Pennsylvania Act 2014-50 — AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ACT - POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Act text

Session of 2014

No. 2014-50

SB 1037

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 powers and duties of Department of Environmental Protection.

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

Section 1. Section 4 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 clause to read:

Section 4. Powers and Duties of the Department of Environmental Protection.--The department shall have power and its duty shall be to--* * *

(18.3) Within sixty (60) days of the effective date of this clause, initiate the process of amending the State implementation plan. Upon approval of a revision which demonstrates continued compliance with Federal national ambient air quality standards through utilization of commensurate emission reductions by the Environmental Protection Agency, the board shall promulgate regulations to repeal the provisions of 25 Pa. Code Ch. 126 Subch. C (relating to gasoline volatility requirements).

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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

APPROVED--The 14th day of May, A.D. 2014.

TOM CORBETT