PRINTER'S NO. 2411
No. 1852 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY McILHINNEY, CAPPELLI, GEORGE, GRUCELA, HARHAI,
HARHART, LEDERER, MELIO, PALLONE, STEELMAN, TIGUE, TRICH AND
KIRKLAND, JULY 11, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, JULY 11, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for mandatory testing of
3 public drinking water.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 66 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 531. Mandatory testing of public drinking water.
9 (a) General rule.--The commission, in cooperation with the
10 Department of Environmental Protection, shall establish a
11 program of mandatory periodic testing of public drinking water.
12 (b) Testing process.--The testing process shall include
13 testing for MTBE trace compounds and other such contaminants.
14 Test results shall be made public.
15 (c) Regulations.--The commission, in cooperation with the
16 department, shall promulgate regulations establishing the
17 maximum allowable content of impurities, including MTBE trace
18 compounds and other such contaminants, in public drinking water.
1 Section 2. Testing under 66 Pa.C.S. § 531(b) shall begin no
2 later than six months after the effective date of this act.
3 Section 3. The regulations required under 66 Pa.C.S. §
4 531(c) shall be promulgated no later than one year after the
5 effective date of this act.
6 Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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