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Pages 5983—6090 Agencies in this issue: The General Assembly The Courts Department of Aging Department of Agriculture Department of Banking Department of Environmental Protection Department of General Services Department of Health Department of Public Welfare Department of Transportation Environmental Hearing Board Environmental Quality Board Fish and Boat Commission Historical and Museum Commission Independent Regulatory Review Commission Insurance Department Liquor Control Board Medical Professional Liability Catastrophe Loss Fund Milk Marketing Board Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission State Board for Certification of Sewage Treatment Plant and Waterworks Operators Turnpike Commission Detailed list of contents appears inside. 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Church Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055-3198. 5985 Contents THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE Cost-of-living factor under the Public Official Com- Notices pensation Law..................................5994 Office of Medical Assistance Programs; increase in Recent actions during the 1999 regular session of family planning clinic services and payment for the General Assembly ...........................5994 the ParaGuard I.U.D. ...........................6061 Payments to nursing facilities; 1998-1999 final rates ..........................................6062 THE COURTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION LOCAL COURT RULES Notices Carbon County Retention of engineering firms.....................6063 Amendment of Local Rule L1915.1 scope—defini- ENVIRONMENTAL HEARING BOARD tions and adoption of Local Rule L1915.4 Manda- tory Education Program for parents in custody Notices matters; no. 99-1590 ............................5996 Notice of proposed settlement; E-Z Ship Recycling, Inc. v. DEP; EHB doc. no. 97-142-R ..............6070 PHILADELPHIA RULES Plymouth Township v. DEP and Montenay Mont- Philadelphia Family Court: gomery Limited Partnership; EHB doc. no. Administrative order no. 99-04 ..................5996 97-178-C .......................................6070 Administrative order no. 99-05 ..................5996 Administrative order no. 99-06 ..................5996 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD SUPREME COURT Rules and Regulations Schedule of holidays for Year 2000 for staffs of the Mobile equipment repair and refinishing ...........6003 Appellate Courts and the Administrative Office of Stream redesignations (Hay Creek, et al.) ..........5999 Pennsylvania Courts; no. 214, judicial administra- FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION tion doc. no. 1 ..................................5998 Notices Designations of waters subject to special fishing regulations .....................................6071 EXECUTIVE AGENCIES Buoy and sign guidelines for run-of- DEPARTMENT OF AGING the-river dams..................................6072 Proposed Rulemaking HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM COMMISSION Protective services for older adults .................6010 Notices DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE National Register nominations to be reviewed by the Historic Preservation Board .................6074 Notices Year 2000 Dog Control Facility Bill Reimbursement INDEPENDENT REGULATORY REVIEW Grant Program .................................6028 COMMISSION Notices DEPARTMENT OF BANKING Notice of filing of final rulemakings ................6074 Notices Action on applications.............................6029 INSURANCE DEPARTMENT Notices DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Application for approval to acquire control..........6074 See also ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD Application for domestic certificate of authority .....6075 Review procedure hearings; cancellation or refusal Notices of insurance ...................................6075 Applications, actions and special notices............6031 Availability of technical guidance ..................6059 LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD Notices DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES Expiration of leases ...............................6075 Notices Contract awards ..................................6089 MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY State contracts information........................6081 CATASTROPHE LOSS FUND Notices DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Notice of and amount of surcharge .................6076 Notices Health Policy Board meeting ......................6061 MILK MARKETING BOARD Notice of requests for exceptions ..................6060 Notices Required notifications to the Department of Hearing for all milk marketing areas; over-order Health .........................................6061 premium .......................................6076 Now Available Online at http://www.pabulletin.com PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 29, NO. 48, NOVEMBER 27, 1999 5986 PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION TURNPIKE COMMISSION Notices Notices Service of notice of motor carrier applications.......6076 Retention of an engineering or construction manage- Telecommunications: ment firm ......................................6079 Bell Atlantic-Pennsylvania, Inc. and PaeTec Communications, Inc. .........................6078 Bell Atlantic-Pennsylvania, Inc. and US LEC of Pennsylvania, Inc. ...........................6078 STATE BOARD FOR CERTIFICATION OF SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND WATERWORKS OPERATORS Notices Examination announcement for 2000...............6078 PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 29, NO. 48, NOVEMBER 27, 1999 5987 READER’S GUIDE TO THE PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN AND PENNSYLVANIA CODE Pennsylvania Bulletin Bulletin before it can take effect. 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