The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee has scheduled a meeting to consider legislation prohibiting discharges of agricultural waste containing arsenic and legislation adopting the Governor’s PennFuels initiative as well as a hearing on all aspects of the Governor’s Energy Independence Initiative.

The bills include:

· House Bill 1380 (Bennington-D-Allegheny) amending the Clean Streams Law prohibiting the release of untreated agricultural waste that contains more than 10 parts per million of arsenic; and

· Special Session House Bill 2 (Gerger-D-Montgomery) PennFuels renewable fuels mandate as proposed by Gov. Rendell (this is the same legislation the House already passed in June as House Bill 1202 (Gerber-D-Montgomery)).

On October 3 the Committee will hold a hearing on the Governor’s Energy Independence Initiative.

The chairmen of the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is Rep. Bud George (D-Clearfield) and the Republican Chair is Rep. Scott Hutchinson (R-Venango).

9/28/2007