The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee Monday reported out these bills to the full House--

-- Senate Bill 307 (Yudichak-D-Luzerne) providing for an independent counsel for the Environmental Quality Board (amended and on the House Calendar for action);

-- Senate Bill 875 (Bartolotta-R-Fayette) providing for the reuse of treated mine water for fracking gas wells (sponsor summary) (and is on the House Calendar for action);

-- House Bill 471 (Marshall-R-Beaver) amending the Biofuel Development and In-State Production Incentive Act (Act 78 of 2008) to remove ethanol blending requirements (sponsor summary) (and was referred to the House Rules Committee); and

-- Senate Bill 513 (McGarrigle-R-Delaware) authorizing the transportation of landfill leachate by truck (amended and is on the House Calendar for action).

Rep. John Maher (R-Allegheny) serves as Majority Chair of the Committee, email: jmaher@pahousegop.com, and Rep. Greg Vitali (D-Delaware) serves as Minority Chair, email: gvitali@pahouse.net.

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