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Extra - Title Notes - Special Provisions in Appendix. See section 4 of Act 220...
Extra - Appendix To Title - APPENDIX TO TITLE 27 ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES Supplementary Provisions of Amendatory...
Chapter 7 - Agricultural Advisory Board
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 7 was added December 16, 2002, P.L.1776, No.220,...
Section 701 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...
Section 702 - Establishment of board - (a) Creation.--There is hereby established in the department the Agricultural...
Section 703 - Powers of board - (a) General rule.--The board shall have the following powers: (1)...
Section 704 - Review of regulations and other documents - (a) Notice to board.--The department shall notify and provide the...
Chapter 31 - Water Resources Planning
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 31 was added December 16, 2002, P.L.1776, No.220,...
Section 3101 - Scope - § 3101. Scope. This chapter deals with water resources planning.
Section 3102 - Definitions - § 3102. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used...
Section 3103 - Intergovernmental cooperation and coordination - § 3103. Intergovernmental cooperation and coordination. The Statewide committee, the...
Section 3104 - Administrative agreements with other agencies - § 3104. Administrative agreements with other agencies. In consultation with...
Section 3111 - State water plan - (a) Preparation and adoption.--In accordance with this chapter and with...
Section 3112 - Plan contents - § 3112. Plan contents. (a) General rule.--The State water plan...
Section 3113 - Regional committees - § 3113. Regional committees. (a) Creation.--There is created within the...
Section 3114 - Statewide Water Resources Committee - § 3114. Statewide Water Resources Committee. (a) Establishment.--There is established...
Section 3115 - Development, adoption, amendment and periodic review of State water plan - § 3115. Development, adoption, amendment and periodic review of State...
Section 3116 - Use of plan - § 3116. Use of plan. (a) General use of plan.--The...
Section 3117 - Statewide data system - § 3117. Statewide data system. (a) General rule.--In cooperation with...
Section 3118 - Water use registration and reporting - § 3118. Water use registration and reporting. (a) Interim registration...
Section 3119 - Confidential information - (a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), information required...
Section 3120 - Water conservation - § 3120. Water conservation. (a) Technical assistance center.--The department shall...
Section 3121 - Grants - § 3121. Grants. (a) Authorization.--The department is authorized to provide...
Section 3131 - Administration - § 3131. Administration. (a) Use of funds.--The department shall use...
Section 3132 - Public nuisance - § 3132. Public nuisance. (a) General rule.--A violation of this...
Section 3133 - Enforcement orders - § 3133. Enforcement orders. (a) Issuance.--The department may issue orders...
Section 3134 - Civil remedies - § 3134. Civil remedies. (a) Abatement of nuisances.--An activity or...
Section 3135 - Preservation of rights and remedies - § 3135. Preservation of rights and remedies. (a) Other remedies.--The...
Section 3136 - Relation to other laws - § 3136. Relation to other laws. (a) Limitations upon department.--Nothing...
Chapter 41 - Environmental Laboratory Accreditation
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 41 was added June 29, 2002, P.L.596, No.90,...
Section 4101 - Scope of chapter - § 4101. Scope of chapter. This chapter deals with environmental...
Section 4102 - Definitions - § 4102. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used...
Section 4103 - Establishment of program - § 4103. Establishment of program. (a) Establishment.--The department shall establish...
Section 4104 - Powers and duties - § 4104. Powers and duties. The department shall have the...
Section 4105 - Powers and duties of Environmental Quality Board - § 4105. Powers and duties of Environmental Quality Board. (a)...
Section 4106 - Requirements of certificate of accreditation - § 4106. Requirements of certificate of accreditation. (a) Forms.--Applications, certificates...
Section 4107 - Interim requirements - § 4107. Interim requirements. (a) Registration.--All environmental laboratories shall register...
Section 4108 - Advisory committee - § 4108. Advisory committee. The secretary shall appoint a Laboratory...
Section 4109 - Unlawful conduct - § 4109. Unlawful conduct. (a) General rule.--It shall be unlawful...
Section 4110 - Penalties - § 4110. Penalties. (a) Criminal penalties.-- (1) A person who...
Section 4111 - Records - § 4111. Records. Records required under this chapter shall be...
Section 4112 - Whistleblower protection - § 4112. Whistleblower protection. An employee of an environmental laboratory...
Section 4113 - Continuation of existing rules and regulations - § 4113. Continuation of existing rules and regulations. All existing...
