PRINTER'S NO. 1300
No. 1037 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, ERICKSON, LAVALLE, LEMMOND, THOMPSON
AND BELL, SEPTEMBER 5, 2001
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
SEPTEMBER 5, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), entitled "An
2 act providing for the planning and regulation of solid waste
3 storage, collection, transportation, processing, treatment,
4 and disposal; requiring municipalities to submit plans for
5 municipal waste management systems in their jurisdictions;
6 authorizing grants to municipalities; providing regulation of
7 the management of municipal, residual and hazardous waste;
8 requiring permits for operating hazardous waste and solid
9 waste storage, processing, treatment, and disposal
10 facilities; and licenses for transportation of hazardous
11 waste; imposing duties on persons and municipalities;
12 granting powers to municipalities; authorizing the
13 Environmental Quality Board and the Department of
14 Environmental Resources to adopt rules, regulations,
15 standards and procedures; granting powers to and imposing
16 duties upon county health departments; providing remedies;
17 prescribing penalties; and establishing a fund," exempting
18 municipalities and municipal authorities from bond
19 requirements.
20 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
21 hereby enacts as follows:
22 Section 1. Section 505(f) of the act of July 7, 1980
23 (P.L.380, No.97), known as the Solid Waste Management Act, added
24 July 11, 1990 (P.L.450, No.109), is amended to read:
25 Section 505. Bonds.
26 * * *
1 (f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act, when
2 an application for the incineration or land application of
3 sewage sludge is made by a municipality or a municipal
4 authority, the filing of a bond with the department for purposes
5 of this section shall not be required as a condition for
6 issuance of a permit or license to [the] a municipality or
7 municipal authority for the incineration or application of the
8 sewage sludge for land reclamation or agricultural utilization
9 purposes.
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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