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Reader's Guide to the Pennsylvania Bulletin and The Volume 51 Number 34 Saturday, August 21, 2021 • Harrisburg, PA Pages 5181—5346 Agencies in this issue The Courts Department of Banking and Securities Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Department of Environmental Protection Department of General Services Department of Health Department of Human Services Department of State Fish and Boat Commission Independent Regulatory Review Commission Insurance Department Legislative Reference Bureau Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Philadelphia Parking Authority Professional Standards and Practices Commission State Conservation Commission Detailed list of contents appears inside. Latest Pennsylvania Code Reporter (Master Transmittal Sheet): Pennsylvania Bulletin Pennsylvania No. 561, August 2021 TYPE OR PRINT LEGIBLY Attn: 800 Church Rd. W. 17055-3198 PA Mechanicsburg, FRY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 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Attn: Pennsylvania Bulletin Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055-3198 800 West Church Road (717) 766-0211 ext. 2340 Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055-3198 (800) 334-1429 ext. 2340 (toll free, out-of-State) (800) 524-3232 ext. 2340 (toll free, in State) Copyright ௠ 2021 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Editorial preparation, composition, printing and distribution of the Pennsylvania Bulletin is effected on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by FRY COMMUNICATIONS, Inc., 800 West Church Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylva- nia 17055-3198. 5183 CONTENTS THE COURTS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES Notices JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS Availability of amendment to the Office of Long- Amendment of Rule 8.4 of the Pennsylvania Rules Term Living’s Home and Community-Based Com- of Professional Conduct; No. 213 disciplinary munity HealthChoices Waiver ...................5319 rules doc........................................5190 Availability of the temporary assistance for needy Amendment of Rules 208, 218 and 532 of the families State plan..............................5319 Pennsylvania Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement; Documents available—proposed nonpublic and No. 215 disciplinary rules doc. ...................5191 county nursing facility per diem rates and the LOCAL COURT RULES budget adjustment factor for State fiscal year 2021-2022 ......................................5320 Westmoreland County Rule of criminal procedure 576.1, electronic filing DEPARTMENT OF STATE and service of legal papers; No. 3 of 2021 ........5195 Notices RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE Election for the office of judge of the court of common pleas of Philadelphia County ............5320 Order approving the adoption of Pennsylvania Rule of Evidence 413; No. 878 Supreme Court rules FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION doc. ............................................5192 Notices Proposed amendment of Rules 1.3, 2.11, 9.1, 9.2, Classification of wild trout streams; proposed addi- 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 9.7 and 9.8 of the Pennsylvania tions, amendments and revisions; October 2021 . 5321 Orphans’ Court Rules ...........................5194 Proposed changes to list of Class A wild trout SUPREME COURT waters; October 2021............................5322 Financial institutions approved as depositories for INDEPENDENT REGULATORY REVIEW fiduciary accounts; No. 214 disciplinary rules doc.. 5196 COMMISSION Notices EXECUTIVE AND INDEPENDENT Notice of comments issued ........................5324 AGENCIES Notice of filing of final rulemaking.................5327 INSURANCE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND SECURITIES Notices Notices Agency contract termination of Turley Insurance Actions on applications............................5254 Agency, Inc. under Act 143; The Hartford Mutual DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL Insurance Company; doc. No. AT21-07-012........5327 Application for approval to redomesticate from the RESOURCES Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by Lackawanna Notices American Insurance Company ...................5328 Wild Resource Conservation Program public input . 5255 Application for approval to redomesticate from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by Lackawanna DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Casualty Company..............................5328 Notices Application for approval to redomesticate from the Applications, actions and special notices............5255 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by Lackawanna Availability of technical guidance ..................5317 National Insurance Company ....................5328 Bid opportunity (2 Documents) ....................5317 Application for renewal of designation as a certified Climate Change Advisory Committee August meet- reinsurer (4 Documents)................... 5328, 5329 ing.............................................5318 Charles Alan Molter; public adjuster license denial Small Business Compliance Advisory Committee appeal; doc. No. AG21-08-001 ....................5329 meeting cancellation ............................5318 Review procedure hearings under the Unfair Insur- DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES ance Practices Act ..............................5330 Robert F. Walters, Jr.; license denial appeal; doc. Rules and Regulations No. AG21-07-024................................5330 State metrology laboratory fee schedule ............5248 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Notices Notices Documents filed but not published .................5330 Health Research Advisory Committee virtual public meeting ........................................5318 PENNSYLVANIA GAMING CONTROL BOARD Long-term care nursing facilities; requests for ex- Rules and Regulations ception .........................................5319 Video gaming.....................................5207 Available Online at http://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 51, NO. 34, AUGUST 21, 2021 5184 PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION PHILADELPHIA PARKING AUTHORITY Notices Notices Service of notice of motor carrier applications in the Centre WISP Venture Company, LLC; doc. No. City of Philadelphia.............................5344 P-2021-3023605.................................5331 PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND PRACTICES Request for comments on implementation of poten- COMMISSION tial amendments to 52 Pa. Code § 59.34 relating to leakage surveys of customer-owned service Rules and Regulations Code of professional practice and conduct for educa- lines ...........................................5331 tors ............................................5199 Service of notice of motor carrier applications.......5335 STATE CONSERVATION COMMISSION Service of notice of motor carrier formal complaints . 5336 Telecommunications (21 Documents) ....5337, 5338, 5339, Notices 5340, 5341, 5342, 5343 Action on odor management plans for concentrated animal operations and concentrated animal feed- Transfer by sale ..................................5343 ing operations and volunteers complying with the Wastewater service; telephonic prehearing confer- Commonwealth’s Facility Odor Management Pro- ence ...........................................5343 gram...........................................5345 PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 51, NO. 34, AUGUST 21, 2021 5185 READER’S GUIDE TO THE PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN AND THE PENNSYLVANIA CODE Pennsylvania Bulletin Citation to the Pennsylvania Bulletin The Pennsylvania Bulletin is the official gazette of Cite material in the Pennsylvania Bulletin by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 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