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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2023 - 2024
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | December 19, 2022 07:34 AM |
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| From: | Representative Steven R. Malagari |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Cool the °Fs Down - Support Our Local Crematories (Formerly HB1464) |
| A few degrees make all the difference. The current recommended temperature for the modern crematory to operate efficiently and successfully is between 1400º F and 1800º F. Any crematory placed into operation after April 17, 1989, is required to utilize a temperature of 1800º Fahrenheit (F). We need to drop some °Fs. Here’s why: Cremation services have doubled since Pennsylvania placed temperature guidelines in place for operations. As the popularity for these services has increased, demand for crematories has increased as well. When current temperature regulations were introduced, demand for these services stood at 17.1%. Small crematoriums experienced smaller overhead with business sustainability. In 2019, cremation services jumped to 54.6%. It is expected these services will continue to expand and by 2035 will stand at approximately 79.1%. There are currently 200 crematoriums in the Commonwealth, many of them are family owned. To operate at consistently higher temperatures causes undue burden on equipment, higher fuel consumption, and more gas emissions into the atmosphere. To help mitigate the cost to these small businesses, I am proposing legislation to aid Pennsylvania crematoriums operate in the most valuable ways as possible. This legislation would set the minimum operating temperature of crematoriums at 1600º F. All other regulations pertaining to the operation of animal and human crematory incinerators would be carried over into this statute. Prior co-sponsors: Sanchez, Saylor, Kenyatta, Ciresi, D. Williams, Davanzo, Hennessey, Mullins, Bernstine, Helm, A. Brown, Rowe, Hill-Evans, O’Mara, Tomlinson, Daley, Sturla, Pisciottano, Thomas, Quinn and Major |
Introduced as HB1246