THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY CURRY, BRADFORD, CALTAGIRONE, DALEY, DeLUCA, HORNAMAN, JOSEPHS, MAHONEY, MUNDY, MURT AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 14, 2012

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, FEBRUARY 14, 2012  

AN ACT

Amending the act of January 8, 1960 (1959 P.L.2119, No.787),

entitled, as amended, "An act to provide for the better

protection of the health, general welfare and property of the

people of the Commonwealth by the control, abatement,

reduction and prevention of the pollution of the air by

smokes, dusts, fumes, gases, odors, mists, vapors, pollens

and similar matter, or any combination thereof; imposing

certain powers and duties on the Department of Environmental

Resources, the Environmental Quality Board and the

Environmental Hearing Board; establishing procedures for the

protection of health and public safety during emergency

conditions; creating a stationary air contamination source

permit system; providing additional remedies for abating air

pollution; reserving powers to local political subdivisions,

and defining the relationship between this act and the

ordinances, resolutions and regulations of counties, cities,

boroughs, towns and townships; imposing penalties for

violation of this act; and providing for the power to enjoin

violations of this act; and conferring upon persons aggrieved

certain rights and remedies," further defining "air

pollution."

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  The definition of "air pollution" in section 3 of

the act of January 8, 1960 (1959 P.L.2119, No.787), known as the

Air Pollution Control Act, amended July 9, 1992 (P.L.460,

No.95), is amended to read:

Section 3.  Definitions.--The following words and phrases,

when used in this act, unless the context clearly indicates

otherwise, shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this

section:

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"Air pollution."  The presence in the outdoor atmosphere of

any form of contaminant, including, but not limited to, the

discharging from stacks, chimneys, openings, buildings,

structures, open fires, vehicles, processes or any other source

of any smoke, soot, fly ash, dust, including dust generated from

oil and gas operations, cinders, dirt, noxious or obnoxious

acids, fumes, oxides, gases, vapors, odors, toxic, hazardous or

radioactive substances, waste or any other matter in such place,

manner or concentration inimical or which may be inimical to the

public health, safety or welfare or which is or may be injurious

to human, plant or animal life or to property or which

unreasonably interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life

or property.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.