PRINTER'S NO. 3000
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2411
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY HERSHEY, OWLETT, PICKETT, FRITZ, HAMM, ARMANINI,
O'NEAL, SMITH, JAMES, RYAN, MILLARD, CAUSER, BROOKS, RAPP,
GROVE, DeLUCA, ROWE, KEEFER AND MARSHALL, APRIL 18, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
APRIL 18, 2022
AN ACT
Providing for annual report on flooding and stream restoration
in this Commonwealth.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Flooding and
Stream Restoration Information Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Department." The Department of Environmental Protection of
the Commonwealth.
Section 3. Annual report on flooding and stream restoration.
(a) Submission.--No later than January 1, 2023, and each
January 1 thereafter, the department shall issue a report on
flooding and stream restoration in this Commonwealth to all of
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the following:
(1) The General Assembly.
(2) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Appropriations Committee of the Senate.
(3) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.
(4) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Environmental Resources and Energy Committee of the Senate.
(5) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Environmental Resources and Energy Committee of the House of
Representatives.
(b) Information.--The department shall include all of the
following information in the report under subsection (a):
(1) A detailed analysis of the department's efforts to
mitigate flooding in this Commonwealth.
(2) The amount in dollars of property damage caused by
flooding in this Commonwealth.
(3) The number of permits issued by the department to
specifically address flooding and stream restoration in this
Commonwealth.
(4) The amount in dollars expended by the department or
awarded in grants by the department to address flooding and
stream restoration within this Commonwealth, including
information regarding how this money was provided to various
regions of the Commonwealth and the types of projects that
were funded by the money.
(5) The bridges that have collapsed due to flooding in
this Commonwealth.
(6) Information regarding:
(i) the average time it takes the department to
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issue or deny a permit related to flooding or stream
maintenance and restoration;
(ii) a permit related to flooding or stream
maintenance for which the department has taken more than
60 days to issue or deny within the past year; and
(iii) the reasons for which the department has
denied a permit related to flooding or stream maintenance
and restoration within the past year.
Section 4. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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