Section 4. Designation and classification.
(a) The portion of the Schuylkill River, including related adjacent land areas, from its confluence with the West Branch, Schuylkill County, to Fairmont Dam, Philadelphia County, 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 Fairmont Dam--49.8 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 New Ringgold Route 895
(Bridge)--10.9 river miles--pastoral.
(4 amended Dec. 4, 1992, P.L.787, No.125)
Compiler's Note: The Department of Environmental Resources,
referred to in subsec. (a), was abolished by Act 18 of
1995. Its functions were transferred to the Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources and the Department of
Environmental Protection.