PRINTER'S NO. 2457
No. 1912 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY BROUJOS, NOYE, BORTNER, MAINE, BATTISTO, SAURMAN,
MORRIS, KUKOVICH, DEMPSEY, HALUSKA, MERRY, BURD, CORRIGAN,
MELIO, BILLOW, TIGUE, J. H. CLARK, NAILOR, PESCI, KAISER,
COLE AND VAN HORNE, SEPTEMBER 27, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SEPTEMBER 27, 1989
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," providing
18 that no bond shall be required as a condition for issuance of
19 a permit to a municipality or a municipal authority for land
20 application of sewage sludge.
21 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
22 hereby enacts as follows:
23 Section 1. Section 505 of the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380,
24 No.97), known as the Solid Waste Management Act, is amended by
25 adding a subsection to read:
26 Section 505. Bonds.
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2 (f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act, when
3 an application for the land application of sewage sludge is made
4 by a municipality or a municipal authority, the filing of a bond
5 with the department shall not be required as a condition for
6 issuance of a permit to the municipality or municipal authority
7 for the application of the sewage sludge.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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