PRINTER'S NO. 2360
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1880
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY WEBSTER, BRENNAN, HARKINS, KHAN, GUENST, HILL-
EVANS, SANCHEZ, MADDEN, DONAHUE, DALEY AND KRAJEWSKI,
DECEMBER 5, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
DECEMBER 5, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of October 18, 1988 (P.L.756, No.108), entitled
"An act providing for the cleanup of hazardous waste sites;
providing further powers and duties of the Department of
Environmental Resources and the Environmental Quality Board;
providing for response and investigations for liability and
cost recovery; establishing the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund;
providing for certain fees and for enforcement, remedies and
penalties; and repealing certain provisions relating to the
rate of the capital stock franchise tax," in preliminary
provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in
miscellaneous, providing for release testing and
reimbursement.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "department" in section 103 of
the act of October 18, 1988 (P.L.756, No.108), known as the
Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act, is amended to read:
Section 103. 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:
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"Department." The Department of Environmental [Resources]
Protection of the Commonwealth.
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Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 1303.1. Release testing and reimbursement.
(a) Release testing.--Notwithstanding any other provisions
of this act, release from identified contaminated sites shall be
tested annually by the person that owns such site, including
releases of hazardous substances expressly and specifically
approved under a valid Federal or State permit.
(b) Reimbursement.--An owner of an identified contaminated
site shall reimburse the department as provided for in section
507.
(c) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Identified contaminated site." A site which contains
hazardous or dangerous substances at levels above normal
background levels which pose a risk to human health or the
environment, including Federal Superfund sites.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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