H1950B2689A06067     JKL:CDM  11/15/11     #90        A06067

  

  

  

  

AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1950 (As amended by A06347)

Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE VITALI

Printer's No. 2689

  

1

Amend Bill, page 19, by inserting between lines 25 and 26

2

(A06347)

3

3227.  Air contaminant emissions.

4

Amend Bill, page 48, by inserting between lines 17 and 18

5

(A06347)

6

§ 3227.  Air contaminant emissions.

7

(a)  Protocols for air contaminant emissions.--No later than

8

three months after the effective date of this chapter, the

9

department shall publish protocols for the detection,

10

quantification and reporting of air contaminant emissions from

11

unconventional gas production processes including wellhead

12

activities and the storage of unconventional gas prior to

13

processing.

14

(b)  Report on air contaminant emissions.--No later than nine

15

months after the effective date of this chapter, the department

16

shall publish for public comment a draft report quantifying

17

through measurements and calculations the total air contaminant

18

emissions in this Commonwealth from unconventional gas

19

development processes including wellhead activities and the

20

storage of unconventional gas prior to processing. The

21

department shall publish the final report no later than one year

22

after the effective date of this chapter. The department shall

23

publish a revised report every five years thereafter.

24

(c)  Use of best available scientific principles.--The

25

department shall use best available scientific principles in

26

developing the protocols and reports required by this section.

27

Amend Bill, page 80, line 33 (A06347), by inserting after

28

"3225,"

29

3227,

- 1 -