PRINTER'S NO. 167
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
175
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY RESCHENTHALER, EICHELBERGER, BARTOLOTTA,
VULAKOVICH, VOGEL, SCARNATI, STEFANO, WAGNER, YAW, HUTCHINSON
AND LAUGHLIN, JANUARY 25, 2017
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JANUARY 25, 2017
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
permissible actions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4.2 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 subsection to read:
Section 4.2. Permissible Actions.--* * *
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(e.1) In addition to the other limitations imposed under
this section, the board may not promulgate ambient air quality
standards, emission or performance standards, control measures
or other requirements, and the department may not impose permit
or plan approval conditions, for methane that are more stringent
than those promulgated by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency for new sources. The board, by regulation, may
incorporate by reference the control techniques guidelines
developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
for existing sources of methane if the board determines that the
control techniques guidelines are reasonably necessary to
achieve and maintain compliance with the requirements of the
ozone transport region under the Clean Air Act.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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