THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY BAKER, ARGALL, COSTA, ERICKSON, FOLMER, FONTANA, KASUNIC, ORIE, PILEGGI, RAFFERTY, SCARNATI, SCHWANK, TOMLINSON, WASHINGTON AND YUDICHAK, APRIL 21, 2011

REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, APRIL 21, 2011  

AN ACT

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

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

waters of the Commonwealth for the protection of public

health, animal and aquatic life, and for industrial

consumption, and recreation; empowering and directing the

creation of indebtedness or the issuing of non-debt revenue

bonds by political subdivisions to provide works to abate

pollution; providing protection of water supply and water

quality; providing for the jurisdiction of courts in the

enforcement thereof; providing additional remedies for

abating pollution of waters; imposing certain penalties;

repealing certain acts; regulating discharges of sewage and

industrial wastes; regulating the operation of mines and

regulating the impact of mining upon water quality, supply

and quantity; placing responsibilities upon landowners and

land occupiers and to maintain primary jurisdiction over

surface coal mining in Pennsylvania," further providing for

industrial wastes discharge.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 301 of the act of June 22, 1937

(P.L.1987, No.394), known as The Clean Streams Law, amended July

31, 1970 (P.L.653, No.222), is amended to read:

Section 301.  Prohibition Against Discharge of Industrial

Wastes.--No person or municipality shall place or permit to be

placed, or discharged or permit to flow, or continue to

discharge or permit to flow, into any of the waters of the

Commonwealth any industrial wastes, except as hereinafter

provided in this act. The department shall ensure that any

facility which seeks to treat and discharge industrial

wastewater originating from oil and gas activities into waters

of this Commonwealth is operated by a competent and qualified

individual. The Environmental Quality Board shall have the

authority to promulgate regulations regarding the qualifications

necessary to operate a facility which treats and discharges

industrial wastewater originating from oil and gas activities.

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