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PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN Volume 27 Number 48 Saturday, November 29, 1997 • Harrisburg, Pa. Pages 6169—6314 See Part II page 6303 for the In this issue: Environmental Quality Board’s The General Assembly The Courts New Motor Vehicle Department of Agriculture Emissions Control Program Department of Banking Department of Education Department of Environmental Protection Department of General Services Department of Health Department of Public Welfare Department of Transportation Environmental Quality Board Executive Board Fish and Boat Commission Independent Regulatory Review Commission Insurance Department Medical Professional Liability Catastrophe Loss Fund Milk Marketing Board Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission State Board of Chiropractic State Board of Dentistry State Board of Funeral Directors State Board of Medicine State Board of Nursing State Board of Optometry State Board of Osteopathic Medicine State Board of Pharmacy State Registration Board for Professional En- gineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists Turnpike Commission Detailed list of contents appears inside. 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Church Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055-3198. 6171 Contents THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Cost-of-living factor under the Public Official Com- Notices pensation Law..................................6180 Retention of engineering firms.....................6281 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD THE COURTS Rules and Regulations Bonding, civil penalties and areas unsuitable for DISCIPLINARY BOARD OF THE SUPREME COURT mining .........................................6186 Notice of disbarment ..............................6185 Municipal, residual and infectious and chemothera- LOCAL COURT RULES peutic waste recordkeeping and reporting; sub- Lehigh County stantial plan revisions ..........................6190 Administrative order establishing fees for domestic Proposed Rulemaking relations services (2 documents) .................6181 New Motor Vehicle Emissions Control Program Lycoming County (Part II)........................................6303 Amendments to rules of civil procedure; no. 97- 00100 (2 documents) ...................... 6181, 6183 EXECUTIVE BOARD Schuylkill County Statements of Policy Amendment of civil rules of procedure no. 206 and Reorganization of the Department of Environmental Rule 205.3 .....................................6185 Protection ......................................6234 Reorganization of the Department of Transporta- tion ............................................6234 EXECUTIVE AGENCIES Reorganization of the State Police .................6234 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION Notices Rules and Regulations Rescission of general quarantine order .............6241 Fishing ..........................................6225 DEPARTMENT OF BANKING Notices Notices Designations of waters subject to special fishing Action on applications.............................6241 regulations .....................................6285 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION INDEPENDENT REGULATORY REVIEW Notices COMMISSION Guidelines for performance funding for Pennsylva- Notices nia schools .....................................6243 Notice of filing of final-form rulemakings ...........6286 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSURANCE DEPARTMENT Notices Proposed Rulemaking Applications, actions and special notices............6244 Evidence of financial responsibility.................6227 Availability of technical guidance ..................6278 Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law; Cata- Low-Level Waste Advisory Committee ..............6280 strophic Loss Benefits Continuation Fund ........6229 DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES Notices Notices Alleged violation of insurance laws: Daniel P. Contract awards ..................................6300 Wright; doc. no. SC97-10-022 ....................6287 State contracts information........................6293 Repeal of outdated Bulletin notices; Department DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Notice 1997-05..................................6287 Notices MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY Meeting canceled .................................6280 CATASTROPHE LOSS FUND Notices DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE Notice of and amount of surcharge .................6287 Statements of Policy Medical Assistance Manual; general provisions .....6238 MILK MARKETING BOARD Notices Notices Availability of the FY 1998 Low-Income Home En- Emergency hearing for all milk marketing areas to ergy Assistance Program State Plan..............6280 consider pooling the Class I differentials .........6287 PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 27, NO. 48, NOVEMBER 29, 1997 6172 PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION STATE BOARD OF NURSING Notices Rules and Regulations Bell Atlantic-Pennsylvania, Inc. and Conectiv Com- Endorsement of foreign trained nurses .............6210 munications, Inc.—interconnection agreement ....6288 Volunteer license .................................6212 Patriot Treatment Plant, Inc.—wastewater service . 6291 Petition of Duquesne Light Company for a waiver of STATE BOARD OF OPTOMETRY and exemption from certain meter reading and Rules and Regulations meter testing requirements of 52 Pa. Code Chap- ters 56 and 57; doc. no. P-00971282 ..............6288 Volunteer license .................................6214 Petitions for Special Accommodation; Retail Access STATE BOARD OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE Pilot Program Implementation Orders............6289 Service of notice of motor carrier applications.......6289 Rules and Regulations Telecommunications: Volunteer license .................................6216 Denver and Ephrata Telephone and Telegraph STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY Company and 360° Communications Company . 6291 The United Telephone Company of Pennsylvania. 6291 Rules and Regulations STATE BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC Approval of plans: pharmacy alterations............6218 Rules and Regulations STATE REGISTRATION BOARD FOR Volunteer license .................................6204 PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, LAND STATE BOARD OF DENTISTRY SURVEYORS AND GEOLOGISTS Rules and Regulations Rules and Regulations Volunteer license .................................6220 Corrective amendment to 49 Pa. Code § 37.61 ......6222 Examination fees .................................6223 STATE BOARD OF FUNERAL DIRECTORS Rules and Regulations TURNPIKE COMMISSION Examination......................................6206 Notices STATE BOARD OF MEDICINE Request for bids ..................................6292 Rules and Regulations Volunteer license .................................6208 PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 27, NO. 48, NOVEMBER 29, 1997 6173 READER’S GUIDE TO THE PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN AND PENNSYLVANIA CODE Pennsylvania Bulletin Bulletin before it can take effect. If the agency The Pennsylvania Bulletin is the official gazette of wishes to adopt changes to the Notice of Proposed the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is published Rulemaking to enlarge the scope, they must re- every week and includes a table of contents. A propose. cumulative subject matter index is published quar- Citation to the Pennsylvania Bulletin terly. 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