Section 7. Responsibilities of the Department of Environmental Resources.
The Department of Environmental Resources shall assume the role of lead State agency responsible for:
(1) the coordination of State agency roles and responsibilities relating to State lands and water resources, recreation use and control, and the administration of recreation-related public services on State-owned facilities within the Lehigh Scenic River component;
(2) coordinating and integrating the management objectives and policies of all related Commonwealth programs affecting the Lehigh Scenic River component;
(3) acting as a point of contact for Lehigh Scenic River component residents and visitors;
(4) implementing the recommendations regarding water resource management, land management, recreation use and facility development and administrative responsibilities as outlined within text of the study of the Lehigh River conducted by the Department of Environmental Resources under the "Pennsylvania Scenic Rivers Act" and known as the "Lehigh Scenic River Study"; and
(5) defining and regulating the carrying capacity of the Lehigh River Gorge to minimize the impacts of overuse upon this resource.
Compiler's Note: The Department of Environmental Resources, referred to in this section, 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.