PENNSYLVANIA, September 21 - PRINTER'S NO. 563

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

545

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY YAW, BARTOLOTTA, J. WARD, MENSCH, K. WARD, PITTMAN

AND STEFANO, APRIL 9, 2021

REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, APRIL 9, 2021

AN ACT

Amending the act of June 22, 1937 (P.L.1987, No.394), entitled

"An act to preserve and improve the purity of the waters of

the Commonwealth for the protection of public health, animal

and aquatic life, and for industrial consumption, and

recreation; empowering and directing the creation of

indebtedness or the issuing of non-debt revenue bonds by

political subdivisions to provide works to abate pollution;

providing protection of water supply and water quality;

providing for the jurisdiction of courts in the enforcement

thereof; providing additional remedies for abating pollution

of waters; imposing certain penalties; repealing certain

acts; regulating discharges of sewage and industrial wastes;

regulating the operation of mines and regulating the impact

of mining upon water quality, supply and quantity; placing

responsibilities upon landowners and land occupiers and to

maintain primary jurisdiction over surface coal mining in

Pennsylvania," in other pollutions and potential pollution,

providing for notice of discharge endangering public health

or environment.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The act of June 22, 1937 (P.L.1987, No.394),

known as The Clean Streams Law, is amended by adding a section

to read:

Section 404. Notice of Discharge Endangering Public Health

or Environment.--(a) A person who spills, discharges or

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