PRINTER'S NO. 754
No. 686 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY GODSHALL, HAYES, HALUSKA, CORNELL, LEH, CLYMER,
HASAY, FLICK, STAIRS, BARLEY, NAHILL, JOHNSON, BURD, REBER,
TRELLO, VROON, BUNT, WOZNIAK, OLASZ, CORRIGAN, S. H. SMITH,
DISTLER, DORR, GLADECK, MERRY, LASHINGER, DEMPSEY, PHILLIPS,
NOYE, COY, MRKONIC, CARLSON AND HERMAN, MARCH 7, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION, MARCH 7, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of January 24, 1966 (1965 P.L.1535, No.537),
2 entitled, as amended, "An act providing for the planning and
3 regulation of community sewage systems and individual sewage
4 systems; requiring municipalities to submit plans for systems
5 in their jurisdiction; authorizing grants; requiring permits
6 for persons installing such systems; requiring disclosure
7 statements in certain land sale contracts; authorizing the
8 Department of Environmental Resources to adopt and administer
9 rules, regulations, standards and procedures; creating an
10 advisory committee; providing remedies and prescribing
11 penalties," further providing for permits.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. Section 7(a) of the act of January 24, 1966 (1965
15 P.L.1535, No.537), known as the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities
16 Act, amended July 22, 1974 (P.L.621, No.208), is amended to
17 read:
18 Section 7. Permits.--(a) No person shall install,
19 construct, or request bid proposals for construction, or alter
20 an individual sewage system or community sewage system or
21 construct, or request bid proposals for construction, or install
1 or occupy any building or structure for which an individual
2 sewage system or community sewage system is to be installed
3 without first obtaining a permit indicating that the site and
4 the plans and specifications of such system are in compliance
5 with the provisions of this act and the standards adopted
6 pursuant to this act. No permit may be issued by the local
7 agency in those cases where a permit from the department is
8 required pursuant to the act of June 22, 1937 (P.L.1987,
9 No.394), known as "The Clean Streams Law," as amended, or for a
10 rural residence, provided that a municipality or county may by
11 ordinance require a permit for a rural residence, or where the
12 department pursuant to its rules and regulations, determines
13 that such permit is not necessary either for a rural residence
14 or for the protection of the public health.
15 * * *
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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