PRINTER'S NO. 940
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
780
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY WOZNIAK, HUTCHINSON, EICHELBERGER, McGARRIGLE AND
BLAKE, MAY 15, 2015
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, MAY 15, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of January 24, 1966 (1965 P.L.1535, No.537),
entitled, as amended, "An act providing for the planning and
regulation of community sewage systems and individual sewage
systems; requiring municipalities to submit plans for systems
in their jurisdiction; authorizing grants; requiring permits
for persons installing such systems; requiring disclosure
statements in certain land sale contracts; authorizing the
Department of Environmental Resources to adopt and administer
rules, regulations, standards and procedures; creating an
advisory committee; providing remedies and prescribing
penalties," further providing for permits and for powers and
duties of local agencies.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 7(a.1) of the act of January 24, 1966
(1965 P.L.1535, No.537), known as the Pennsylvania Sewage
Facilities Act, amended December 14, 1994 (P.L.1250, No.149), is
amended to read:
Section 7. Permits.--* * *
(a.1) Owners of property qualifying for a permit exemption
under this section shall install permit-exempt systems in
accordance with the following siting requirements:
(1) The perimeter of the septic tanks and absorption area
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shall be located at least two hundred feet from the perimeter of
any property line, nonutility right-of-way, one hundred-year
flood plain or any river, stream, creek, impoundment, well,
watercourse, storm sewer, lake, dammed water, pond, spring,
ditch, wetland, water supply or any other body of surface water
and ten feet from any utility right-of-way.
(2) Before a person who meets the requirements for a permit-
exempt system installs the system, such person shall notify the
local agency of the installation. The local agency may charge a
fee[, not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25),] under section
8(b)(4.2) to verify the system is located in accordance with the
siting requirements of [subsection (a.1)(1)] paragraph (1).
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Section 2. Section 8(b) of the act is amended by adding a
paragraph to read:
Section 8. Powers and Duties of Local Agencies.--* * *
(b) Each local agency in addition to the powers and duties
conferred upon it by existing law shall have the power and the
duty:
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(4.2) To set and collect fees, which do not exceed the local
agency's actual cost, to conduct the verification of siting
requirements under section 7(a.1) for permit-exempt systems.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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