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Roaring Run is 5 milligrams per liter (0.0050 oz/cu ft). Mehoopany Wind Energy, LLC once applied for and/or received a permit to discharge
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from its headwaters downstream to its mouth. The stream is classified as a High-Quality
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Surficial geology of the Noxen 7.5-minute quadrangle, Wyoming and
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The valley of South Branch
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601:Categories
372:References
355:Newton Run
307:quadrangle
234:stormwater
230:alkalinity
145:Basin size
102:76°03′39″W
99:41°28′22″N
300:watershed
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224:Hydrology
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349:See also
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329:Biology
317:History
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209:Course
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335:trout
333:Wild
288:Dirft
276:shale
246:mouth
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