Chapter 61 - Environmental Stewardship and Watershed Protection
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 61 was added December 15, 1999, P.L.949, No.68,...
Section 6101 - Short title of chapter - 6119. Reporting. Enactment. Chapter 61 was added December 15, 1999,...
Section 6102 - Legislative findings - § 6102. Legislative findings. The General Assembly hereby determines, declares...
Section 6103 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...
Section 6104 - Fund - (a) Establishment.--There is established a special fund in the State...
Section 6105 - Agencies - § 6105. Agencies. (a) The Department of Conservation and Natural...
Section 6106 - Property and equipment restrictions - § 6106. Property and equipment restrictions. (a) Prohibition.--Recipients of grants...
Section 6107 - Federal programs - § 6107. Federal programs. Agencies may utilize available Federal funds...
Section 6108 - Wild Resource Conservation Fund and duties of Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - § 6108. Wild Resource Conservation Fund and duties of Department...
Section 6109 - Sewage construction payments to municipalities - § 6109. Sewage construction payments to municipalities. (a) Certain payments...
Section 6110 - Environmental infrastructure grants to water and wastewater treatment facilities (Deleted by amendment) - § 6110. Environmental infrastructure grants to water and wastewater treatment...
Section 6111 - Protection of Recycling Fund - § 6111. Protection of Recycling Fund. (a) Market development funding.--The...
Section 6112 - Extension of fees - § 6112. Extension of fees. (a) Recycling fee.--(Repealed). (b) Fee...
Section 6113 - Effect of repeal of site-specific postclosure fund provisions - § 6113. Effect of repeal of site-specific postclosure fund provisions....
Section 6115 - Commonwealth indebtedness - § 6115. Commonwealth indebtedness. (a) Borrowing authorized.-- (1) Pursuant to...
Section 6116 - Establishment of bond fund and allocation and use of bond proceeds - § 6116. Establishment of bond fund and allocation and use...
Section 6117 - County Environmental Initiative Program - § 6117. County Environmental Initiative Program. (a) Establishment.--There is established...
Section 6118 - Interfund transfer - § 6118. Interfund transfer. (a) Transfer.--The Secretary of the Budget,...
Section 6119 - Reporting - § 6119. Reporting. (a) State departments and agencies.--Every State department...
Chapter 62 - Waste Transportation Safety
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 62 was added June 29, 2002, P.L.596, No.90,...
Section 6201 - Short title of chapter - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 6202 - Definitions - § 6202. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used...
Section 6203 - Establishment of program - § 6203. Establishment of program. (a) Establishment.--A Waste Transportation Safety...
Section 6204 - Waste Transportation Safety Program - § 6204. Waste Transportation Safety Program. (a) Written authorization required.--It...
Section 6205 - Compliance history review - § 6205. Compliance history review. (a) Transporter noncompliance.--In carrying out...
Section 6206 - Responsibilities of municipal or residual waste processing or disposal facilities - § 6206. Responsibilities of municipal or residual waste processing or...
Section 6207 - Enforcement - § 6207. Enforcement. (a) Authority of qualified Commonwealth employees.--A qualified...
Section 6208 - Penalties - § 6208. Penalties. (a) Criminal penalties.--A transporter who violates the...
Section 6209 - Construction of chapter - § 6209. Construction of chapter. (a) Liberal construction.--This chapter shall...
Chapter 63 - Disposal Fee
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 63 was added June 29, 2002, P.L.596, No.90,...
Section 6301 - Disposal fee for municipal waste landfills - § 6301. Disposal fee for municipal waste landfills. (a) Imposition.--Except...
Section 6302 - Deposit of disposal fee - § 6302. Deposit of disposal fee. (1) For the fiscal...
Section 6303 - Surcharge - § 6303. Surcharge. (a) Owners and operators.--The owner or operator...
Section 6304 - Sunset (Deleted by amendment) - § 6304. Sunset (Deleted by amendment). 2005 Amendment. Section 6304...
Section 6305 - Allocation for Environmental Stewardship Fund - For fiscal years 2002-2003 through 2006-2007, the department shall utilize...
Section 6306 - Adjustments - § 6306. Adjustments. When the Governor's proposed budget for the...
Chapter 65 - Uniform Environmental Covenants
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 65 was added December 18, 2007, P.L.450, No.68,...
Section 6501 - Short title of chapter - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 6502 - Definitions - § 6502. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used...
Section 6503 - Nature of rights; subordination of interests - § 6503. Nature of rights; subordination of interests. (a) Nature.--Any...
