PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1253                      PRINTER'S NO. 1924

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1092 Session of 1975


        INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. LEVI, GREEN, M. E. MILLER, ARTHURS,
           YAHNER, MRS. GILLETTE, MESSRS. DeMEDIO AND GRING,
           APRIL 22, 1975

        AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
           JULY 2, 1975

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of May 31, 1945 (P.L.1198, No.418), entitled,
     2     as amended, "An act providing for the conservation and
     3     improvement of land affected in connection with surface
     4     mining; regulating such mining; and providing penalties,"
     5     requiring the reclamation plan to be filed with the county
     6     planning commission.

     7     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     8  hereby enacts as follows:
     9     Section 1.  Section 4, act of May 31, 1945 (P.L.1198,
    10  No.418), known as the "Surface Mining Conservation and
    11  Reclamation Act," is amended by adding a subsection to read:
    12     Section 4.  * * *
    13     (k)  The reclamation plan approved by the department shall be
    14  FURNISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO BE filed with the county planning  <--
    15  commission of the county in which the operation is to be
    16  undertaken IF THE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION REQUESTS THE SAME.   <--
    17  The plan shall be so filed before the permit is issued.           <--
    18     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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