PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN Volume 28 Number 4 Saturday, January 24, 1998 • Harrisburg, Pa
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PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN Volume 28 Number 4 Saturday, January 24, 1998 • Harrisburg, Pa. Pages 349—458 Agencies in this issue: The Governor The Courts Delaware River Basin Commission Department of Banking Department of Community and Economic Development Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Department of Environmental Protection Department of General Services Department of Labor and Industry Department of Public Welfare Department of Revenue Department of State Department of Transportation Environmental Hearing Board Environmental Quality Board Executive Board Insurance Department Liquor Control Board Office of Administration Pennsylvania Commission for Women Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Philadelphia Regional Port Authority Public School Employes’ Retirement Board State Employes’ Retirement Board Turnpike Commission Detailed list of contents appears inside. 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Church Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055-3198. 351 Contents THE GOVERNOR DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY Notices GOVERNOR’S OFFICE Maximum Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Agricultural land preservation policy................ 356 payable ......................................... 432 Self-Employment Assistance (SEA) Program ......... 432 THE COURTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE Notices CIVIL PROCEDURAL RULES Office of Social Programs, Bureau of Blindness and Damages for delay ................................. 359 Visual Services; meetings......................... 433 DISCIPLINARY BOARD OF THE SUPREME COURT DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE Notice of transfer of attorneys to inactive status ..... 360 Proposed Rulemaking JUDICIAL CONDUCT Sales and use tax .................................. 366 Single factor apportionment ........................ 380 Amendment to the rules of procedure; doc. no. 1JD94.......................................... 359 DEPARTMENT OF STATE LOCAL COURT RULES Statements of Policy Policies and procedures relating to use of buildings Northampton County outside of the Capitol Complex ................... 382 Administrative Order 1997-9—domestic relations section fee schedule .............................. 360 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Rules and Regulations Licensing.......................................... 364 EXECUTIVE AGENCIES Notices DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION Retention of engineering firms...................... 434 Notices ENVIRONMENTAL HEARING BOARD Commission meeting and public hearing............. 384 Notices Daniel Marino, Jr. v. DEP; EHB doc. no. 98-001-R . 437 DEPARTMENT OF BANKING Notices ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD Action on applications.............................. 385 Notices Notice of hearing; areas unsuitable for coal mining; DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC petition no. 11969901 ............................ 431 DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE BOARD Notices Statements of Policy 1998-99 Community Services Block Grant State Plan ............................................ 386 Reorganization of the Department of Labor and Industry ........................................ 382 DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES INSURANCE DEPARTMENT Notices Notices Rate filing; Coal Mine Compensation Rating Bureau Pennsylvania Heritage Parks Program: Fiscal Year of Pennsylvania; Workers’ Compensation loss 1997-1998; grant application announcement ....... 394 cost filing ....................................... 437 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Review procedure hearings under the Unfair Insur- See also ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD ance Practices Act ............................... 438 Notices LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD Applications, actions and special notices............. 395 Notices Availability of technical guidance ................... 431 Expiration of leases ................................ 438 Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board meet- ing change ...................................... 431 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION Notice of hearing; areas unsuitable for coal mining; Notices petition no. 11969901 ............................ 431 Summary of findings, working conference on Penn- DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES sylvania acquisition strategies for telecommunica- tion services, systems and infrastructure .......... 438 Notices Contract awards ................................... 456 PENNSYLVANIA COMMISSION FOR WOMEN State contracts information......................... 446 Notices State Surplus Property Division; request for bids .... 432 Meeting notice..................................... 439 PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 28, NO. 4, JANUARY 24, 1998 352 PENNSYLVANIA DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYES’ RETIREMENT COUNCIL BOARD Notices Notices Annual report for FFY 97 .......................... 439 Hearings scheduled ................................ 440 PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION STATE EMPLOYES’ RETIREMENT BOARD Notices Notices Bell Atlantic-Pennsylvania, Inc. and Spartan Debt Services Corp.—telecommunications............... 439 Hearings scheduled ................................ 411 PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL PORT AUTHORITY TURNPIKE COMMISSION Notices Notices Condensed balance sheet and condensed statement Request for expanded letters of interest ............. 441 of operations and accumulated deficit ............. 440 Request for letters of interest....................... 443 Request for proposals (2 documents) ................ 440 Retention of engineering firm....................... 444 PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 28, NO. 4, JANUARY 24, 1998 353 READER’S GUIDE TO THE PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN AND PENNSYLVANIA CODE Pennsylvania Bulletin Bulletin before it can take effect. 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