Senate Committee To Consider Green Building, Energy Office And Other Bills June 22
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Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets on June 22 to consider several bills setting high performance, green building standards, creating a State Energy Office and setting permit fees for non-coal mining operations by regulations.
The bills include:
-- Senate Bill 728 (Rafferty-R-Montgomery) setting standards for high performance green buildings;
-- Senate Bill 1394 (Eichelberger-R-Blair) requiring permits fees for non-coal mining operations to be set by regulation;
-- House Bill 444 (M.Smith-D-Chester) setting standards for high performance green buildings; and
-- House Bill 786 (George-D-Clearfield) establishing a State Energy Office within the Department of Environmental Protection.
Sen. Mary Jo White (R-Venango) serves as Majority Chair and Sen. Ray Musto (D-Luzerne) serves as Minority Chair.
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6/21/2010 |
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