Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources
Article II - Water Resources
Chapter 93 - WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
DESIGNATED WATER USES AND WATER QUALITY CRITERIA
Section 93.9d - Drainage List D
Universal Citation: 25 PA Code § 93.9d
Current through Register Vol. 55, No. 13, March 29, 2025
Delaware River Basin in Pennsylvania
Lehigh River
| Stream | Zone | County | Water Uses Protected | Exceptions to Specific Criteria |
| 1-Delaware River | ||||
| 2-Lehigh River | Basin, Source to Tobyhanna Creek | Luzerne-Monroe-Carbon | EV, MF | None |
| 3-Tobyhanna Creek | Basin, Source to Cross Keys Run | Monroe | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Cross Keys Run | Basin | Monroe | EV, MF | None |
| 3-Tobyhanna Creek | Basin, Cross Keys Run to Frame Cabin Run | Monroe | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Frame Cabin Run | Basin | Monroe | EV, MF | None |
| 3-Tobyhanna Creek | Basin, Frame Cabin Run to Mouth | Monroe-Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 2-Lehigh River | Basin, Tobyhanna Creek to Buck Mountain Creek | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Buck Mountain Creek | Main Stem | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Unnamed Tributaries to Buck Mountain Creek | Basin | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Indian Run | Basin | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Shafer Run | Basin | Carbon | EV, MF | None |
| 2-Lehigh River | Main Stem, Buck Mountain Creek to a point at 40° 52' 3.5" N; 75° 44' 9.3" W | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Unnamed Tributaries to Lehigh River | Basins, Buck Mountain Creek to the point at 40° 52' 3.5" N; 75° 44' 9.3" W | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Drakes Creek | Basin | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Stony Creek | Basin | Carbon | EV, MF | None |
| 3-Penn Springs | Basin | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Black Creek | ||||
| 4-Hazle Creek | Basin | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Beaver Creek | Basin | Carbon | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Black Creek | Main Stem, Confluence of Hazle Creek and Beaver Creek to Mouth | Carbon | CWF, MF | None |
| 4-UNTs to Black Creek | Basins, Confluence of Hazle Creek and Beaver Creek to Mouth | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Koons Creek | Basin | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Quakake Creek | Basin, Source to Wetzel Creek | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 5-Wetzel Creek | Basin | Carbon | CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Quakake Creek | Basin, Wetzel Creek to Mouth | Carbon | CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Brushy Hollow Run | Basin | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Maple Hollow | Basin | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Bear Creek | Basin | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Nesquehoning Creek | Basin, Source to Lake Greenwood | Schuylkill- Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Nesquehoning Creek | Main Stem, Lake Greenwood to Tibbetts Pond Dam | Carbon | HQ-WWF, MF | None |
| 4-Unnamed Tributaries to Nesquehoning Creek | Basins, Lake Greenwood to Tibbetts Pond Dam | Schuylkill- Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Swartz Run | Basin | Schuylkill | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Grassy Meadow Run | Basin | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Bear Creek | Basin | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Nesquehoning Creek | Main Stem, Tibbetts Pond Dam to Mouth | Carbon | CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Unnamed Tributaries to Nesquehoning Creek | Basins, Tibbetts Pond Dam to Mouth | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Dennison Run | Basin | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Broad Run | Basin | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Deep Run | Basin | Carbon | EV, MF | None |
| 4-UNT04106 (locally First Hollow Run) | Basin | Carbon | EV, MF | None |
| 4-Jeans Run | Basin | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Robertson Run | Basin | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 2-Lehigh River | Main Stem, the point at 40°52'3.5"N; 75°44'9.3"W to Allentown Dam | Lehigh | TSF, MF | None |
| 3-UNTs to Lehigh River | Basins, the point at 40°52'3.5"N; 75°44'9.3"W to UNT 03913 at 40°48'11.1"N; 75°40'20.6"W | Carbon | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Silkmill Run | Basin | Carbon | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Mauch Chunk Creek | ||||
| 5-White Bear Creek | Basin, Source to SR 902 Bridge | Carbon | EV, MF | None |
| 5-White Bear Creek | Basin, SR 902 Bridge to inlet of Mauch Chunk Lake | Carbon | CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Mauch Chunk Lake | Basin | Carbon | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Mauch Chunk Creek | Basin, Mauch Chunk Lake Dam to Mouth | Carbon | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Beaver Run | Basin | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Long Run | Basin | Carbon | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Mahoning Creek | Basin, Source to Wash Creek | Schuylkill | CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Wash Creek | Basin | Schuylkill | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Mahoning Creek | Basin, Wash Creek to UNT 04074 at 40°46'43.4"N; 75°50'35.2"W | Schuylkill | CWF, MF | None |
| 4-UNT 04074 | Basin | Schuylkill | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Mahoning Creek | Basin, UNT 04074 to Mouth | Carbon | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Pohopoco Creek | Basin, Source to SR 3016 Bridge at Merwinsburg | Monroe | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Pohopoco Creek | Main Stem, SR 3016 Bridge to US 209 Bridge at Kresgeville at 40°53'51.0"N; 75°30'8.8"W | Monroe | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 4-UNTs to Pohopoco Creek | Basins, SR 3016 Bridge to US 209 Bridge at Kresgeville | Monroe | CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Sugar Hollow Creek | Basin | Monroe | CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Weir Creek | Basin | Monroe | CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Middle Creek | Basin, Source to T 444 Bridge | Monroe | CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Middle Creek | Basin, T 444 Bridge to Mouth | Monroe | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Pohopoco Creek | Basin, US 209 Bridge at Kresgeville to Wild Creek | Carbon | CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Wild Creek | Basin | Carbon | EV, MF | None |
