PRINTER'S NO. 1574

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

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

        REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, DECEMBER 8, 1999

                                     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     extending expiration date of certain allocation under the
     7     Underground Storage Tank Environmental Cleanup Program.

     8     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     9  hereby enacts as follows:
    10     Section 1.  Section 710(b.2) of the act of July 6, 1989
    11  (P.L.169, No.32), known as the Storage Tank and Spill Prevention
    12  Act, added January 30, 1998 (P.L.46, No.13), is amended to read:
    13  Section 710.  Underground Storage Tank Environmental Cleanup
    14                 Program.
    15     * * *
    16     (b.2)  Additional allocation.--No more than $500,000 of the
    17  annual allocation for the Underground Storage Tank Environmental
    18  Cleanup Program may be used for costs of corrective action to
    19  assist owners of underground storage tanks with a capacity of

     1  3,000 gallons or less used for storing heating oil for
     2  consumption on the premises where stored. Payments authorized
     3  under this subsection may be made only for releases occurring on
     4  or after the effective date of this subsection. Payments made
     5  for eligible releases shall be limited in amount to the actual
     6  costs of corrective action or to $5,000, whichever is less. The
     7  amount allowed shall be subject to a $1,000 deductible which
     8  shall be paid first by the claimant. [This subsection shall
     9  expire two years from the effective date of this subsection. On
    10  or before that date, the board shall make a report to the
    11  General Assembly with recommendations.] The board may promulgate
    12  regulations to carry out the provisions of this subsection. This
    13  subsection shall expire June 30, 2007.
    14     * * *
    15     Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.










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