PRINTER'S NO. 2191
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1640
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY O'NEILL, WATSON, STEPHENS, MURT, D. COSTA, DeLUCA
AND MILLARD, JUNE 29, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
JUNE 29, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of October 18, 1988 (P.L.756, No.108), entitled
"An act providing for the cleanup of hazardous waste sites;
providing further powers and duties of the Department of
Environmental Resources and the Environmental Quality Board;
providing for response and investigations for liability and
cost recovery; establishing the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund;
providing for certain fees and for enforcement, remedies and
penalties; and repealing certain provisions relating to the
rate of the capital stock franchise tax," in preliminary
provisions, further providing for definitions and providing
for Governor may declare disaster emergency.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 103 of the act of October 18, 1988
(P.L.756, No.108), known as the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act, is
amended by adding a definition to read:
Section 103. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Special drinking water resource-impacted community." A
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