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Entire Bulletin Volume 34 Number 23 Saturday, June 5, 2004 • Harrisburg, Pa. Pages 2901—2978 See Part II page 2975 Part I for the Department of Education’s Agencies in this issue: No Child Left Behind Regulations The General Assembly The Courts Department of Banking Department of Education Department of Environmental Protection Department of General Services Department of Health Independent Regulatory Review Commission Insurance Department Liquor Control Board Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission State Employees’ Retirement Board Detailed list of contents appears inside. 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Church Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055-3198. 2903 CONTENTS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES Recent actions during the 2004 regular session of Notices the General Assembly (2 documents) ....... 2908, 2909 State surplus property ............................2962 State contracts information........................2968 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THE COURTS Notices LOCAL COURT RULES Availability of draft material and Child Health Allegheny County Services Block Grant application.................2962 Rules of the Court of Common Pleas; No. 2 of 2004 INDEPENDENT REGULATORY REVIEW rules doc. ......................................2912 COMMISSION Armstrong County Notices Adoption of new local rules of court—2002; no. Notice of filing of final rulemakings ................2963 2002—0189—misc. .............................2912 INSURANCE DEPARTMENT Somerset County Notices Consolidated rules of court; no. 31 misc. 2004 ......2914 Bender, Renee, D.O. and Epstein, Scott, D.O.; RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE prehearing .....................................2964 Coal Mine Compensation Rating Bureau; Workers Order adopting amendments to rules 130 and 555; Compensation Federal Occupational Disease Fil- no. 309 criminal procedural rules; doc. no. 2 ......2910 ing.............................................2963 DEPARTMENT OF BANKING Hawk Oil Co., Inc.; prehearing ....................2963 Notices HUB Tire Company; Pennsylvania Compensation Action on applications.............................2927 Rating Bureau; hearing .........................2963 The Travelers Insurance Company; rate increase filing for several long term care policies; rate filing...........................................2964 EXECUTIVE AGENCIES Weed, Kathleen M.; hearing .......................2964 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD Rules and Regulations Notices Compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act of Expiration of leases ...............................2965 2001 (Part II)...................................2975 PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Notices Notices Generic investigation regarding virtual NXX codes; Applications, actions and special notices............2929 doc. no. I-00020093 .............................2965 Laboratory Accreditation and Advisory Committee Service of notice of motor carrier applications.......2966 meeting cancellation ............................2959 STATE EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT BOARD Public notice of availability of General NPDES Permit for Discharges Associated with Industrial Notices Activities (PAG-03)..............................2959 Hearing scheduled ................................2967 Request for comment and notice of public meeting for the proposed total maximum daily loads (TMDLs): Bow Creek in Dauphin County ..................2956 Buffalo Creek in Union County ..................2956 Canonsburg Lake in Washington County .........2957 Lake Jean in Luzerne and Sullivan Counties .....2957 Little Cedar Creek Watershed in Lehigh County . 2958 Stoneycreek River (Segment 5112) in Somerset County .......................................2958 Small Business Advantage Program................2959 State Board for Certification of Sewage Enforcement Officers; cancellation of meeting .................2961 State Water Plan; Water Resources Regional Com- mittee meetings schedule for June 2004 ..........2961 Now Available Online at http://www.pabulletin.com PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 34, NO. 23, JUNE 5, 2004 2904 READER’S GUIDE TO THE PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN AND PENNSYLVANIA CODE Pennsylvania Bulletin Bulletin before it can take effect. 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