PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN Volume 29 Number 7 Saturday, February 13, 1999 • Harrisburg, Pa. Pages 799—968 See Part II page 903 for the Part I Department of Health’s Emergency Medical Services Agencies in this issue: The Governor The Courts Department of Agriculture Department of Banking Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Department of Education Department of Environmental Protection Department of General Services Department of Health Department of Labor and Industry Department of Revenue Department of Transportation Fish and Boat Commission Independent Regulatory Review Commission Insurance Department Liquor Control Board Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission State Police Turnpike Commission Detailed list of contents appears inside. 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Church Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055-3198. 801 Contents THE GOVERNOR Preventive Health and Health Services (PHHS) Block Grant Advisory Committee meeting ......... 874 EXECUTIVE ORDER Request for application for planning grants; absti- Land use planning ................................. 806 nence education and related services for Fiscal Year 1999 ....................................... 874 THE COURTS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY Notices JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS Local area designations under the Workforce Invest- Changes to the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal mentAct........................................ 875 Education regulations ............................ 809 LOCAL COURT RULES DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE Adams County Notices Amendments to local rules; administrative order no. Pennsylvania Crazy 8’s instant lottery game......... 875 5 of 1999 ........................................ 809 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Notices EXECUTIVE AGENCIES Retention of engineering firms...................... 876 FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Notices Rules and Regulations Scrapie containment and eradication strategy........ 825 Delaware River Estuary; endangered, threatened and candidate species ............................ 819 DEPARTMENT OF BANKING Notices Proposed Rulemaking Action on applications.............................. 826 Fishing for bass during spring season ............... 822 Sale, purchase or barter of fish parts and fish eggs; DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL miscellaneous special regulation .................. 823 RESOURCES Notices INDEPENDENT REGULATORY REVIEW Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory COMMISSION Council; meeting notice .......................... 827 Notices DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Notice of filing of final rulemakings ................. 880 Notices INSURANCE DEPARTMENT Request for proposal; GEAR UP (Gaining Early Notices Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Pro- Application and request for a certificate of author- grams) .......................................... 827 ity.............................................. 880 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Application for merger of two domestic stock casu- Notices alty insurance corporations ....................... 880 Applications, actions and special notices............. 828 Erie Insurance Exchange; homeowners rules and Availability of technical guidance ................... 871 rate revision; rate filing .......................... 881 Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest; home- DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES owners rate filing ............................... 881 Notices Review procedure hearings; cancellation or refusal Contract awards ................................... 898 of insurance ..................................... 881 State contracts information......................... 886 LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Notices Proposed Rulemaking Expiration of leases ................................ 882 Emergency medical services (Part II)................ 903 PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION Public swimming and bathing places ................ 820 Notices Notices Bell Atlantic-Pennsylvania, Inc. and Globaline Tele- Notice of requests for exceptions .................... 872 communications, Inc.—telecommunications ........ 884 Organ and Tissue Donation Advisory Committee National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation— meeting ......................................... 874 certificate of public convenience................... 883 Pennsylvania Cancer Control Prevention and Re- Nido’s Ltd., Inc.—water service ..................... 884 search Advisory Board meeting ................... 874 Service of notice of motor carrier applications........ 883 Now Available Online at http://www.pabulletin.com PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 29, NO. 7, FEBRUARY 13, 1999 802 STATE POLICE TURNPIKE COMMISSION Notices Notices Meeting notice.................................... 884 Request for proposals (2 documents) ................ 885 Request for proposals; retention of a consultant...... 885 PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 29, NO. 7, FEBRUARY 13, 1999 803 READER’S GUIDE TO THE PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN AND PENNSYLVANIA CODE Pennsylvania Bulletin Bulletin before it can take effect. 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