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For Immediate
Release
12/12/07
Contact:
Erik Arneson
earneson@pasen.gov
(717) 787-4712
Senator Pileggi's Hazardous
Sites Cleanup Act Funding Legislation Sent to Governor
Legislation to provide funding for the Hazardous Sites
Cleanup Act Fund (HSCA), sponsored by Senate Majority Leader
Dominic Pileggi (R-9) and Senator Mary Jo White (R-21),
chairman of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy
Committee, passed the state House unanimously today.
Senate Bill 1100 now goes to the governor for his
signature. The legislation would transfer about $17 million
to HSCA from legislative accounts for the current fiscal
year.
“Using legislative accounts to fund HSCA for the first
half of 2008 ensures that no state program is cut,” said
Sen. Pileggi. “And this approach to HSCA funding does not
require higher taxes.”
The HSCA Fund finances cleanups at contaminated sites and
the investigation of illegal hazardous waste disposals. In
addition to providing funding for the remainder of the
2007-08 session year, SB 1100 earmarks $40 million in
existing revenues for HSCA from the Capitol Stock and
Franchise Tax for fiscal years 2008-09 through 2010-11. This
legislation does not change the scheduled phase-out of the
Capital Stock and Franchise Tax.
More information about Senate Bill 1100 and other state
issues is available at Senator Pileggi’s web site,
www.senatorpileggi.com.
Additional Information:
Environment and
Energy
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