PENNSYLVANIA, March 30 - PRINTER'S NO. 1547

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

1236

Session of

2026

INTRODUCED BY KEEFER, MARCH 30, 2026

REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, MARCH 30, 2026

AN ACT

Amending the act of June 22, 1937 (P.L.1987, No.394), entitled

"An act to preserve and improve the purity of the waters of

the Commonwealth for the protection of public health, animal

and aquatic life, and for industrial consumption, and

recreation; empowering and directing the creation of

indebtedness or the issuing of non-debt revenue bonds by

political subdivisions to provide works to abate pollution;

providing protection of water supply and water quality;

providing for the jurisdiction of courts in the enforcement

thereof; providing additional remedies for abating pollution

of waters; imposing certain penalties; repealing certain

acts; regulating discharges of sewage and industrial wastes;

regulating the operation of mines and regulating the impact

of mining upon water quality, supply and quantity; placing

responsibilities upon landowners and land occupiers and to

maintain primary jurisdiction over surface coal mining in

Pennsylvania," in other pollutions and potential pollution,

further providing for potential pollution.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 402(c) of the act of June 22, 1937

(P.L.1987, No.394), known as The Clean Streams Law, is amended

by adding a paragraph to read:

Section 402. Potential Pollution.--* * *

(c) * * *

(3) A construction site with construction activities that

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