SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2226, 2727 PRINTER'S NO. 3666
No. 1824 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. GEESEY, RITTER, DeWEESE, STUBAN, STEWART,
STAIRS AND CALTAGIRONE, OCTOBER 31, 1977
SENATOR LEWIS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
SEPTEMBER 12, 1978
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of January 24, 1966 (1965, P.L.1535, No.537),
2 entitled, as amended, "An act providing for the planning and
3 regulation of community sewage systems and individual sewage
4 systems; requiring municipalities to submit plans for systems
5 in their jurisdiction; authorizing grants; requiring permits
6 for persons installing such systems; requiring disclosure
7 statements in certain land sale contracts; authorizing the
8 Department of Environmental Resources to adopt and administer
9 rules, regulations, standards and procedures; creating an
10 advisory committee; providing remedies and prescribing
11 penalties," requiring percolation test PITS AND holes to be <--
12 backfilled.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Section 7, act of January 24, 1966 (1965,
16 P.L.1535, No.537), known as the "Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities
17 Act," is amended by adding a subsection to read:
18 Section 7. Permits [and Inspections].--* * * <--
19 (h) Upon completion of INSPECTION OF DEEP SOIL TEST PITS AND <--
20 percolation tests, the inspector shall immediately notify the
21 property owner that the tests are complete. Within five days
22 after receiving such notice, the property owner shall backfill
1 the percolation test PITS AND holes. Any person who fails to <--
2 comply with the provisions of this subsection shall be subject
3 to the REMEDIES AND penalties provided in section 12 SECTIONS 12 <--
4 AND 13.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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