Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart A - Preliminary Provisions
Article I - Administrative Provisions
Chapter 9 - ENVIRONMENTAL MASTER PLAN
Subchapter B - POLICIES FOR CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES FOR WATERSHEDS WITH HIGH QUALITY STREAMS
Section 9.122 - Stream identification

(a) The existing conservation area use designation within the water quality management program of the Commonwealth has had limited success in protecting the high quality streams of the Commonwealth due to the lack of a firm basis for the identification of these streams. A major component in any effort to protect watersheds with high quality streams is a sound program to identify and delineate high quality streams.

(b) It shall be the environmental policy of the Commonwealth to develop criteria and adopt standards to identify the high quality streams of the Commonwealth.