THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY M. WHITE, MUSTO, ROBBINS, FOLMER, ERICKSON, BROWNE, WAUGH, EARLL, SCARNATI, BAKER, ORIE AND D. WHITE, JANUARY 29, 2009

REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JANUARY 29, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled

"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the

executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the

Executive Department thereof and the administrative

departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,

including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or

Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or

authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative

departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and

duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative

officers, and of the several administrative departments,

boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the

Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive

and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of

certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and

other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,

and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the

number and compensation of the deputies and all other

assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and

commissions shall be determined," further providing for the

Environmental Quality Board.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 1920-A(h) of the act of April 9, 1929

(P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929,

added October 10, 1980 (P.L.805, No.153), is amended to read:

Section 1920-A.  Environmental Quality Board.--* * *

(h)  Any person may petition the Environmental Quality Board

to initiate a rule making proceeding for the issuance, amendment

or repeal of a regulation [administered and enforced by the

department.] seeking to establish control measures, standards or

any other requirement for an emission or discharge which, at the

time the petition is submitted, is currently regulated by the

Department of Environmental Protection or is necessary to

achieve, maintain or satisfy the requirements of a Federal or

State environmental statute, and which regulation is or will be

administered and enforced by the Department of Environmental

Protection.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.