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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1246
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY MALAGARI, SANCHEZ, PICKETT, MADDEN, CIRESI, HILL-
EVANS, JOZWIAK, DELLOSO, FLEMING, LEADBETER, MULLINS, RIGBY,
TOMLINSON, MARSHALL, MUSTELLO AND PISCIOTTANO, MAY 24, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, MAY 24, 2023
AN ACT
1 Providing for crematory regulation.
2 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
3 hereby enacts as follows:
4 Section 1. Short title.
5 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Crematory
6 Regulation Act.
7 Section 2. Definitions.
8 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
9 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
10 context clearly indicates otherwise:
11 "Crematory incinerator." A furnace or apparatus for burning
12 animal or human remains to bone fragments.
13 "Department." The Department of Environmental Protection of
14 the Commonwealth.
15 Section 3. Work practice standards.
16 Crematories for which construction commenced after April 17,
 1 1989, shall comply with the following work practice standards:
2 (1) The crematory incinerator shall provide an interlock
3 system that precludes charging of the primary chamber until
4 the secondary or last chamber exit temperature is established
5 and holding at 1600 degrees Fahrenheit.
6 (2) Operators may open the charge door during the
7 cremation cycle for short periods of time to inspect or
8 reposition the remains.
9 (3) The department shall not require in a general plan
10 approval or a general permit for operation of a crematory
11 incinerator a temperature greater than 1600 degrees
12 Fahrenheit.
13 Section 4. Monitoring requirements.
14 (a) Requirements.--The temperature at which a crematory
15 incinerator is operated shall be monitored.
16 (b) Standards.--Monitoring shall be conducted in accordance
17 with regulations adopted by the department.
18 Section 5. Applicability.
19 This act applies to a crematory incinerator for which
20 construction commenced after April 17, 1989.
21 Section 6. Effective date.
22 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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