PRINTER'S NO. 1727
No. 1380 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY BENNINGTON, WAGNER, PARKER, KULA, MANN, JOSEPHS,
MUNDY, GEORGE, READSHAW, LEVDANSKY, LEACH, M. SMITH, SHAPIRO,
SIPTROTH, SHIMKUS, HARKINS, HARHAI, FRANKEL, FABRIZIO,
EACHUS, DERMODY, DePASQUALE, HORNAMAN, FREEMAN, KOTIK,
PRESTON, M. O'BRIEN, SANTONI, VITALI, WHEATLEY, J. WHITE,
WALKO, MELIO, MARKOSEK, DeLUCA, CURRY AND CARROLL,
MAY 29, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
MAY 29, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 22, 1937 (P.L.1987, No.394), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act to preserve and improve the purity of the
3 waters of the Commonwealth for the protection of public
4 health, animal and aquatic life, and for industrial
5 consumption, and recreation; empowering and directing the
6 creation of indebtedness or the issuing of non-debt revenue
7 bonds by political subdivisions to provide works to abate
8 pollution; providing protection of water supply and water
9 quality; providing for the jurisdiction of courts in the
10 enforcement thereof; providing additional remedies for
11 abating pollution of waters; imposing certain penalties;
12 repealing certain acts; regulating discharges of sewage and
13 industrial wastes; regulating the operation of mines and
14 regulating the impact of mining upon water quality, supply
15 and quantity; placing responsibilities upon landowners and
16 land occupiers and to maintain primary jurisdiction over
17 surface coal mining in Pennsylvania," prohibiting the release
18 of untreated agricultural waste that contains more than ten
19 parts per million of arsenic or arsenic derivatives.
20 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
21 hereby enacts as follows:
22 Section 1. The act of June 22, 1937 (P.L.1987, No.394),
23 known as The Clean Streams Law, is amended by adding a section
1 to read:
2 Section 401.1. Agricultural Waste Containing Arsenic or
3 Arsenic Derivatives.--In addition to the provisions of section
4 401, it shall be specifically prohibited for any person or
5 municipality to environmentally release untreated agricultural
6 waste that contains more than ten parts per million of organic
7 or inorganic arsenic or an arsenic derivative.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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