THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY VOGEL, SOLOBAY, SCARNATI, PILEGGI, COSTA, ALLOWAY, ARGALL, BAKER, BLAKE, BOSCOLA, BREWSTER, DINNIMAN, EICHELBERGER, ERICKSON, FARNESE, FERLO, FOLMER, FONTANA, HUGHES, KASUNIC, KITCHEN, LEACH, MENSCH, SCHWANK, ORIE, PIPPY, RAFFERTY, ROBBINS, SMUCKER, STACK, TARTAGLIONE, VANCE, WARD, WASHINGTON, WAUGH, D. WHITE, WILLIAMS, WOZNIAK, YAW AND YUDICHAK, JANUARY 26, 2012

REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JANUARY 26, 2012  

AN ACT

Amending the act of January 8, 1960 (1959 P.L.2119, No.787),

entitled, as amended, "An act to provide for the better

protection of the health, general welfare and property of the

people of the Commonwealth by the control, abatement,

reduction and prevention of the pollution of the air by

smokes, dusts, fumes, gases, odors, mists, vapors, pollens

and similar matter, or any combination thereof; imposing

certain powers and duties on the Department of Environmental

Resources, the Environmental Quality Board and the

Environmental Hearing Board; establishing procedures for the

protection of health and public safety during emergency

conditions; creating a stationary air contamination source

permit system; providing additional remedies for abating air

pollution; reserving powers to local political subdivisions,

and defining the relationship between this act and the

ordinances, resolutions and regulations of counties, cities,

boroughs, towns and townships; imposing penalties for

violation of this act; and providing for the power to enjoin

violations of this act; and conferring upon persons aggrieved

certain rights and remedies," further providing for

Environmental Quality Board; and repealing control of

volatile organic compounds from gasoline-dispensing

facilities.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 5(a) of the act of January 8, 1960 (1959

P.L.2119, No.787), known as the Air Pollution Control Act, is

amended by adding a paragraph to read:

Section 5.  Environmental Quality Board.--(a)  The board

shall have the power and its duty shall be to--

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(14)  Repeal 25 Pa. Code Ch. 126 Subch. C (relating to

gasoline volatility requirements).

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Section 2.  Section 6.7 of the act, added July 9, 1992

(P.L.460, No.95) and repealed in part November 26, 1997

(P.L.530, No.67), is repealed:

[Section 6.7.  Control of Volatile Organic Compounds from

Gasoline-Dispensing Facilities.--

(h)  The department shall implement the functional testing

and certification requirements specified in EPA's Stage II

enforcement and technical guidance documents developed under

section 182 of the Clean Air Act to meet the Clean Air Act

requirements for areas classified as moderate, serious, severe

or extreme ozone nonattainment.]

Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.