PRINTER'S NO. 2191
No. 1760 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY WESTON, SEPTEMBER 30, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION, SEPTEMBER 30, 1987
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," further providing for sewage systems.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. The act of January 24, 1966 (1965 P.L.1535,
15 No.537), known as the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, is
16 amended by adding a section to read:
17 Section 5.1. Metal Nets Required on Manholes.--Each
18 municipality shall insure that all manholes or similar openings
19 in its sewerage system are fitted with metal nets underneath the
20 covers of the manholes or similar openings. The metal nets shall
21 be designed so as to prevent persons from being swept into or
22 pushed into the sewerage system.
1 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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