Pennsylvania Act 1992-125 — SCHUYLKILL SCENIC RIVER ACT - AMEND CLASSIFICATION

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SCHUYLKILL SCENIC RIVER ACT - AMEND CLASSIFICATION
                  Act of Dec. 4, 1992, P.L. 787, No. 125              Cl. 32
                             Session of 1992
                               No. 1992-125

     HB 782

                                  AN ACT

     Amending the act of November 26, 1978 (P.L.1415, No.333),
        entitled "An act designating a portion of the Schuylkill
        River as a component of the Pennsylvania Scenic Rivers System
        in accordance with the Pennsylvania Scenic Rivers Act;
        authorizing further classification; providing for
        cooperation, limitation of liability and protection of
        critical areas, and authorizing the expenditure of moneys,"
        relating to designation and classification.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Section 4 of the act of November 26, 1978
     (P.L.1415, No.333), known as the Schuylkill Scenic River Act,
     amended March 2, 1988 (P.L.100, No.17), is amended to read:
      Section 4.  Designation and classification.
        (a)  The portion of the Schuylkill River, including related
     adjacent land areas, from [the Forks at Port Clinton] its
     confluence with the West Branch, Schuylkill County, to Fairmont
     Dam, Philadelphia County, [excepting the 5.2 mile segment
     between Norristown Dam and Spring Mill Creek,] is designated as
     a component of the Pennsylvania Scenic Rivers System under the
     Pennsylvania Scenic Rivers Act. The Schuylkill River designation
     is extended to include a portion of the Schuylkill River and
     related adjacent land areas in Schuylkill and Berks Counties and
     portions of the West Branch and Little Schuylkill River
     tributaries and their related adjacent land areas in Schuylkill
     County. The boundaries of the component and of the classified
     segments have been defined by the Department of Environmental
     Resources and are shown on the maps entitled "SCHUYLKILL RIVER
     STUDY" and "SCHUYLKILL RIVER EXTENSION STUDY" which are on file
     and available for public inspection in the Division of Land
     Records, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission of the
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
        (b)  Segments of the component are classified as follows:
            (1)  Port Clinton (Forks) to Cross Keys (Bridge)--16.2
        river miles--recreational.
            (2)  Cross Keys (Bridge) to Reading (Route 422 above
        Fritz Island)--12.3 miles--modified recreational.
            (3)  Reading (Route 422 Bridge over Fritz Island) to
        Douglassville (Bridge)--15.3 river miles--recreational.
            (4)  Douglassville (Bridge) to [Norristown Dam--34.2]
        Fairmont Dam--49.8 river miles--modified recreational.
            [(5)  Spring Mill Creek to Fairmont Dam--10.4 river
        miles--modified recreational.]
            (6)  Route 209 (Highway) to Cressona Route 183 (Bridge)--
        5.0 river miles--recreational.
            (7)  Cressona Route 183 (Bridge) to Auburn Basin
        (Spillway)--9.6 river miles--modified recreational.
            (8)  Auburn Basin (Spillway) to Port Clinton (Forks)--7.4
        river miles--recreational.
            (9)  Port Clinton (Forks) to [T848 (Bridge)--9.1] New
        Ringgold Route 895 (Bridge)--10.9 river miles--pastoral.
        [(c)  The Secretary of Environmental Resources is authorized
     to classify the 5.2 mile segment between Norristown Dam and
     Spring Mill Creek as "modified recreational" when he determines
     that it meets the criteria for such classification. When so
     classified, that segment shall become art of the Schuylkill
     scenic river component designated under this act, and all of the
     provisions of this act and of the "Pennsylvania Scenic Rivers
     Act" shall become applicable thereto.]
        Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

     APPROVED--The 4th day of December, A. D. 1992.

     ROBERT P. CASEY