| 3-Pohopoco Creek | Basin, Wild Creek to UNT 64089 at 40°48'55.7"N; 75°40'21.0"W | Carbon | CWF, MF | None |
| 4-UNT 64089 (locally known as Lehigh Canal) | Basin, Source to UNT 04088 at 40°49'47.3"N; 75°41'58.9"W | Carbon | CWF, MF | None |
| 5-UNT 04088 | Basin, Source to Phifer Ice Dam inlet at 40°50'27.7"N; 75°41'21.0"W | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 5-UNT 04088 | Basin, Phifer Ice Dam inlet to Mouth | Carbon | CWF, MF | None |
| 4-UNT 64089 | Basin, UNT 04088 to Mouth | Carbon | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Pohopoco Creek | Basin, UNT 64089 to Mouth | Carbon | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-UNT 03913 (locally known as Nis Hollow) | Basin | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 3-UNTs to Lehigh River | Basins, UNT 03913 to Allentown Dam | Carbon-Lehigh-Northampton | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Fireline Creek | Basin, Source to UNT 03907 at 40°49'1.0"N; 75°38'5.2"W | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 4-UNT 03907 | Basin | Carbon | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Fireline Creek | Basin, UNT 03907 to Mouth | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Lizard Creek | Basin, Source to T-922 Bridge | Schuylkill | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Lizard Creek | Basin, T-922 Bridge to Confluence of UNT 03876 at RM 7.90 | Carbon | TSF, MF | None |
| 4-UNT 03876 at RM 7.90 | Basin | Carbon | EV, MF | None |
| 3-Lizard Creek | Basin, UNT 03876 to Mouth | Carbon | TSF, MF | None |
| 3-Aquashicola Creek | Basin, Source to Buckwha Creek | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Buckwha Creek | Basin, Source to Hunter Creek | Carbon | CWF, MF | None |
| 5-Hunter Creek | Basin | Carbon | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Buckwha Creek | Basin, Hunter Creek to Mouth | Carbon | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Aquashicola Creek | Main Stem, Buckwha Creek to Mouth | Carbon | TSF, MF | None |
| 4-Unnamed Tributaries to Aquashicola Creek | Basins, Buckwha Creek to Mouth | Carbon | CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Mill Creek | Basin | Carbon | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Trout Creek | Basin | Lehigh | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Bertsch Creek | Basin | Northampton | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Rockdale Creek | Basin | Lehigh | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Fells Creek | Basin | Lehigh | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Spring Creek | Basin | Lehigh | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Hokendauqua Creek | Basin | Northampton | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Dry Run | Basin | Northampton | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Coplay Creek | Basin | Lehigh | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Catasauqua Creek | Basin, Source to East Wood Street Bridge at 40°39'13.1"N; 75°28'0.9"W | Lehigh | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Catasauqua Creek | Main Stem, East Wood Street Bridge to a point downstream of the Lehigh Street Bridge at 40°38'51.8"N; 75°28'6.1"W | Lehigh | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Tributaries to Catasauqua Creek | Basins, East Wood Street Bridge to the point downstream of the Lehigh Street Bridge | Lehigh | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Catasauqua Creek | Basin, from the point downstream of the Lehigh Street Bridge to the Mouth | Lehigh | CWF, MF | None |
| 2-Lehigh River | Main Stem, Allentown Dam to Mouth | Northampton | WWF, MF | None |
| 3-Unnamed Tributaries to Lehigh River | Basins, Allentown Dam to Mouth | Lehigh-Northampton | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Little Lehigh Creek | Basin, Source to Jordan Creek | Lehigh | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Jordan Creek | Main Stem | Lehigh | TSF, MF | None |
| 5-Tributaries to Jordan Creek | Basins, Source to Mill Creek | Lehigh | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 5-Mill Creek | Basin | Lehigh | CWF, MF | None |
| 5-Tributaries to Jordan Creek | Basins, Mill Creek to Mouth | Lehigh | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Little Lehigh Creek | Basin, Jordan Creek to Mouth | Lehigh | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Monocacy Creek | Basin | Northampton | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Saucon Creek | Main Stem, Source to a point downstream of Chestnut Hill Road Bridge at 40°32'21.3"N; 75°26'28.1"W | Lehigh | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 4-Tributaries to Saucon Creek | Basins, Source to SR 412 Bridge | Lehigh-Northampton | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Saucon Creek | Main Stem, from the point downstream of Chestnut Hill Road Bridge to Black River | Lehigh | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Saucon Creek | Main Stem, Black River to SR 412 Bridge | Northampton | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Saucon Creek | Basin, SR 412 Bridge to Mouth | Northampton | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Nancy Run | Basin, Source to SR 3007 Bridge | Northampton | CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Nancy Run | Basin, SR 3007 Bridge to Mouth | Northampton | HQ-CWF, MF | None |
| 3-Bull Run | Basin | Northampton | CWF, MF | None |
The provisions of this § 93.9d amended under sections 5(b)(1) and 402 of The Clean Streams Law (35 P.S. §§ 691.5(b)(1) and 691.402); and section 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. § 510-20).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 93.1 (relating to definitions); 25 Pa. Code § 93.4 (relating to Statewide water uses); 25 Pa. Code § 93.7 (relating to specific water quality criteria); and 25 Pa. Code § 93.9 (relating to designated water uses and water quality criteria).
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