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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY HUTCHINSON, CAUSER, EVERETT, HENNESSEY, HORNAMAN, PYLE, RAPP, ROAE, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, STERN, STEVENSON AND VULAKOVICH, OCTOBER 1, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, OCTOBER 1, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of May 31, 1945 (P.L.1198, No.418), entitled, |
2 | as amended, "An act providing for the conservation and |
3 | improvement of land affected in connection with surface |
4 | mining; regulating such mining; providing for the |
5 | establishment of an Emergency Bond Fund for anthracite deep |
6 | mine operators; and providing penalties," further providing |
7 | for Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Fund, |
8 | Remining Environmental Enhancement Fund, Remining Financial |
9 | Assurance Fund and department authority for awarding of |
10 | grants. |
11 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
12 | hereby enacts as follows: |
13 | Section 1. Section 18 of the act of May 31, 1945 (P.L.1198, |
14 | No.418), known as the Surface Mining Conservation and |
15 | Reclamation Act, is amended by adding a subsection to read: |
16 | Section 18. Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation |
17 | Fund; Remining Environmental Enhancement Fund; Remining |
18 | Financial Assurance Fund; Department Authority for Awarding of |
19 | Grants.--* * * |
20 | (a.5) (1) The department may use premium fees collected |
21 | after the effective date of this subsection for the purpose of |
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1 | paying the costs associated with treating post-mining |
2 | pollutional discharges at ABS legacy sites. |
3 | (2) For purposes of this subsection: |
4 | "ABS legacy site" means a mine site permitted under the |
5 | department's alternate bonding program that has a post-mining |
6 | pollutional discharge where the operator has defaulted on its |
7 | obligation to adequately treat the discharge and the bond or |
8 | other financial guarantee established for the mine site is |
9 | insufficient to cover the costs associated with treating the |
10 | discharge. |
11 | "Premium fee" means the fee collected for a sum-certain |
12 | financial guarantee needed to facilitate the implementation of |
13 | full-cost bonding. |
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15 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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