PRINTER'S NO.  87

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

115

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY M. WHITE, MUSTO, STOUT, GORDNER, VANCE, BROWNE, RAFFERTY, WAUGH, PILEGGI, ERICKSON, ORIE, SCARNATI, GREENLEAF, PICCOLA, EARLL, D. WHITE AND BAKER, JANUARY 29, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JANUARY 29, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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

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

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protection of the health, general welfare and property of the

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people of the Commonwealth by the control, abatement,

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reduction and prevention of the pollution of the air by

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

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and similar matter, or any combination thereof; imposing

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certain powers and duties on the Department of Environmental

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Resources, the Environmental Quality Board and the

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Environmental Hearing Board; establishing procedures for the

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protection of health and public safety during emergency

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conditions; creating a stationary air contamination source

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permit system; providing additional remedies for abating air

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pollution; reserving powers to local political subdivisions,

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and defining the relationship between this act and the

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ordinances, resolutions and regulations of counties, cities,

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boroughs, towns and townships; imposing penalties for

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

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violations of this act; and conferring upon persons aggrieved

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certain rights and remedies," further providing for public

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review of State implementation plans.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Section 7.5 of the act of January 8, 1960 (1959

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P.L.2119, No.787), known as the Air Pollution Control Act, is

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amended by adding a subsection to read:

 


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Section 7.5.  Public Review of State Implementation Plans.--* * *

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(d.1)  The following shall apply to a State implementation

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plan and any revision to such plan proposed or finalized after

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the effective date of this subsection:

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(1)  The plan or revision developed by the department, other

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State agency or local air agency shall be published and

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maintained on the publicly accessible Internet website of the

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department, other State or local air agency that developed the

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plan or revision.

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(2)  The plan or revision developed by the department or

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other State agency shall be submitted to the chairman and

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minority chairman of the Environmental Resources and Energy

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Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman

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of the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee of the House

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of Representatives at the same time as the plan or revision is

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published for public comment or submitted to the board,

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whichever is applicable.

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

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