The House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee this week reported out legislation that would fund water and drinking water lateral connections, provide a credit for animal composting and resolutions urging more federal money be earmarked to states for storage tank regulation and creating a sewage issues task force. Here are the details—

Funding Laterals: House Bill 1108 (Rubley-R-Chester) providing loans and grants for water and waste water laterals was amended to cap the program at $15 million;

Animal Composting: House Bill 1413 (Caltagirone-D-Berks) establishing a tax credit for qualified animal recycling facilities and limited tax exemptions;

Federal Tank Funding: House Resolution 326 (Adolph-R, George-D) urging Congress to release more funds to states for storage tank administration; and

Sewage Task Force: House Resolution 88 (Hutchinson-R-Venango) establishing a sewage management issues task force.

6/17/2005