiomen Valley Trout Unlimited and Lower Milford Township, which was accepted for further study by the Board on April 21, 2015. 

The Hosensack Creek basin is currently designated CWF, MF from the headwaters to its confluence with Perkiomen Creek.

Comments on due September 11.  Copies of the reports will be available on DEP’s eComment webpage.

Questions should be directed to Mark Brickner, Water Quality Division, at mbrickner@pa.gov or (717) 787-9637. 

Read the entire August 12 PA Bulletin notice for more information.

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[Posted: August 11, 2023]  PA Environment Digest