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| AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1659 |
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| Printer's No. 3595 |
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1 | Amend Bill, page 1, line 11, by inserting after "Permit" |
2 | Transparency |
3 | Amend Bill, page 6, by inserting between lines 14 and 15 |
4 | Section 302.1. Permit and Waiver Transparency Program. |
5 | (a) Technology requirement.--As trustees of the natural |
6 | resources of this Commonwealth as established in section 27 of |
7 | Article I of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, the General |
8 | Assembly requires the department to use the same technology for |
9 | efficient permitting in this act for greater transparency for |
10 | the public. |
11 | (b) Electronic notification.--If the department establishes |
12 | a department-wide program under section 304 or another program |
13 | for electronic submission, review and approval of permits, the |
14 | department shall include a system to electronically notify an |
15 | applicant or another person who would like to be notified |
16 | electronically of any or all submissions of applications, |
17 | deficiencies identified by the department, applicant response |
18 | and final review and determination under this act. |
19 | (c) Notification.--The notification under subsection (b) |
20 | shall include: |
21 | (1) a short summary of the application, deficiency, |
22 | response or determination; |
23 | (2) the use of a wavier, variance or alternative method |
24 | that is part of the application or determination; |
25 | (3) the department office that will review the |
26 | application or has identified deficiencies or made a |
27 | determination; |
28 | (4) the official permit review schedule for each |
29 | application; and |
30 | (5) whether or not the specific application requires a |
31 | mandatory public hearing or comment period. |
32 | (d) Rights of individuals.--A person may electronically sign |
33 | up with the department to be notified of all of the |
34 | applications, deficiencies or determinations or selected |
35 | applications, deficiencies and determinations chosen |
36 | individually or in some combination by the location of the |
37 | project, including county or municipality, the type of permit, |
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1 | waiver, variance or alternative method of compliance or the date |
2 | of the submission or the name of the permit applicant. Details |
3 | or a list compiled under this subsection is not available under |
4 | the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right- |
5 | to-Know Law. |
6 | (e) Redaction.--The department is authorized to redact |
7 | information from a notification for the purpose of homeland |
8 | security, but must disclose that a specific redaction has |
9 | occurred and the department is not authorized to limit any |
10 | information related to the official permit review schedule and |
11 | whether or not the specific application requires a mandatory |
12 | public hearing or comment period. |
13 | (f) List.--Within 120 days of the effective date of this |
14 | section, the department shall post on the Internet a list of |
15 | every waiver or variance requested for a well location |
16 | restriction and whether or not it was granted for an |
17 | unconventional gas well or a gas well permitted in this |
18 | Commonwealth within the last four years. Upon request, the |
19 | department shall make available a copy of the waiver or variance |
20 | application and determination. |
21 | (g) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following |
22 | words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this |
23 | subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: |
24 | "Department." The Department of Environmental Protection of |
25 | the Commonwealth. |
26 | "Unconventional gas well." As defined in 58 Pa.C.S. § 2301 |
27 | (relating to definitions). |
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