PRINTER'S NO. 878
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 848
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY HOWARD, HILL-EVANS, PIELLI, FREEMAN, CEPEDA-
FREYTIZ, SANCHEZ, SCHLOSSBERG, DALEY, HADDOCK, STEELE AND
BRENNAN, MARCH 10, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE
PROTECTION, MARCH 10, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), entitled "An
2 act providing for the planning and regulation of solid waste
3 storage, collection, transportation, processing, treatment,
4 and disposal; requiring municipalities to submit plans for
5 municipal waste management systems in their jurisdictions;
6 authorizing grants to municipalities; providing regulation of
7 the management of municipal, residual and hazardous waste;
8 requiring permits for operating hazardous waste and solid
9 waste storage, processing, treatment, and disposal
10 facilities; and licenses for transportation of hazardous
11 waste; imposing duties on persons and municipalities;
12 granting powers to municipalities; authorizing the
13 Environmental Quality Board and the Department of
14 Environmental Resources to adopt rules, regulations,
15 standards and procedures; granting powers to and imposing
16 duties upon county health departments; providing remedies;
17 prescribing penalties; and establishing a fund," in
18 enforcement and remedies, providing for criminal proceedings.
19 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
20 hereby enacts as follows:
21 Section 1. The act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), known
22 as the Solid Waste Management Act, is amended by adding a
23 section to read:
24 Section 606.1. Criminal proceedings.
25 The Office of Attorney General under the act of October 15,
1 1980 (P.L.950, No.164), known as the "Commonwealth Attorneys
2 Act," or any district attorney of any affected county may
3 commence criminal proceedings for the enforcement of this act
4 and regulations promulgated under this act.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Statutes/Laws affected:
Printer's No. 0878: P.L.380, No.97