Will Gov. Wolf Hold Oil & Gas Drillers Accountable Or Create $5.1 Billion Taxpayer Cleanup Liability?: House Bill 2644 (Causer-R- Cameron) blocking any increase in conventional oil and gas well plugging bonds, exempting pre-1985 wells (which is most of them) from any bonding leaving taxpayers liable for $5.1 billion in cleanup costs. Read more here.
Prohibiting Communities From Supporting Cleaner Energy Sources To Address Climate Change: Senate Bill 275 (Yaw-R- Lycoming) which limits the ability of communities to offer new and clean energy sources and energy efficiency programs by locking in the status quo, in particular natural gas [House Fiscal Note & Summary]. Read more here.
Fertilizer Regulation On Turf: Senate Bill 251 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) which sets standards for the application of fertilizer to turf, provides for the certification of professional fertilizer applicators and for labeling and an education program [House Fiscal Note & Summary]. Read more here.
Reassigning Floodplain Management Program: House Bill 1598 (Boback-R-Luzerne) reassigning floodplain management responsibilities to PEMA from DCED [Senate Fiscal Note & Summary].
ATVs, Dirt Bikes On City Streets: Senate Bill 1183 (Browne-R-Lehigh) providing additional penalties for riding ATVs and dirt bikes on city streets [House Fiscal Note & Summary].
Extending Storage Tank Cleanup Programs: House Bill 1780 (Armanini-R-Clearfield) extending the sunset dates for underground storage tank cleanup program from June 30, 2022 to December 31, 2027 [Senate Fiscal Note & Summary]. Governor signed into law as Act 34.
Expanding C-PACE Energy Efficiency Funding: Senate Bill 635 (Yudichak-I-Luzerne) which expands the C-PACE energy conservation, water reduction funding program tied to property taxes [House Fiscal Note & Summary]. Read more here. Governor signed into law as Act 43.
[Posted: July 8, 2022]
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