HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1574, 1613, 1651 PRINTER'S NO. 1861
No. 1088 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY BRIGHTBILL, JUBELIRER, CONTI, COSTA, SALVATORE,
TOMLINSON, O'PAKE, CORMAN, WENGER, LEMMOND, MUSTO, WOZNIAK,
HART, GERLACH, ROBBINS, WAUGH, STOUT, BOSCOLA, MELLOW AND
THOMPSON, DECEMBER 8, 1999
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND
ENERGY, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 10, 2000
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 6, 1989 (P.L.169, No.32), entitled, as
2 amended, "An act providing for the regulation of storage
3 tanks and tank facilities; imposing additional powers and
4 duties on the Department of Environmental Protection and the
5 Environmental Quality Board; and making an appropriation,"
6 reenacting authority for a certain allocation under the
7 Underground Storage Tank Environmental Cleanup Program; and
8 further providing for the upgrade loan program.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Sections 710(b.2) and 712(b) of the act of July
12 6, 1989 (P.L.169, No.32), known as the Storage Tank and Spill
13 Prevention Act, added January 30, 1998 (P.L.46, No.13), are
14 reenacted and amended to read:
15 Section 710. Underground Storage Tank Environmental Cleanup
16 Program.
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18 (b.2) Additional allocation.--No more than $500,000 of the
19 annual allocation for the Underground Storage Tank Environmental
1 Cleanup Program may be used for costs of corrective action to
2 assist owners of underground storage tanks with a capacity of
3 3,000 gallons or less used for storing heating oil for
4 consumption on the premises where stored. Payments authorized
5 under this subsection may be made only for releases occurring on
6 or after the effective date of this subsection. Payments made
7 for eligible releases shall be limited in amount to the actual
8 costs of corrective action or to $5,000, whichever is less. The
9 amount allowed shall be subject to a $1,000 deductible which
10 shall be paid first by the claimant. This subsection shall
11 expire [two years from the effective date of this subsection]
12 June 30, 2005. On or before that date, the board shall make a
13 report to the General Assembly with recommendations. The board
14 may promulgate regulations to carry out the provisions of this
15 subsection.
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17 Section 712. Upgrade Loan Program.
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19 (b) Eligibility.--Such loans shall be made available to
20 owners of six or fewer regulated underground storage tanks for
21 the purpose of upgrading or removing their storage tanks. Any
22 portion of the annual availability of funds not committed to
23 such owners within 90 days of the effective date of this section
24 and thereafter within [90] 120 days of July 1 in any fiscal year <--
25 may be awarded to any owner of any number of regulated
26 underground storage tanks that meet the remaining requirements
27 of this section.
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29 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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