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March 2, 2013 (Pages 1165-1256) Pennsylvania Bulletin Volume 43 (2013) Repository 3-2-2013 March 2, 2013 (Pages 1165-1256) Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/pabulletin_2013 Recommended Citation Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau, "March 2, 2013 (Pages 1165-1256)" (2013). Volume 43 (2013). 9. https://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/pabulletin_2013/9 This March 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 43 (2013) by an authorized administrator of Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law Digital Repository. Volume 43 Number 9 Saturday, March 2, 2013 • Harrisburg, PA Pages 1165—1256 Agencies in this issue The Courts Department of Banking and Securities Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Department of Environmental Protection Department of Health Department of Labor and Industry Environmental Quality Board Health Care Cost Containment Council Independent Regulatory Review Commission Insurance Department Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Philadelphia Parking Authority State Board of Nursing State Conservation Commission Susquehanna River Basin Commission Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Detailed list of contents appears inside. Latest Pennsylvania Code Reporters (Master Transmittal Sheets): No. 460, March 2013 published weekly by Fry Communications, Inc. for the PENNSYLVANIA Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Legislative Reference Bu- BULLETIN reau, 641 Main Capitol Building, Harrisburg, Pa. 17120, (ISSN 0162-2137) under the policy supervision and direction of the Joint Committee on Documents pursuant to Part II of Title 45 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes (relating to publi- cation and effectiveness of Commonwealth Documents). Subscription rate $82.00 per year, postpaid to points in the United States. Individual copies $2.50. Checks for subscrip- tions and individual copies should be made payable to ‘‘Fry Communications, Inc.’’ Periodicals postage paid at Harris- burg, Pennsylvania. Postmaster send address changes to: Orders for subscriptions and other circulation matters FRY COMMUNICATIONS should be sent to: Attn: Pennsylvania Bulletin 800 W. Church Rd. Fry Communications, Inc. 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Church Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055-3198. 1167 CONTENTS THE COURTS Federal interstate consistency review for main- tenance dredging at Conneaut Harbor, Ohio ......1240 COMMONWEALTH COURT Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting Regular sessions of Commonwealth Court for the changes ........................................1241 year 2014; no. 126 M.D. no. 3 ................... 1176 State Board for Certification of Sewage Enforcement DISCIPLINARY BOARD OF THE SUPREME COURT Officers; 2013 examination announcement ........1241 Notice of disbarment .............................. 1177 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS Notices Amendment of Rules 219(a) and 502(b) of the Rules Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Planning of Disciplinary Enforcement and Rule 1.15(u) of Group public meetings ..........................1241 the Rules of Professional Conduct; no. 116 disci- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY plinary rules doc. ............................... 1173 Notices LOCAL COURT RULES Unemployment Compensation Amnesty Program; Adams County amnesty guidelines .............................1242 Amendment of rules of civil procedure 1302 and ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD 1303; administrative order no. 4 of 2013 ......... 1173 Notices Bucks County Meeting cancellation ..............................1245 Department of Corrections daily house arrest super- vision fee; AD 2-13; administrative order no. HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT COUNCIL 69............................................. 1175 Notices Order amending administrative order no. 38; ad- Meetings scheduled ...............................1245 ministrative order no. 38; AD 1-13 ............... 1175 Order setting court reporter procedures; administra- INDEPENDENT REGULATORY REVIEW tive order no. 68 ................................ 1176 COMMISSION SUPREME COURT Notices Reestablishment of magisterial districts within the Action taken by the Commission ...................1245 31st judicial district; no. 309 magisterial rules Notice of filing of final rulemakings ................1247 doc. ............................................ 1177 INSURANCE DEPARTMENT Reestablishment of the magisterial districts within Notices the 32nd judicial district; no. 310 magisterial Application for voluntary surrender of Pennsylvania rules doc........................................ 1178 certificate of authority filed by Pennsylvania Sur- Reestablishment of magisterial districts within the face Coal Mining Insurance Exchange............1247 39th judicial district; no. 308 magisterial rules Review procedure hearings; cancellation or refusal doc. ............................................ 1179 of insurance ....................................1247 Review procedure hearings under the Unfair Insur- ance Practices Act ..............................1248 EXECUTIVE AGENCIES RiverSource Life Insurance Company; rate increase filing for several LTC forms (4 documents) . 1248, 1249 DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND SECURITIES PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION Notices Actions on applications............................ 1180 Notices Certainty Tech Telecom, LLC; tentative order.......1249 DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL Petition for finding................................1250 RESOURCES Service of notice of motor carrier applications.......1251 Notices Smart meter deployment plan; PECO Energy Com- pany; doc. no. M-2009-2123944 ..................1251 Request for bids .................................. 1181 PHILADELPHIA PARKING AUTHORITY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Notices Notices Motor carrier medallion stock transfer application Applications, actions and special notices............ 1181 for service in the city of Philadelphia (5 docu- Availability of technical guidance ..................1239 ments) ................................... 1252, 1253 Federal interstate consistency review for a develop- Motor carrier medallion transfer application for ment project at the Philadelphia Navy Yard An- service in the city of Philadelphia (5 docu- nex............................................1240 ments) ................................... 1253, 1254 Now Available Online at http://www.pabulletin.com PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 43, NO. 9, MARCH 2, 2013 1168 STATE BOARD OF NURSING Notices Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Bureau of Profes- sional and Occupational Affairs vs. Jennie Gulich Lydinger, R.N., respondent; file no. 12-51-06492; doc. no. 1733-51-12 .............................1254 STATE CONSERVATION COMMISSION Notices Action on odor management plans for concentrated animal operations and concentrated animal feed- ing operations and volunteers complying with the Commonwealth’s Facility Odor Management Pro- gram...........................................1255 SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION Notices Commission meeting ..............................1256 THADDEUS STEVENS COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY Notices Request for bids ..................................1256 PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 43, NO. 9, MARCH 2, 2013 1169 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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