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Thursday, April 7, 2016

Upper Delaware tributary on list of streams recommended for High Quality Status

The Pennsylvania Department of  Environmental Protection (PA DEP) recommended a rulemaking to the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) to upgrade 50 Class A Trout Streams to High Quality status.

Included is Sherman Creek, a tributary to the West Branch of the Delaware.

You can submit an online comment supporting this change at http://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eComment/ or via email at RegComments@pa.gov with “Proposed Rulemaking: Water Quality Standards; Class A Stream Redesignations” in the subject line. A return name and address must be included in your email.

You can read the proposal here: http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol46/46-10/367.html