Senate Environmental Committee Meets To Consider Oil & Gas Transfer, Other Bills
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Sen. White
Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets Tuesday to consider bills related to brownfield liability, flood control projects, coal bed methane disputes and transferring $174 million from the Oil and Gas Fund to the General Fund as proposed by Gov. Rendell.
 
The bills include:
 
-- Senate Bill 84 (Greenleaf-R-Montgomery) extends liability protection to nonprofit corporations in brownfield projects;
 
-- Senate Bill 205 (Pippy-R-Allegheny) providing funding for private sewer laterals;
 
-- Senate Bill 232 (Wozniak-D-Cambria) holding Army Corps of Engineers harmless for construction of collapsible dam on Conemaugh River;
 
-- Senate Bill 235 (Wozniak) amends Flood Control Law to permit use of nonstructural alternatives to address flooding problems;
 
-- Senate Bill 236 (Woniak) amends Stream Clearance, Rectification and Improvement Act to permit use of nonstructural alternatives to address flooding problems;
 
-- Senate Bill 275 (D.White-R-Indiana) establishing the Coal Bed Methane Well Dispute Resolution Act;
 
-- Senate Bill 328 (Eichelberger-R-Blair) increasing the threshold for bidding requirements for flood control projects; and
 
--Senate Bill 490 (MJ.White-R-Venango) appropriating $174 million from the Oil and Gas Fund to DEP and other agencies to support well permitting.
 
Sen. Mary Jo White (R-Venango) serves as Majority Chair and Sen. Ray Musto (D-Luzerne) serves as Minority Chair.

3/13/2009

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