PRINTER'S NO. 3246
No. 2406 Session of 1976
INTRODUCED BY SHELHAMER, YAHNER, R. W. WILT, WEIDNER, TURNER,
KLINGAMAN, W. W. FOSTER, FRYER, DREIBELBIS, COLE AND SHUMAN,
MAY 25, 1976
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION, MAY 25, 1976
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of January 8, 1960 (1959 P.L.2119, No.787),
2 entitled, as amended, "An act to provide for the better
3 protection of the health, general welfare and property of the
4 people of the Commonwealth by the control, abatement,
5 reduction and prevention of the pollution of the air by
6 smokes, dusts, fumes, gases, odors, mists, vapors, pollens
7 and similar matter, or any combination thereof; imposing
8 certain powers and duties on the Department of Environmental
9 Resources, the Environmental Quality Board and the
10 Environmental Hearing Board; establishing procedures for the
11 protection of health and public safety during emergency
12 conditions; creating a stationary air contamination source
13 permit system; providing additional remedies for abating air
14 pollution; reserving powers to local political subdivisions,
15 and defining the relationship between this act and the
16 ordinances, resolutions and regulations of counties, cities,
17 boroughs, towns and townships; imposing penalties for
18 violation of this act; and providing for the power to enjoin
19 violations of this act; and conferring upon persons aggrieved
20 certain rights and remedies," exempting the production of
21 agricultural commodities in their unmanufactured state from
22 the provisions of the act.
23 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24 hereby enacts as follows:
25 Section 1. The act of January 8, 1960 (1959 P.L.2119,
26 No.787), known as the "Air Pollution Control Act," is amended by
27 adding a section to read:
1 Section 4.1. Agricultural Regulations Prohibited.--The
2 department shall not have the power nor the authority to adopt
3 rules and regulations relating to air contaminants and air
4 pollution arising from the production of agricultural
5 commodities in their unmanufactured state.
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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