PRINTER'S NO. 567
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
603
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY ISAACSON, FRANKEL, CIRESI, GIRAL, KINSEY,
KRAJEWSKI, MADDEN, OTTEN AND SANCHEZ, MARCH 21, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
MARCH 21, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of October 18, 1988 (P.L.756, No.108), entitled
"An act providing for the cleanup of hazardous waste sites;
providing further powers and duties of the Department of
Environmental Resources and the Environmental Quality Board;
providing for response and investigations for liability and
cost recovery; establishing the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund;
providing for certain fees and for enforcement, remedies and
penalties; and repealing certain provisions relating to the
rate of the capital stock franchise tax," in preliminary
provisions, further providing for definitions and providing
for disaster emergency declaration and for testing
requirement, duty to report and public access; in powers and
duties, further providing for powers and duties of
department; and, in liability and settlement procedures,
further providing for responsible person.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "hazardous substance" in
section 103 of the act of October 18, 1988 (P.L.756, No.108),
known as the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act, is amended and the
section is amended by adding definitions to read:
Section 103. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
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