H0732B4118A06695 PWK:CMD 07/14/20 #90 A06695
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 732
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE O'MARA
Printer's No. 4118
Amend Bill, page 6, by inserting between lines 17 and 18
(4) The company meets the environmental conditions set
forth in section 1703.1-L.
(5) Confirmation that the company has satisfied the
public participation requirements set forth in section
1703.2-L.
Section 1703.1-L. Environmental conditions.
To be eligible to receive a tax credit, a company shall
obtain a permit from the Department of Environmental Protection
under section 6.1 of the act of January 8, 1960 (1959 P.L.2119,
No.787), known as the Air Pollution Control Act, and the
department shall ensure that the company has the following
environmental safeguards in place:
(1) A monitoring plan to ensure that the project
facility complies with volatile organic compounds emission
limitations and flare destruction efficiency requirements.
(2) A continuous emissions monitoring program for all
stacks at the project facility.
(3) Fenceline monitoring to control fugitive emissions
from the project facility in accordance with the lowest
achievable emission rate standards under the Clean Air Act
(69 Stat. 322, 42 U.S.C. ยง 7401 et seq.).
Section 1703.2-L. Public participation.
(a) Public information and comment process.--Prior to
seeking any air pollution or water pollution permit for the
project facility from the Department of Environmental
Protection, a company shall conduct a public information and
comment process that includes the following:
(1) At least one public meeting in the city, borough or
township in which the project facility will be sited.
(2) At least one public meeting in the county seat of
the county where the project facility will be sited, if the
project facility will not be sited in the county seat.
(b) Public meetings.--At a public meeting conducted under
this section, the company shall:
(1) present detailed information concerning the types
and quantities of air pollution and water pollution that will
be produced by the project facility during operation;
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(2) solicit oral and written comments from members of
the public concerning the project facility; and
(3) solicit e-mail addresses from all meeting attendees
and commentators for the purpose of providing continuing
public notice under this section.
(c) Public notice.--The following shall apply:
(1) No less than 30 days before the date of a public
meeting conducted under this section, notice of the meeting
shall be transmitted by the Department of Environmental
Protection to the Legislative Reference Bureau for
publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and published by the
company in at least one newspaper of general circulation in
the city, borough or township where the project facility will
be sited.
(2) Following a public meeting, when the company applies
for a permit from the Department of Environmental Protection,
the company shall provide notice by e-mail to all meeting
attendees within three days of the date of application.
(d) Public access to permit applications.--No more than
three days after submitting a permit application to the
Department of Environmental Protection, the company shall make
the application available on its publicly accessible Internet
website, provide at least one copy to the government of the
city, borough or township where the project facility will be
sited and provide at least one copy to the public library in the
county seat where the project facility will be located.
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See A06695 in
the context
of HB0732