PRINTER'S NO. 2967
No. 2251 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY DeWEESE, GEORGE, FAIRCHILD, BATTISTO, COSTA,
M. COHEN, PETRARCA, HARHAI, FRANKEL, CURRY, SATHER, BELARDI,
BELFANTI, DALEY, EVANS, FREEMAN, GRUCELA, HALUSKA, JOSEPHS,
LAUGHLIN, LUCYK, MELIO, MYERS, PISTELLA, READSHAW, SCRIMENTI,
SHANER, SOLOBAY, STEELMAN, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRAVAGLIO, TRELLO,
WALKO, WASHINGTON, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, YUDICHAK AND
RAMOS, FEBRUARY 10, 2000
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
FEBRUARY 10, 2000
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection and the
2 Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to enter
3 into cooperative agreements for the assessment, restoration
4 and protection of water quality of interstate watersheds.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Interstate watershed cooperative agreements.
8 (a) Authorization.--The Secretary of Environmental
9 Protection or the Secretary of Conservation and Natural
10 Resources, or both, may enter into cooperative agreements with
11 representatives of Federal agencies, other state governments and
12 agencies of other states for the purpose of assessing, restoring
13 and protecting the water quality of interstate watersheds.
14 (b) Scope.--The cooperative agreements shall be limited to
15 the following activities:
16 (1) Assessment of water quality in a watershed.
1 (2) Setting of watershed restoration priorities.
2 (3) Development and implementation of restoration
3 strategies.
4 (c) Development and implementation.--To the greatest extent
5 possible, each secretary shall involve representatives of the
6 Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, local soil conservation
7 districts and watershed groups in the development and
8 implementation of the cooperative agreements.
9 (d) Funding.--Each secretary may accept funds from any
10 public or private source for the administration and
11 implementation of the cooperative agreements.
12 (e) Effect on other laws.--The cooperative agreements shall
13 be consistent with and may not supersede the laws of this
14 Commonwealth.
15 Section 2. Effective date.
16 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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