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BUREAU |
GROUND-WATER MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY |
STATUTORY AND REGULATORY CITATIONS |
WATER QUALITY PROTECTION |
On-lot sewage disposal systems | Clean Streams Law of PA, PA Sewage Facilities Act, 25 Pa. Code Chapters 71-73 |
Land disposal/treatment of nonhazardous wastes | Clean Streams Law of PA | |
Industrial and sewage waste impoundments; response to pollution incidents | Clean Streams Law of PA, 25 Pa. Code Chapter 101 | |
Underground injection of nonhazardous waste | Clean Streams Law of PA, 25 Pa. Code Chapter 97 | |
WATER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT |
Regulates and monitors public surface and ground-water supplies; Wellhead Protection Program; County Water Supply Planning/WHP grants | Federal Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 as amended, PA Safe Drinking Water Act, Clean Streams Law of PA, Small Water System Assistance Act, 25 Pa. Code Chapter 109 |
LAND RECYCLING AND WASTE MANAGEMENT | Municipal and residual waste management facilities | PA Solid Waste Mgmt. Act, PA Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling & Waste Reduction Act, 25 Pa. Code Chapters 271-285 & 287-299 |
Hazardous waste management facilities | 25 Pa. Code Chapters 260-270 | |
Hazardous Site Cleanup Program | PA Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act | |
Land Recycling Program | Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (Act 2 of 1995), 25 Pa. Code Chapter 250 | |
WATERSHED CONSERVATION | Leaking Storage Tank Program | Clean Streams Law of PA, RCRA, Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act, 40CFR Part 280, 25 Pa. Code Chapter 245, Act 2 of 1995 |
Nonpoint Source Programs including Chesapeake Bay, Delaware Estuary, Coastal Zone Mgmt, Section 319-NPS Implementation, E&S Control and Stormwater Management | Clean Streams Law of PA, Nutrient Management Act, 25 Pa. Code Chapter 83 | |
MINING AND RECLAMATION | Surface mining of coal and noncoal, underground mining operations, coal prep plants, coal refuse disposal | Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act, Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act, Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act, Coal Refuse Disposal Act, 25 Pa. Code Chapters 77 & 86-90, Clean Streams Law of Pennsylvania |
OIL AND GAS MANAGEMENT | Regulates oil and gas wells and brine disposal | Oil and Gas Act, Coal and Gas Resource Coordination Act, Oil and Gas Conservation Law, Clean Streams Law of PA, PA Solid Waste Management Act, 25 Pa. Code Chapters 78-79 & 97 |
RADIATION PROTECTION | Low Level Radioactive Waste Program | Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Act of 1980, 1985 amendments; Radiation Protection Act; Appalachian States Low Level Radioactive Waste Compact Act |
TOPOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGIC SURVEY (DCNR) |
Performs ground water surveys and prepares reports of findings, oversees the Water Well Drillers License Program, maintains an inventory of water wells drilled in PA, and responds to well abandonment concerns | Water Well Drillers Licensing Act, 17 Pa. Code Chapter 47 |
PA DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE | Responsible for developing Pesticide State Management Plans | Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act |
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