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PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 284, 339
PRINTER'S NO. 1478
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
290
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY METZGAR, GODSHALL, SCHWEYER, MILLARD, A. HARRIS,
ZIMMERMAN, SANKEY, WARD, GABLER, SAYLOR, WHEELAND, RADER AND
CUTLER, FEBRUARY 2, 2017
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND
ENERGY, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 19, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 6, 1989 (P.L.169, No.32), entitled, as
amended, "An act providing for the regulation of storage
tanks and tank facilities; imposing additional powers and
duties on the Department of Environmental Protection and the
Environmental Quality Board; and making an appropriation," in
financial provisions, further providing for Underground
Storage Tank Indemnification Board., FOR UNDERGROUND STORAGE
TANK ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP PROGRAM AND FOR UNDERGROUND
STORAGE TANK POLLUTION PREVENTION PROGRAM.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 703(a) of the act of July 6, 1989
(P.L.169, No.32), known as the Storage Tank and Spill Prevention
Act, is amended to read:
SECTION 1. SECTIONS 703(A), 710(F) AND 711(F) OF THE ACT OF
JULY 6, 1989 (P.L.169, NO.32), KNOWN AS THE STORAGE TANK AND
SPILL PREVENTION ACT, ARE AMENDED TO READ:
Section 703. Underground Storage Tank Indemnification Board.
(a) Establishment of board, appointment and terms.--There is
hereby created the Underground Storage Tank Indemnification
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Board which shall consist of ten members. The Insurance
Commissioner and the Secretary of the Department of
Environmental Protection shall be ex officio members. Eight
members shall be appointed [by the Governor,] as follows:
(1) Six members who shall be persons with particular
expertise in the management of underground storage tanks.
Three of these members shall be appointed for terms of four
years and three shall be appointed for a term of three years.
The Governor shall appoint [the members,] two members, the
President pro tempore of the Senate shall appoint one member,
the Minority Leader of the Senate shall appoint one member,
the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint one
member and the Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives shall appoint one member. The appointments
shall include one each from a list of nominees provided by
each of the following:
(i) The Associated Petroleum Industries of
Pennsylvania.
(ii) The Pennsylvania Petroleum Association.
(iii) The Service Station Dealers and Automotive
Repair Association of Pennsylvania and Delaware and the
Petroleum Retailers and Auto Repair Association, Inc.
(iv) [The Middle Atlantic Truck Stop Operators] A
Statewide organization representing fuel retailers and
food merchants.
(v) The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, Pennsylvania State
Grange and Pennsylvania Farmers Union.
(vi) The Tank Installers of Pennsylvania.
(2) [One] The Governor shall appoint one local
government member who shall have knowledge and expertise in
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underground storage tanks. The local government member shall
be appointed for a term of two years.
(3) [One] The Governor shall appoint one public member
who shall not be an owner or operator of storage tanks nor
affiliated in any way with any person regulated under this
act. The public member shall be appointed for a term of three
years.
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SECTION 710. UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP
PROGRAM.
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(F) SUNSET.--THE UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK ENVIRONMENTAL
CLEANUP PROGRAM SHALL CEASE TO EXIST ON JUNE 30, [2017] 2022,
UNLESS IT IS REESTABLISHED BY ACTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
SECTION 711. UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK POLLUTION PREVENTION
PROGRAM.
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(F) SUNSET.--THE UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK POLLUTION
PREVENTION PROGRAM SHALL CEASE TO EXIST ON JUNE 30, [2017] 2022,
UNLESS IT IS REESTABLISHED BY ACTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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