Pennsylvania · statute · 27 Pa.C.S. · 120 active provisions
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Agriculture." Normal farming practices or innovative techniques used in the production and preparation for market of any crop or commodity included within the…
(a) Creation.--There is hereby established in the department the Agricultural Advisory Board. (b) Members.--The following persons shall comprise the board: (1) Representatives of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, the Pennsylvania State Grange, PennAg Industries Association and the Pennsylvania Farmers Union. Each of these…
(a) General rule.--The board shall have the following powers: (1) Provide advice and expertise to the department regarding the nature of agriculture in this Commonwealth. (2) Consult with the department on new departmental policy and revisions to existing departmental policy and on proposed technical guidance that will…
(a) Notice to board.--The department shall notify and provide the board with any regulatory proposal or proposed general permit which would regulate agriculture or any proposed technical guidance that would affect agriculture. (b) Meeting and consultation with board.--(Deleted by amendment). (b.1) Board review.--The de…
This chapter deals with water resources planning.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Basin." The watershed of one of the following major rivers or hydrologic systems: the Delaware River, the Great Lakes, the Ohio River, the Potomac River and th…
The Statewide committee, the regional committees and the department shall cooperate and coordinate with appropriate Compact Basin Commissions and Federal, interstate, State and political subdivisions, municipalities, public water supply agencies and other agencies for efficient planning for the maintenance and enhancem…
In consultation with the Statewide committee, the department shall, to the extent practicable, enter into administrative agreements with appropriate Compact Basin Commissions and Federal, State, interstate, municipal and other agencies for the following purposes: (1) To avoid unnecessary duplication of staff functions…
(a) Preparation and adoption.--In accordance with this chapter and with ongoing consultation with the Statewide committee and the department, each regional committee shall guide the development of and recommend to the Statewide committee a regional plan component for review, approval and incorporation into the State wa…
(a) General rule.--The State water plan and regional plan shall include: (1) An inventory of the surface water resources of each region of this Commonwealth, including an identification of the boundaries of significant watersheds and an estimate of the safe yield of such sources for withdrawal and nonwithdrawal uses du…
(a) Creation.--There is created within the department a regional committee for each of the following regions in this Commonwealth: (1) The watershed drainage area of the Delaware River and its tributaries. (2) The watershed drainage area of the West Branch Susquehanna River subbasin and the upper Susquehanna, middle Su…
(a) Establishment.--There is established within the department the Statewide Water Resources Committee. The purpose of the committee is to coordinate the development of the State water plan, recommend policies and guidelines for and oversee the development of the State water plan and, in continuing consultation and col…
(a) Preparation of State water plan.-- (1) A State water plan shall be developed and adopted in accordance with this section within five years of the effective date of this chapter. After the initial adoption of a State water plan, the plan shall be amended and updated every five years. (2) The department, in consultat…
(a) General use of plan.--The State water plan is intended to serve as a policy and guidance document, providing information, objectives, priorities and recommendations to be considered and weighed in a broad range of State, local and private decisions. The State water plan is not intended to constitute or contain lega…
(a) General rule.--In cooperation with the Compact Basin Commissions and Federal, State and regional agencies with responsibilities relating to water resources management, the department shall establish and maintain a Statewide system to gather, process and distribute information on the availability, distribution, qual…
(a) Interim registration program.--Pending the adoption of regulations for registration and reporting under subsection (b), each public water supply agency and each hydropower facility, irrespective of the amount of withdrawal, and each person whose total withdrawal or withdrawal use from one or more points of withdraw…
(a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), information required to be submitted to the department under this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of the act of June 21, 1957 (P.L.390, No.212), referred to as the Right-to-Know Law. (b) Exception.--The department, the Statewide committee and any regio…
(a) Technical assistance center.--The department shall establish and maintain a water resources technical assistance center to promote voluntary water conservation and to provide technical assistance on water resources uses issues, including methods for efficient water use, including reduction of unaccounted-for water…
(a) Authorization.--The department is authorized to provide grants for the following purposes: (1) Reimbursement of up to 75% of the cost of preparing a voluntary water use reduction plan under section 3120(a)(2) (relating to water conservation). (2) Water resources education, technical assistance and water conservatio…
(a) Use of funds.--The department shall use fees collected from the use of the Statewide data system to defray the reasonable costs of administering sections 3117 (relating to Statewide data system) and 3118 (relating to water use registration and reporting). (b) Public records and confidentiality of information.--Exce…
(a) General rule.--A violation of this chapter or an order or regulation under this chapter shall constitute a public nuisance. (b) Applicability of other law.--Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as affecting the application of 18 Pa.C.S. § 5101 (relating to obstructing administration of law or other government…
(a) Issuance.--The department may issue orders necessary to aid in the enforcement of this chapter. An order may be issued if the department finds that a person is in violation of this chapter or of a regulation issued under this chapter. The department may, in its order, require compliance with terms and conditions ne…
(a) Abatement of nuisances.--An activity or condition declared to be a public nuisance under section 3132 (relating to public nuisance) shall be restrained or prevented in the manner provided by law or equity for abatement of public nuisances, and the reasonable expense thereof may be recovered from the violator. (b) C…
(a) Other remedies.--The collection of a penalty under this chapter shall not be construed as estopping the Commonwealth, a municipality or an authorized agency from proceeding in courts of law or equity to abate public nuisances under existing law. (b) Remedies additional and cumulative.--It is declared to be the purp…
(a) Limitations upon department.--Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to authorize, diminish or expand the existing authority of the department, including the Environmental Quality Board, to regulate, control or require permits for the withdrawal or use of water. Nothing contained in this chapter shall…