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Pages 1059—1204 Agencies in this issue: The Courts Delaware River Basin Commission 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 Revenue Department of Transportation Environmental Hearing Board Fish and Boat Commission Game Commission Health Care Cost Containment Council Independent Regulatory Review Commission Insurance Department Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission State Board of Pharmacy Treasury Department Turnpike Commission Detailed list of contents appears inside. 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Church Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055-3198. 1061 Contents THE COURTS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE Notices DISCIPLINARY BOARD OF THE SUPREME COURT Pennsylvania One Hot Number instant lottery Notice of suspension ..............................1067 game...........................................1128 LOCAL COURT RULES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Somerset County Consolidated Rules of Court; no. 19 miscellaneous Notices 1999 ...........................................1067 Bureau of Maintenance and Operations; standards and methodology for data collection .............. 1129 Consultant selection procedure for engineering and related services ................................. 1130 EXECUTIVE AGENCIES Retention of engineering firms..................... 1134 DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL HEARING BOARD Notices Proposed Rulemaking Notice of determination regarding the assimilative Practice and procedure ............................1074 capacity of the tidal Delaware River for toxic pollutants; public hearings ......................1091 FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION DEPARTMENT OF BANKING Rules and Regulations Notices Personal flotation devices; issuing agents; parasails . 1068 Action on applications (2 documents) ......... 1092, 1093 Raystown Lake and Youghiogheny River; miscella- Maximum lawful rate of interest for residential neous special regulations ........................1069 mortgages for the month of March 1999 ..........1094 Special regulations counties; Wyoming County ......1070 DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL Proposed Rulemaking RESOURCES Commonwealth inland waters .....................1085 Notices Endangered species ...............................1087 Retention of an archaeological consulting firm ......1094 Notices DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Buoy and sign guidelines for run-of-the-river dams. 1137 Notices Lake Erie commercial fishing—1999 ............... 1144 Application of Bucks County Community College for approval to establish a branch campus ...........1095 GAME COMMISSION Preproposal conference/funding workshop...........1095 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Deer depredation permit ..........................1072 Wildlife classification; hearing procedures; and spe- Notices cial permits for nonresident falconers ............1071 Application period for the Small Water Systems Regionalization Grant program .................. 1123 HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT COUNCIL Applications, actions and special notices............1096 Notices Availability of technical guidance .................. 1123 Grant proposals for the Watershed Restoration and Meetings scheduled ............................... 1144 Assistance Program and the section 319 Nonpoint Source Implementation Grant ................... 1124 INDEPENDENT REGULATORY REVIEW Individual NPDES permit activities; public hearing . 1125 COMMISSION State water plan watersheds projected for assess- Notices ment in 1999 ................................... 1125 Notice of filing of final rulemakings ................ 1144 DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES INSURANCE DEPARTMENT Notices Notices Contract awards ..................................1203 Design professional selections ..................... 1125 Alleged violation of insurance laws................. 1144 State contracts information........................ 1192 Application for acquisition of stock of Pennsylvania domiciled subsidiaries of CIGNA Corporation ..... 1144 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Review procedure hearings; cancellation or refusal Notices of insurance .................................... 1145 Application of Doylestown Hospital for exception to Review procedure hearings under the Unfair Insur- 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 (b) (2 documents) ........... 1127 ance Practices Act .............................. 1145 Now Available Online at http://www.pabulletin.com PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 29, NO. 9, FEBRUARY 27, 1999 1062 PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY Notices Proposed Rulemaking Pittsburgh Thermal Limited Partnership and North Application fees...................................1088 American Thermal Systems Limited Liability TREASURY DEPARTMENT Company—transfer of partnership interests ...... 1146 Notices Telecommunications: Notice of names of persons appearing to be owners Bell Atlantic-Pennsylvania, Inc. and Ernest Com- of abandoned and unclaimed property ............ 1147 munications, Inc. ............................. 1146 TURNPIKE COMMISSION GTE North Incorporated and Sygnet Communica- Notices tions, Inc. .................................... 1146 Notice to bidders; request for prequalification....... 1188 Retention of an engineering firm................... 1189 GTE North Incorporated and 360 Communica- Retention of an engineering or construction manage- tions Company ............................... 1146 ment firm ...................................... 1190 PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 29, NO. 9, FEBRUARY 27, 1999 1063 READER’S GUIDE TO THE PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN AND PENNSYLVANIA CODE Pennsylvania Bulletin Bulletin before it can take effect. 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