HOUSE AMENDED PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1574, 1613, 1651, PRINTER'S NO. 2333 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 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. 17 * * * 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. 17 * * * 18 Section 712. Upgrade Loan Program. 19 * * * 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. 29 * * * 30 SECTION 2. THE REENACTMENT AND AMENDMENT OF SECTION 710(B.2) <-- 19990S1088B2333 - 2 -
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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