PRINTER'S NO. 686
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
107
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MOUL, MILLARD, PICKETT, ZIMMERMAN, McGINNIS, RYAN,
KEEFER, SAYLOR, ROTHMAN AND SANKEY, FEBRUARY 28, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
FEBRUARY 28, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Urging the Congress of the United States to repeal the
Environmental Protection Agency's MS4 program.
WHEREAS, In 1990, the United States Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) began requiring urban areas with populations of
100,000 or more to obtain National Pollution Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) permits for storm water runoff as
part of the Phase I Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4)
regulations; and
WHEREAS, In 1999, EPA issued Phase II of the MS4 regulations,
requiring small urbanized areas to obtain NPDES permits for
storm water discharges; and
WHEREAS, With more than 7,000 MS4s nationwide, Pennsylvania
is home to two Phase I and 953 Phase II MS4s in boroughs,
cities, towns and townships across the Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, NPDES permits for MS4s require permittees to develop
and implement storm water controls to minimize the discharge of
runoff from the rainwater sewer systems; and
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WHEREAS, MS4s are designated in urbanized areas as determined
by the latest Federal decennial census and, accordingly, as
Pennsylvania communities grow they are included in MS4
permitting requirements; and
WHEREAS, Controlling storm water runoff to comply with the
MS4 regulations has become a financial burden on many
Pennsylvania communities; and
WHEREAS, The cost of compliance with the MS4 program has been
estimated to cost Pennsylvania taxpayers several billion
dollars; and
WHEREAS, This unfunded mandate has already added additional
costs and increased taxes on residents and businesses and
restricted growth in our neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's Storm Water Management Act, Act 167
of 1978, and 25 Pa. Code Chapter 102, Erosion and Sediment
Control, adequately address storm water within the Commonwealth;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge the Congress of the United
States to repeal the EPA's MS4 program; and be it further
RESOLVED, That certified copies of this resolution be
transmitted by the Executive Clerk to the President of the
United States, the President pro tempore of the United States
Senate and the Speaker of the United States House of
Representatives; and be it further
RESOLVED, That certified copies of this resolution be
transmitted to the Administrator of the United States
Environmental Protection Agency.
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