PRINTER'S NO.  282

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

305

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY M. WHITE, ORIE, FOLMER, ERICKSON, VOGEL, D. WHITE, MENSCH, EARLL, PICCOLA AND BAKER, JANUARY 27, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JANUARY 27, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of June 22, 1937 (P.L.1987, No.394), entitled,

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as amended, "An act to preserve and improve the purity of the

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waters of the Commonwealth for the protection of public

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health, animal and aquatic life, and for industrial

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consumption, and recreation; empowering and directing the

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creation of indebtedness or the issuing of non-debt revenue

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bonds by political subdivisions to provide works to abate

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pollution; providing protection of water supply and water

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quality; providing for the jurisdiction of courts in the

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enforcement thereof; providing additional remedies for

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abating pollution of waters; imposing certain penalties;

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repealing certain acts; regulating discharges of sewage and

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industrial wastes; regulating the operation of mines and

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regulating the impact of mining upon water quality, supply

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and quantity; placing responsibilities upon landowners and

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land occupiers and to maintain primary jurisdiction over

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surface coal mining in Pennsylvania," in domestic water

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supplies, providing for permits relating to National

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Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  The act of June 22, 1937 (P.L.1987, No.394),

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known as The Clean Streams Law, is amended by adding a section

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to read:

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Section 504.  Permits relating to National Pollutant

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Discharge Elimination System.--Except as otherwise provided

 


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under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (62 Stat. 1155, 33

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U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.) or Federal regulation, the department

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shall not require, consistent with section 402(l)(2) of the

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Federal Water Pollution Control Act (62 Stat. 1155, 33 U.S.C. §

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1342(l)(2)), a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

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permit for a storm water discharge associated with construction

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activity for oil and gas construction activity, unless the oil

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and gas construction activity contributes to a violation of

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water quality standards.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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