1992 NOTICES wealth. It is transmitted from infected trees by aphids DEPARTMENT OF and by budding or grafting and can be spread into new areas by movement of infected nursery stock. The move- AGRICULTURE ment of PPV-infected fruit trees poses a danger to stone fruit trees in noninfected areas. There is no known Healthy Farms and Healthy Schools Matching control for PPV other than destruction of infected trees. Grant Program E. As a result of the presence of PPV in several The Healthy Farms and Healthy Schools Grant Project townships and boroughs, the Department has issued a agreement period is July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010, series of quarantine orders establishing and adjusting a and the application period is April 13, 2009, through May quarantine area. This series of orders included a January 29, 2009. The commencement of an application period for 5, 2005, order published in 35 Pa.B. 552 (January 22, grants under the Healthy Farms and Healthy Schools 2005) establishing a PPV Nursery Quarantine Area. Grant Program (Program) administered by the Depart- F. The Department has determined that it is appropri- ment of Agriculture (Department). The statement of ate to release the PPV Nursery Quarantine with respect policy describing the Program is available at www. to those areas where testing has failed to detect the agriculture.state.pa.us. presence of PPV within the last 6 years. In summary, the Program provides matching funds to Order educational institutions located in this Commonwealth that have a kindergarten program, whether they be Under authority of section 21 of the act, and with the public, private or charter schools. The purpose of the foregoing recitals incorporated herein, the Department Program is to educate kindergarten students and their hereby orders the following: families about the importance of choosing healthy, locally produced foods while increasing awareness of this Com- 1. Conewago Township, located in York County, is monwealth’s agriculture. The application, work plan and hereby released from the PPV Nursery Quarantine Area budget should reflect a project completion date of June established by Order of January 5, 2005, published in 35 30, 2010. Pa.B. 552, as there has been no detected presence of PPV in this area for at least 3 years after more expansive Applications for the Program will be accepted by the PPV-related quarantine restrictions have been rescinded. Department beginning the date of publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and will continue through Friday, 2. Owners of nurseries located within Conewago Town- May 29, 2009. Applications must be received by 4 p.m. in ship, York County may, without restriction, propagate and the Bureau of Market Development on the closing date. grow nursery stock, use Prunus as a source of propaga- Information on this Program may be obtained from tive material, and plant Prunus nursery stock in the JoAnna Gresham, Bureau of Market Development, De- ground, to be dug and sold. Propagators are advised to partment of Agriculture, 2301 North Cameron Street, contact the Department for testing of Prunus before it is Room 310, Harrisburg, PA 17110-9408. Application docu- used for propagation. ments can be accessed at www.agriculture.state.pa.us. 3. The following local government units and areas DENNIS C WOLFF, remain subject to the Order described in Paragraph No. Secretary 1: [Pa.B. Doc. No. 09-699. Filed for public inspection April 17, 2009, 9:00 a.m.] In Adams County • Huntington Township. • Latimore Township. • That portion of Menallen Township as designated by Partial Revocation of Plum Pox Virus Nursery the Order published in 35 Pa.B. 6543 (December 3, 2005). Quarantine • That portion of Franklin Township as designated by the Order published in 36 Pa.B. 6108 (October 7, 2006). Recitals • A. The Plant Pest Act (act) (3 P. S. §§ 258.1—258.27) That portion of Butler Township as designated by the empowers the Department of Agriculture (Department) to Order published in 33 Pa.B. 5087 (October 11, 2003). take various measures to detect, contain and eradicate • That portion of Tyrone Township, as designated by plant pests in this Commonwealth. Order published in 38 Pa.B. 6624 (December 6, 2008). B. The powers granted to the Department under sec- • The Borough of York Springs. tion 21 of the act (3 P. S. § 258.21) include the power to establish quarantines to prevent the dissemination of In Cumberland County plant pests within this Commonwealth. • Dickinson Township. C. Plum Pox Virus (PPV) is a serious plant pest, • indigenous to Europe. It injures and damages stone fruits South Middleton Township. such as peaches, nectarines, plums and apricots by • The eastern corner of Southampton Township that drastically reducing the fruit yields from these stone fruit lies within an 11.5 kilometer radius of Menallen Town- trees and by disfiguring the fruit to the point that it is ship (Adams County). unmarketable. • The Borough of Mt. Holly Springs. D. PPV has the potential to cause serious damage to the stone fruit production industry within this Common- In York County PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 39, NO. 16, APRIL 18, 2009 NOTICES 1993 • Franklin Township. remain in effect in a given local government unit for at • Monaghan Township. least 3 years after a primary quarantine is rescinded, and until the Department issues an Order releasing that local Any area within 11.5 kilometers (7.15 miles) of any government unit from quarantine. location from which a PPV-positive sample has been detected within the preceding 3 years. These PPV-positive 5. The Department will continue to consult with the locations and the 11.5-kilometer radius from these loca- United States Department of Agriculture, European ex- tions are identified on maps that are available from the perts and scientific authorities with respect to the most Department upon request. The 11.5-kilometer radius is efficacious measures by which to contain and eliminate determined using location readings received from global PPV, and may, if warranted, reconsider the need for positioning satellites (GPS) and the computer-assisted quarantine restrictions. calculations of a geographical information system. The 6. This Order is effective as of April 1, 2009. Department shall, upon request, visit any site to take DENNIS C WOLFF, GPS readings and determine whether that site is within Secretary the quarantine area. [Pa.B. Doc. No. 09-700. Filed for public inspection April 17, 2009, 9:00 a.m.] 4. The conditions of the Quarantine established in the Orders referenced in Paragraph Nos. 1 and 3 shall DEPARTMENT OF BANKING Actions on Applications The Department of Banking (Department), under the authority contained in the act of November 30, 1965 (P. L. 847, No. 356), known as the Banking Code of 1965; the act of December 14, 1967 (P. L. 746, No. 345), known as the Savings Association Code of 1967; the act of May 15, 1933 (P. L. 565, No. 111), known as the Department of Banking Code; and the act of December 9, 2002 (P. L. 1572, No. 207), known as the Credit Union Code, has taken the following action on applications received for the week ending April 7, 2009. Under section 503.E of the Department of Banking Code (71 P. S. § 733-503.E), any person wishing to comment on the following applications, with the exception of branch applications, may file their comments in writing with the Department of Banking, Corporate Applications Division, 17 North Second Street, Suite 1300, Harrisburg, PA 17101-2290. Comments must be received no later than 30 days from the date notice regarding receipt of the application is published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The nonconfidential portions of the applications are on file at the Department and are available for public inspection, by appointment only, during regular business hours. To schedule an appointment, contact the Corporate Applications Division at (717) 783-2253. Photocopies of the nonconfidential portions of the applications may be requested consistent with the Department’s Right-to-Know Law Records Request policy. BANKING INSTITUTIONS Holding Company Acquisitions Date Name of Corporation Location Action 4-1-2009 Penseco Financial Services Scranton Effective Corporation, Scranton, acquired 100% of Old Forge Bank, Old Forge Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions Date Name of Bank Location Action 4-1-2009 Penn Security Bank and Trust Scranton Effective Company, Scranton, and Old Forge Bank, Old Forge Surviving Institution: Penn Security Bank and Trust Company, Scranton All offices of Old Forge Bank will become branch offices of Penn Security Bank and Trust Company, including the former principal place of business of Old Forge Bank located at: 216 South Main Street Old Forge Lackawanna County Branch Applications De Novo Branches Date Name of Bank Location Action 3-30-2009 First Priority Bank 10 Sentry Parkway Opened Malvern Building 300, Suite 100 Chester County Blue Bell Montgomery County PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 39, NO. 16, APRIL 18, 2009 1994 NOTICES Date Name of Bank Location Action 4-2-2009 Northwest Savings Bank 2113 Chili Avenue Approved Warren Gates Warren County Monroe County, NY 4-2-2009 Somerset Trust Company 1448 County Line Road Approved Somerset Champion Somerset County Westmoreland County Branch Relocations Date Name of Bank Location Action 4-2-2009 Pennsylvania Business Bank To: 1819 John F. Kennedy Boulevard Approved Berwyn Philadelphia Chester County Philadelphia County From: 1635 Market Street Philadelphia Philadelphia County 4-7-2009 Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania To: 48 West Skippack Pike Filed Philadelphia Ambler Philadelphia County Montgomery County From: 7004 Butler Pike Broad Axe Montgomery County Branch Consolidations Date Name of Bank Location Action 4-2-2009 Susquehanna Bank Into: 1950 Old Philadelphia Pike Approved Lititz Lancaster Lancaster County Lancaster County From: 2034 Lincoln Highway East Lancaster Lancaster County Branch Discontinuances Date Name of Bank Location Action 3-31-2009 Wayne Bank Weis Market Closed Honesdale Route 590 Wayne County Hamlin Wayne County SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS No activity.