Section 6504 - Contents of environmental covenant - § 6504. Contents of environmental covenant. (a) Required information.--An environmental...
Section 6505 - Validity - § 6505. Validity. (a) Nature.--An environmental covenant which complies with...
Section 6506 - Relationship to other land-use law - § 6506. Relationship to other land-use law. (a) Effect on...
Section 6507 - Notice - § 6507. Notice. (a) Recipients.--The owner or another person designated...
Section 6508 - Recording - § 6508. Recording. (a) Requirement.--An environmental covenant, any amendment or...
Section 6509 - Duration - § 6509. Duration. (a) Perpetual.--An environmental covenant is perpetual unless...
Section 6510 - Amendment or termination by consent - § 6510. Amendment or termination by consent. (a) Signature.--An environmental...
Section 6511 - Enforcement of environmental covenant - § 6511. Enforcement of environmental covenant. (a) Parties.--A civil action...
Section 6512 - Registry; substitute notice - (a) Registry.--The department shall establish and maintain a registry which...
Section 6513 - Uniformity of application and construction - § 6513. Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and...
Section 6514 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act - § 6514. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National...
Section 6515 - Environmental Quality Board - § 6515. Environmental Quality Board. (a) Regulations.--The Environmental Quality Board...
Section 6516 - Appealable actions - § 6516. Appealable actions. Actions of the department under this...
Section 6517 - Relationship to other laws - § 6517. Relationship to other laws. (a) Prospective environmental response...
Chapter 66 - Keystone Tree Restricted Account
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 66 was added November 7, 2019, P.L.609, No.78,...
Section 6601 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...
Section 6602 - Establishment - The Keystone Tree Restricted Account is established as a restricted...
Section 6603 - Sources of revenue - The restricted account shall include the following: (1) Proceeds paid...
Section 6604 - Authorized purposes - (a) Purposes and allocations.--Except as provided under 75 Pa.C.S. §...
Section 6605 - Contributions - The department may solicit and accept gifts, donations, legacies and...
Section 6606 - Report - By July 31, 2020, and each year thereafter, the department...
Chapter 77 - Costs and Fees
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 77 was added December 20, 2000, P.L.980, No.138,...
Section 7707 - Participation in environmental law or regulation - § 7707. Participation in environmental law or regulation. A person...
Section 7708 - Costs for mining proceedings - § 7708. Costs for mining proceedings. (a) Purpose.--This section establishes...
Chapter 81 - Good Samaritan
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 81 was added December 15, 1999, P.L.949, No.68,...
Section 8101 - Short title of chapter - § 8101. Short title of chapter. This chapter shall be...
Section 8102 - Findings - § 8102. Findings. The General Assembly finds and declares as...
Section 8103 - Purpose - § 8103. Purpose. This chapter is intended to encourage the...
Section 8104 - Definitions - § 8104. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used...
Section 8105 - Eligibility and project inventory - § 8105. Eligibility and project inventory. (a) General rule.--A landowner...
Section 8106 - Landowner liability limitation and exceptions - § 8106. Landowner liability limitation and exceptions. (a) General rule.--Except...
Section 8107 - Project liability limitation and exceptions - § 8107. Project liability limitation and exceptions. (a) General rule.--Except...
Section 8108 - Permits and zoning - § 8108. Permits and zoning. Nothing in this chapter shall...
Section 8109 - Relationship to Federal and State programs - § 8109. Relationship to Federal and State programs. The provisions...
Section 8110 - General permits - § 8110. General permits. If the department determines it will...
Section 8111 - Exceptions - § 8111. Exceptions. (a) General rule.--Any person who under existing...
Section 8112 - Water supply replacement - § 8112. Water supply replacement. A public or private water...
Section 8113 - Orphan oil and gas wells - § 8113. Orphan oil and gas wells. A reclamation project...
Section 8114 - Regulations - § 8114. Regulations. The department may promulgate rules and regulations...
Chapter 83 - Participation in Environmental Law or Regulation
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 83 was added December 20, 2000, P.L.980, No.138,...
Section 8301 - Definitions - § 8301. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used...
Section 8302 - Immunity - § 8302. Immunity. (a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection...
Section 8303 - Right to a hearing - § 8303. Right to a hearing. A person who wishes...
Section 8304 - Intervention - § 8304. Intervention. A government agency has the right to...
Section 8305 - Construction - § 8305. Construction. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed...