Short Title: An Act amending
the act of March 1, 1988 (P.L.82, No.16), known as the Pennsylvania
Infrastructure Investment Authority Act, further providing for definitions; and
providing for additional use of funds for financial assistance.
Prime Sponsor: Senator FONTANA
Last Action: Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
Jan. 20, 2015 [Senate]
MEMORANDUM
Posted: December
2, 2014 12:26 PM
From: Senator
Wayne Fontana
To: All Senate
members
Subject: Private
Lateral Sewage Line Improvement/Repair/Maintenance Bills
When it rains or when snow melts, excess water can
overload a sewer system resulting in sewage overflows into area creeks, streams
and rivers. To help protect and regulate
the discharges into U.S. waterways, Congress passed in 1972 the Clean Water Act
that funds the construction of municipal wastewater treatment facilities and
requires the management of polluted storm water runoffs. My legislation would go a step further and
provide homeowners with assistance on this matter.
In the near future, I plan to reintroduce two pieces of
legislation that would address a major cause of wet weather overflows which are
related to deteriorating private lateral sewage lines draining into the public
sewer system.
Both of these bills were co sponsored by Senators Smith,
Rafferty, Williams, Hughes, Yudichak and Costa in the previous session
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