Pennsylvania Act 2012-27 — AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ACT - PUBLIC REVIEW OF STATE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS

Act text

Session of 2012

No. 2012-27

SB 304

AN ACT

Amending the act of January 8, 1960 (1959 P.L.2119, No.787), entitled, as amended, "An act to provide for the better protection of the health, general welfare and property of the people of the Commonwealth by the control, abatement, reduction and prevention of the pollution of the air by smokes, dusts, fumes, gases, odors, mists, vapors, pollens and similar matter, or any combination thereof; imposing certain powers and duties on the Department of Environmental Resources, the Environmental Quality Board and the Environmental Hearing Board; establishing procedures for the protection of health and public safety during emergency conditions; creating a stationary air contamination source permit system; providing additional remedies for abating air pollution; reserving powers to local political subdivisions, and defining the relationship between this act and the ordinances, resolutions and regulations of counties, cities, boroughs, towns and townships; imposing penalties for violation of this act; and providing for the power to enjoin violations of this act; and conferring upon persons aggrieved certain rights and remedies," further providing for public review of State implementation plans.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 7.5 of the act of January 8, 1960 (1959 P.L.2119, No.787), known as the Air Pollution Control Act, is amended by adding a subsection to read:

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

(d.1) The following shall apply to a State implementation plan and any revision to such plan proposed or finalized after the effective date of this subsection:

(1) The plan or revision developed by the department, other State agency or local air pollution control agency shall be published and maintained on the publicly accessible Internet website of the department, other State agency or local air pollution control agency that developed the plan or revision.

(2) The plan or revision developed by the department or other State agency shall be submitted to the chairman and minority chairman of the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman of the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee of the House of Representatives at the same time as the plan or revision is published for public comment or submitted to the board, whichever is applicable.

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

APPROVED--The 12th day of April, A.D. 2012.

TOM CORBETT