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Pennsylvania Bulletin Volume 27 (1997) Repository 10-4-1997 October 4, 1997 (Pages 5081-5232) Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/pabulletin_1997 Recommended Citation Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau, "October 4, 1997 (Pages 5081-5232)" (1997). Volume 27 (1997). 40. https://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/pabulletin_1997/40 This October 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 27 (1997) by an authorized administrator of Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law Digital Repository. PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN Volume 27 Number 40 Saturday, October 4, 1997 • Harrisburg, Pa. Pages 5081—5232 See Part II page 5173 for the Part I Subject Index for Agencies in this issue: January—September 1997 The Courts Department of Banking Department of Community and Economic Development Department of Corrections Department of Education Department of Environmental Protection Department of General Services Department of State Department of Transportation Fish and Boat Commission Historical and Museum Commission Independent Regulatory Review Commission Insurance Department Liquor Control Board Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Port of Pittsburgh Comission State Employes’ Retirement Board Detailed list of contents appears inside. 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Fry Communications, Inc. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055-3198 Attn: Pennsylvania Bulletin (717) 766-0211 ext. 340 800 W. Church Rd. (800) 334-1429 ext. 340 (toll free, out-of-State) Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-3198 (800) 524-3232 ext. 340 (toll free, in State) Copyright 1997 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ISBN 0-8182-0004-9 Editorial preparation, composition, printing and distribution of the Pennsylvania Bulletin is effected on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by FRY COMMUNICATIONS, Inc., 800 W. Church Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055-3198. 5083 Contents THE COURTS DEPARTMENT OF STATE Notices LOCAL COURT RULES Request for information regarding campaign finance Bradford County reporting software ..............................5146 Rule of Judicial Administration no. 5000.7-1; no. 96IR000066 ....................................5091 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Rule of Judicial Administration no. 1901; no. Notices 96IR000066 ....................................5091 Application for lease of right-of-way (2 documents) . 5148 Retention of engineering firms.....................5149 FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION EXECUTIVE AGENCIES Notices DEPARTMENT OF BANKING Triploid grass carp permit applications .............5154 Notices HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION Action on applications.............................5098 Notices DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC Division of Archival and Records Management Ser- DEVELOPMENT vices; notice of availability.......................5155 Notices INDEPENDENT REGULATORY REVIEW Action Plan for 1998 ..............................5099 COMMISSION DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Notices Proposed Rulemaking Notice of filing of final-form rulemaking............5155 State correctional institutions and facilities.........5095 INSURANCE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Rules and Regulations Certificates of insurance...........................5093 Notices Pennsylvania Fair Plan ...........................5093 Professional Standards and Practices Commission; application of Homer L. Smith, Jr., for reinstate- LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD ment of teaching certificate; doc. no. RE-96-03; Notices notice of opportunity for hearing and invitation to Expiration of leases ...............................5155 protest .........................................5100 PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Notices Notices Memorandum of understanding between Pennsylva- Applications, actions and special notices............5101 nia Infrastructure Investment Authority and Availability of technical guidance ..................5142 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission; doc. no. Coal and Clay Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund M-00970725 ....................................5156 Board; meeting notice ...........................5142 Service of notice of motor carrier applications.......5159 Proposed revision to the Pennsylvania State Imple- mentation Plan for sulfur compound emissions . 5143 PORT OF PITTSBURGH COMMISSION Revised NPDES general permit PAG-2 for dis- Notices charges of stormwater associated with construc- Independent auditor’s report ......................5160 tion activities (1997 amendment) ................5143 STATE EMPLOYES’ RETIREMENT BOARD DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES Notices Notices Hearings scheduled ...............................5160 Contract awards ..................................5169 Design professional selections .....................5144 State contracts information........................5162 State surplus property division ....................5146 PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 27, NO. 40, OCTOBER 4, 1997 5084 READER’S GUIDE TO THE PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN AND PENNSYLVANIA CODE Pennsylvania Bulletin proposal must be published in the Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania Bulletin is the official gazette of Bulletin before it can take effect. 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