PRINTER'S NO. 850
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
692
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BLAKE, EICHELBERGER, McGARRIGLE, HUTCHINSON AND
SCHWANK, MAY 15, 2017
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, MAY 15, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of January 24, 1966 (1965 P.L.1535, No.537),
entitled, as amended, "An act providing for the planning and
regulation of community sewage systems and individual sewage
systems; requiring municipalities to submit plans for systems
in their jurisdiction; authorizing grants; requiring permits
for persons installing such systems; requiring disclosure
statements in certain land sale contracts; authorizing the
Department of Environmental Resources to adopt and administer
rules, regulations, standards and procedures; creating an
advisory committee; providing remedies and prescribing
penalties," further providing for permits.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 7(a.1) of the act of January 24, 1966
(1965 P.L.1535, No.537), known as the Pennsylvania Sewage
Facilities Act, is amended to read:
Section 7. Permits.--* * *
(a.1) Owners of property qualifying for a permit exemption
under this section shall install permit-exempt systems in
accordance with the following siting requirements:
(1) The perimeter of the septic tanks and absorption area
shall be located at least two hundred feet from the perimeter of
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any property line, nonutility right-of-way, one hundred-year
flood plain or any river, stream, creek, impoundment, well,
watercourse, storm sewer, lake, dammed water, pond, spring,
ditch, wetland, water supply or any other body of surface water
and ten feet from any utility right-of-way.
(2) Before a person who meets the requirements for a permit-
exempt system installs the system, such person shall notify the
local agency of the installation. The local agency may charge a
fee, not to exceed [twenty-five dollars ($25),] one hundred
dollars ($100), to verify the system is located in accordance
with the siting requirements of [subsection (a.1)(1)] paragraph
(1).
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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