The House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee met this week and reported out these bills:

· House Bill 2042 (Reichley-R-Berks) increasing penalties under the Clean Streams Law, after an amendment making corporate liability provisions consistent with commercial provisions, and was referred to House Appropriations;

· House Bill 1195 (Yudichak-D-Luzerne) that makes changes to the program to help underground tank owners upgrade tanks; and

· Senate Bill 868 (Scarnati-R-Warren) increasing the forest land in-lieu of tax payment, after an amendment making the provisions effective no later than July 1.

Rep. Bill Adolph (R-Delaware) is Majority Chair of the Committee and Rep. Bud George (D-Clearfield) is Minority Chair of the Committee.

4/28/2006