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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY M. WHITE, ORIE, FOLMER, ERICKSON, VOGEL, D. WHITE, MENSCH, EARLL, PICCOLA AND BAKER, JANUARY 27, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JANUARY 27, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of June 22, 1937 (P.L.1987, No.394), entitled, |
2 | as amended, "An act to preserve and improve the purity of the |
3 | waters of the Commonwealth for the protection of public |
4 | health, animal and aquatic life, and for industrial |
5 | consumption, and recreation; empowering and directing the |
6 | creation of indebtedness or the issuing of non-debt revenue |
7 | bonds by political subdivisions to provide works to abate |
8 | pollution; providing protection of water supply and water |
9 | quality; providing for the jurisdiction of courts in the |
10 | enforcement thereof; providing additional remedies for |
11 | abating pollution of waters; imposing certain penalties; |
12 | repealing certain acts; regulating discharges of sewage and |
13 | industrial wastes; regulating the operation of mines and |
14 | regulating the impact of mining upon water quality, supply |
15 | and quantity; placing responsibilities upon landowners and |
16 | land occupiers and to maintain primary jurisdiction over |
17 | surface coal mining in Pennsylvania," in domestic water |
18 | supplies, providing for permits relating to National |
19 | Pollutant Discharge Elimination System. |
20 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
21 | hereby enacts as follows: |
22 | Section 1. The act of June 22, 1937 (P.L.1987, No.394), |
23 | known as The Clean Streams Law, is amended by adding a section |
24 | to read: |
25 | Section 504. Permits relating to National Pollutant |
26 | Discharge Elimination System.--Except as otherwise provided |
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1 | under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (62 Stat. 1155, 33 |
2 | U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.) or Federal regulation, the department |
3 | shall not require, consistent with section 402(l)(2) of the |
4 | Federal Water Pollution Control Act (62 Stat. 1155, 33 U.S.C. § |
5 | 1342(l)(2)), a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
6 | permit for a storm water discharge associated with construction |
7 | activity for oil and gas construction activity, unless the oil |
8 | and gas construction activity contributes to a violation of |
9 | water quality standards. |
10 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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