Gov. Rendell took action on these bills this week—

Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund: Senate Bill 1100 (Pileggi-R-Delaware) that would provide a dedicated source of funding for the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Program was signed into law by Gov. Rendell and is now Act 77. (See separate article.)

The bill takes $17 million from legislative accounts to fund the program for the remainder of this fiscal year and earmarks $40 million in revenues from the Capital Stock and Franchise Tax annually through fiscal year 2010-11.

Environmental Covenants: House Bill 43 (Rubley-R-Chester), establishing uniform environmental covenants for brownfield sites was signed into law as Act 68.

12/21/2007