Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HB2504: An Act amending the act of June 22, 1937 (P.L.1987, No.394), known as The Clean Streams Law, in other pollutions and potential pollution, further providing for potential pollution.
Status: In committee, May 11, 2026
What the bill says
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…
From the introduced text, May 11, 2026:
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 residential construction site that results in land disturbance of more than one acre and less than three acres may apply to waive the otherwise applicable requirements for a National Pollutant Discharge …