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April 7, 2012 (Pages 1791-1976) Pennsylvania Bulletin Volume 42 (2012) Repository 4-7-2012 April 7, 2012 (Pages 1791-1976) Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/pabulletin_2012 Recommended Citation Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau, "April 7, 2012 (Pages 1791-1976)" (2012). Volume 42 (2012). 14. https://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/pabulletin_2012/14 This April is brought to you for free and open access by the Pennsylvania Bulletin Repository at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Volume 42 (2012) by an authorized administrator of Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law Digital Repository. Volume 42 Number 14 Saturday, April 7, 2012 • Harrisburg, PA Pages 1791—1976 See Part II page 1945 Part I for the Subject Index for Agencies in this issue January—March 2012 The General Assembly The Courts Department of Banking Department of Education Department of Environmental Protection Department of Health Department of Labor and Industry Department of Public Welfare Fish and Boat Commission Game Commission Independent Regulatory Review Commission Insurance Department Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission State Board of Education State Conservation Commission Susquehanna River Basin Commission Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Detailed list of contents appears inside. 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Church Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055-3198. 1793 CONTENTS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION Rules and Regulations JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS Proposed revisions to sentencing guidelines ....... 1798 Fishing; propagation and introduction of fish into Commonwealth waters ........................ 1859 Proposed Rulemaking THE COURTS Fishing; seasons, sizes and creel limits ........... 1862 RULES OF EVIDENCE Amendment of Rule 604 of the Rules of Evidence; GAME COMMISSION no. 566 Supreme Court rules doc. .............. 1858 Proposed Rulemaking Seasons and bag limits; correction ................ 1864 EXECUTIVE AGENCIES INDEPENDENT REGULATORY REVIEW DEPARTMENT OF BANKING COMMISSION Notices Notices Actions on applications .......................... 1865 Action taken by the Commission ................. 1932 Notice of comments issued ....................... 1933 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Notice of filing of final rulemakings .............. 1936 Notices 21st Century Community Learning Center 2012-13; INSURANCE DEPARTMENT request for proposals; opening of the online appli- Notices cation for Cohort 6A ........................... 1866 Philadelphia Contributionship Insurance Company; DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Germantown Insurance Company; homeowners; Notices rate and rule revisions ........................ 1936 Applications, actions and special notices .......... 1868 Request for comments on the proposed total maxi- PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION mum daily loads (TMDLs) developed for the Wolf Notices Run Watershed in Lycoming County ............ 1927 Corporate restructuring .......................... 1936 2012 draft integrated water quality monitoring and Indirect transfer of control ....................... 1937 assessment report; notice of availability for public Voting membership interests ..................... 1937 comment ...................................... 1927 Water Resources Advisory Committee meeting can- STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION cellation ...................................... 1928 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Corrective amendment to 22 Pa. Code § 4.3 ....... 1859 Notices Long-term care nursing facilities; request for excep- STATE CONSERVATION COMMISSION tion .......................................... 1928 Notices Renal Disease Advisory Committee meeting ....... 1928 Action on odor management plans for concentrated Rescheduling of controlled substance: clobazam from animal operations and concentrated animal feed- schedule I to schedule IV classification ......... 1929 ing operations and volunteers complying with the Updating the list of citations to ACIP recommenda- tions prescribing child immunization practices Commonwealth’s Facility Odor Management and immunizing agents and doses .............. 1929 Program ...................................... 1937 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION Proposed Rulemaking Notices Uniform Construction Code ...................... 1861 Actions taken at December meeting .............. 1938 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE Actions taken at March meeting ................. 1939 Notices THADDEUS STEVENS COLLEGE OF Additional class of payments to qualifying acute TECHNOLOGY care general hospitals for obstetrical and neonatal intensive care services ......................... 1931 Notices Trauma disproportionate share payments ......... 1932 Request for bids ................................. 1942 Now Available Online at http://www.pabulletin.com PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 42, NO. 14, APRIL 7, 2012 1794 READER’S GUIDE TO THE PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN AND PENNSYLVANIA CODE Pennsylvania Bulletin wishes to adopt changes to the Notice of Proposed The Pennsylvania Bulletin is the official gazette of Rulemaking to enlarge the scope, it must repropose. the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 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