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Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule/Bills Introduced
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Here are the Senate and House Calendars and Committee meetings showing bills of interest as well as a list of new environmental bills introduced--
Session Schedule
Here is the Senate and House schedule
Senate
April 26, 27
May 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24
June 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30
House
April (25 NV-canceled), 26, and 27
May 2, 3, 4, 9. 10, 11, 23, 24, and 25
June 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, and 30
Bill Calendars
House (April 26): House Resolution 87 (Pyle-R-Armstrong) calling on the Region III office of the U.S. Environmental Protection to cease the unlawful review of NPDES water quality permits. <> Click Here for full House Bill Calendar.
Senate (April 26): Senate Bill 263 (Erickson-R-Delaware) requiring proposed regulations to be supported with empirical, replicable and testable data. <> Click Here for full Senate Bill Calendar.
Committees
House: the Consumer Affairs Committee holds a hearing on House Bill 1294 (Godshall-R-Montgomery) further providing for valuation of water and wastewater system property and providing alternative ratemaking mechanism (DSIC) for natural gas and other utility distribution systems; the House Republican Policy Committee hearing with Rep. Evankovich on water safety and Marcellus Shale drilling in Murrysville; the House Democratic Policy Committee holds a hearing on chemical leaks and air quality issues involving oil refineries (agenda) in Philadelphia. <> Click Here for full House Committee Schedule.
Senate: the Senate Democratic Policy Committee holds a hearing on energy, economic development and job creation initiatives (agenda) in Scranton. <> Click Here for full Senate Committee Schedule.
Bills Introduced
The following bills of interest were introduced this week--
Halogenated Emissions: Senate Bill 956 (Rafferty-R-Montgomery) further providing for the control of halogenated solvent cleaning facility emissions. Drilling Notification: House Bill 1346 (Boback-R-Columbia) amending the Oil and Gas Act to further provide for notification of water supplies and private water supplies owners.
Small Business Impacts: House Bill 1349 (Pickett-R-Bradford) requiring a small business impact statement on any proposed regulation.
Natural Gas Vehicle Tax Credit: House Bill 1083 (Saylor-R-York) establishing a natural gas fleet vehicle tax credit.
Oil & Gas Lease Fund Transfers: House Bill 1084 (Moul-R-Franklin) transfers monies from the Oil and Gas Lease Fund to establish a program to convert transit vehicles to natural gas; House Bill 1085 (Watson-R-Bucks) transferring monies from the Oil and Gas Lease Fund to create a loan program to convert large mass transit bus fleets to natural gas.
Transit Vehicle Conversions: House Bill 1086 (Marshall-R-Beaver) requiring the conversion of mass transit vehicles to natural gas.
Natural Gas Corridor Tax Credit: House Bill 1087 (Denlinger-R-Lancaster) establishing a natural gas corridor tax credit.
Alternative Fuels-Biomass: House Bill 1088 (Pickett-R-Bradford) amending the Alternative Fuels Incentive Fund to provide biomass-based diesel production incentives.
Clean Vehicles Program: House Bill 1089 (Perry-R-Cumberland) amending the Air Pollution Control Act to establish a PA Clean Vehicles Program.
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4/18/2011 |
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