S1171B1779A07670 BIL:EJH 06/15/18 #90 A07670
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 1171
Sponsor: SENATOR BROOKS
Printer's No. 1779
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 1 through 7, by striking out all of
said lines and inserting
Amending Titles 3 (Agriculture) and 27 (Environmental Resources)
of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in nutrient
management and odor management, further providing for the
Nutrient Management Advisory Board; and, in Agricultural
Advisory Board, further providing for establishment of board.
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 10 through 20; pages 2 through 9,
lines 1 through 30; page 10, lines 1 and 2; by striking out all
of said lines on said pages and inserting
Section 1. Section 510(a) and (d) of Title 3 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 510. Nutrient Management Advisory Board.
(a) Creation.--There is created the Nutrient Management
Advisory Board. The board shall consist of 16 members appointed
by the chairman of the commission and approved by a two-thirds
vote of the commission. The members so appointed shall consist
of [five] six active commercial farm owners or operators
representing the livestock, swine, meat poultry, egg poultry and
dairy industry nominated by Statewide general farm
organizations, one veterinary nutrition specialist, one
representative from the feed industry, one representative from
the fertilizer industry, [one representative of commercial
agricultural lenders,] one representative of local government,
one representative of academia who shall be an agronomist or
plant scientist faculty member of the school of agriculture of a
Pennsylvania college or university, one representative of
academia who shall be an animal science faculty member with an
expertise in odor management from the school of agriculture of a
college or university within this Commonwealth, one hydrologist,
two citizen representatives who are not farmers and one
environmental representative, all of whom shall have sufficient
knowledge, experience or familiarity with agronomic practices,
nutrient management practices or odor management practices and
all of whom shall be residents of this Commonwealth. The six
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active commercial farm owners or operators shall be nominated in
a manner that provides representation of the northwest, north
central, northeast, southwest, south central and southeast
regions of this Commonwealth, corresponding to the regions
served by the Department of Environmental Protection regional
offices. Two of the six active commercial farm owners or
operators shall hold an active concentrated animal feeding
operation permit as required by the act of June 22, 1937
(P.L.1987, No.394), known as The Clean Streams Law.
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(d) Duties.--The board shall review and comment on all
commission proposed regulations, the interim guidelines under
section 504(2) (relating to powers and duties of commission) and
the interim criteria under section 504(5) developed to implement
the provisions of this chapter. The commission shall have no
power to promulgate regulations, interim guidelines or interim
criteria under this chapter until receipt of written comments on
the proposed regulations, guidelines or criteria from the board
or until [60] 90 days have expired from the date when the
regulations, guidelines or criteria were submitted by the
commission to the board for its comments. Existing regulations,
guidelines and criteria shall continue until modified,
superseded or repealed by the commission.
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Section 2. Section 702(b) of Title 27 is amended by adding a
paragraph to read:
§ 702. Establishment of board.
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(b) Members.--The following persons shall comprise the
board:
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(7) Two members appointed by the secretary that hold an
active concentrated animal feeding operation permit as
required by the act of June 22, 1937 (P.L.1987, No.394),
known as The Clean Streams Law.
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Section 3. Members of the Nutrient Management Advisory
Board, as of the effective date of this section, shall continue
to serve as members until their present terms of office expire.
Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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