Bill Text: PA SB1176 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Further providing for the filing fee.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-05-26 - Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY [SB1176 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB1176-Introduced.html

  

 

    

PRINTER'S NO.  1585

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

1176

Session of

2010

  

  

INTRODUCED BY D. WHITE, M. WHITE, MUSTO, WAUGH, WARD, EARLL AND ALLOWAY, JANUARY 5, 2010

  

  

REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JANUARY 5, 2010  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of May 31, 1945 (P.L.1198, No.418), entitled,

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as amended, "An act providing for the conservation and

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improvement of land affected in connection with surface

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mining; regulating such mining; providing for the

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establishment of an Emergency Bond Fund for anthracite deep

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mine operators; and providing penalties," further providing

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for the filing fee.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  The introductory paragraph of section 4 of the

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act of May 31, 1945 (P.L.1198, No.418), known as the Surface

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Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act, amended December 18,

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1992 (P.L.1384, No.173), is amended to read:

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Section 4.  Mining Permit; Reclamation Plan; Bond.--(a)

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Before any person shall hereafter proceed to mine coal by the

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surface mining method, he shall apply to the department, on a

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form prepared and furnished by the department, for a permit for

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each separate operation. The department is authorized to charge

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and collect from persons a reasonable filing fee. Such fee may

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be adjusted from time to time by regulations promulgated by the

 


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Environmental Quality Board, and shall not exceed the cost of

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reviewing, administering and enforcing such permit. As a part of

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each application for a permit, the operator shall, unless

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modified or waived by the department for cause, furnish the

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following:

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

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