PRINTER'S NO. 882
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
705
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY KILLION, ALLOWAY, McILHINNEY, ARGALL, BAKER,
BARTOLOTTA, BLAKE, BOSCOLA, BREWSTER, COSTA, DINNIMAN,
FONTANA, GORDNER, GREENLEAF, HAYWOOD, LANGERHOLC, McGARRIGLE,
MENSCH, RAFFERTY, RESCHENTHALER, SABATINA, SCHWANK, STEFANO,
VULAKOVICH, WARD, WHITE AND YUDICHAK, MAY 24, 2017
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, MAY 24, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 27 (Environmental Resources) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in environmental stewardship and
watershed protection, further providing for legislative
findings, for the Environmental Stewardship Fund, for
agencies and for Commonwealth indebtedness and establishing
duties for the Department of Community and Economic
Development, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, the
Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Pennsylvania Historical
and Museum Commission.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6102 of Title 27 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 6102. Legislative findings.
The General Assembly hereby determines, declares and finds as
follows:
[(1) Ninety-six percent of the water-quality-impaired
watersheds in this Commonwealth are polluted because of
nonpoint sources of pollution such as past mining activities,
urban and agricultural runoff, atmospheric deposition, on-lot
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