PRINTER'S NO. 19
No. 17 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY LLOYD, MORRIS, HALUSKA, VEON, CORRIGAN, KOSINSKI,
MRKONIC, ARGALL, WOZNIAK, BATTISTO, DeLUCA, BELFANTI, HERMAN,
CAWLEY, STUBAN, VAN HORNE, ITKIN, COLAIZZO, LUCYK AND TRICH,
JANUARY 18, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 18, 1989
AN ACT
1 Requiring State heating systems to be fueled by coal.
2 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
3 hereby enacts as follows:
4 Section 1. Definitions.
5 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
6 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
7 context clearly indicates otherwise:
8 "Coal." Coal produced from mines in this Commonwealth or any
9 mixture or synthetic derived, in whole or in part, from coal
10 produced from mines in this Commonwealth.
11 "Mixture derived, in whole or in part, from coal." Includes,
12 but is not limited to, both the intermittent and the
13 simultaneous burning of natural gas with coal or a coal
14 derivative if the intermittent or simultaneous burning of
15 natural gas would:
16 (1) lower the cost of using coal or a coal derivative
1 produced from mines in this Commonwealth; or
2 (2) enable coal or a coal derivative produced from mines
3 in this Commonwealth to be burned in compliance with present
4 and reasonably anticipated environmental laws and
5 regulations.
6 Section 2. State heating systems to be fueled by coal.
7 Any heating system or heating unit installed in a facility
8 owned by the Commonwealth or by a State-related university on or
9 after the effective date of this act shall be fueled by coal.
10 Section 3. Exceptions.
11 Any heating system or heating unit shall be exempt from the
12 requirement of section 2 if the Secretary of General Services
13 determines that:
14 (1) using coal as the fuel for that heating system or
15 heating unit would violate existing or reasonably anticipated
16 environmental laws or regulations;
17 (2) using coal as the fuel for that heating system or
18 heating unit would not be cost effective when compared to
19 using other forms of energy;
20 (3) the principal fuel for that heating system or
21 heating unit would be natural gas from wells located in this
22 Commonwealth or wood from forests located in this
23 Commonwealth; or
24 (4) the heating system or heating unit was in or beyond
25 the design stage prior to the effective date of this act.
26 Section 4. Reports to General Assembly.
27 The Secretary of General Services shall report to the House
28 Committee on Mines and Energy Management and the Senate
29 Committee on Environmental Resources and Energy the basis for
30 any determination that a heating system or heating unit shall be
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1 exempt from the requirement of section 2.
2 Section 5. Effective date.
3 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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