HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1574, 1613, 1651, PRINTER'S NO. 2333
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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 AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
NOVEMBER 21, 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
1 annual allocation for the Underground Storage Tank Environmental
2 Cleanup Program may be used for costs of corrective action to
3 assist owners of underground storage tanks with a capacity of
4 3,000 gallons or less used for storing heating oil for
5 consumption on the premises where stored. [Payments authorized <--
6 under this subsection may be made only for releases occurring on
7 or after the effective date of this subsection.] Payments made <--
8 for eligible releases shall be limited in amount to the actual
9 costs of corrective action or to $5,000, whichever is less. The
10 amount allowed shall be subject to a $1,000 deductible which
11 shall be paid first by the claimant. This subsection shall
12 expire [two years from the effective date of this subsection]
13 June 30, 2005. On or before that date, the board shall make a
14 report to the General Assembly with recommendations. The board
15 may promulgate regulations to carry out the provisions of this
16 subsection.
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18 Section 712. Upgrade Loan Program.
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20 (b) Eligibility.--Such loans shall be made available to
21 owners of six or fewer regulated underground storage tanks for
22 the purpose of upgrading or removing their storage tanks. Any
23 portion of the annual availability of funds not committed to
24 such owners within 90 days of the effective date of this section
25 and thereafter within [90] 120 days of July 1 in any fiscal year
26 may be awarded to any owner of any number of regulated
27 underground storage tanks that meet the remaining requirements
28 of this section.
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30 SECTION 2. THE REENACTMENT AND AMENDMENT OF SECTION 710(B.2) <--
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1 OF THE ACT SHALL APPLY RETROACTIVELY TO FEBRUARY 1, 2000.
2 Section 2 3. This act shall take effect immediately. <--
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