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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY D. WHITE, WOZNIAK, SCARNATI AND SCHWANK, JUNE 6, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JUNE 6, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of September 24, 1968 (P.L.1040, No.318), |
2 | entitled, as amended, "An act providing for the protection of |
3 | the safety, health and welfare of the people, property and |
4 | public roads and highways of the Commonwealth from conditions |
5 | on coal refuse disposal areas, or parts thereof, which fail |
6 | to comply with the established rules, regulations or quality |
7 | standards adopted to avoid air or water pollution or to |
8 | protect water supplies, and from the danger of slipping, |
9 | sliding or burning of coal refuse disposal areas, or parts |
10 | thereof, sometimes caused by the storage of coal refuse; |
11 | prescribing for and regulating the operation of coal refuse |
12 | disposal areas, and parts thereof; prescribing the powers of |
13 | the Department of Environmental Resources with respect |
14 | thereto; providing for the power to enjoin the operation of |
15 | coal refuse disposal areas, or parts thereof, which contain |
16 | certain conditions; providing for civil and criminal |
17 | penalties; authorizing the acquisition by condemnation of |
18 | certain land areas in certain cases; establishing a permit |
19 | system, authorizing the adoption of rules and regulations, |
20 | establishing minimum standards ; requiring bonds and for the |
21 | maintenance of primary jurisdiction over surface coal mining |
22 | in Pennsylvania; providing incentives for coal refuse |
23 | disposal activities on previously affected areas; and |
24 | providing for coal refuse disposal research," further |
25 | providing for the Coal Bed Methane Review Board. |
26 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
27 | hereby enacts as follows: |
28 | Section 1. Section 6.4(e) of the act of September 24, 1968 |
29 | (P.L.1040, No.318), known as the Coal Refuse Disposal Control |
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1 | Act, added February 1, 2010 (P.L.126, No.4), is amended and the |
2 | section is amended by adding a subsection to read: |
3 | Section 6.4. Coal Bed Methane Review Board.--* * * |
4 | (e) The purpose of the board shall be to consider objections |
5 | and attempt to reach agreement on or determine a location for |
6 | the coal bed methane well or access road. The board shall also |
7 | have the authority to consider objections and reach agreement on |
8 | or determine a location for natural gas wells. |
9 | (e.1 Any decision by the board may be appealed to the court |
10 | of common pleas in the county where the property at issue is |
11 | located. |
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13 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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