House Environmental Committee Meets March 18 On Bills To Regulate Food Processing Waste; Notice Of Oil & Gas Permits; Expanding C-PACE Financing For EV Charging, More

The House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee is scheduled to meet March 18 to consider six pieces of legislation--

-- Notice Of Oil & Gas Permits: House Bill 43 (Conklin-D-Centre) require publication of newspaper notice of oil and gas well permits; 

-- Invertebrate Biodiversity: House Bill 441 (Pielli-D-Chester) amends the Wild Resource Conservation Act of 1982 to address a gap in biodiversity conservation in Pennsylvania by assigning native terrestrial invertebrates to DCNR [Read more here];

-- Radon Test Results: House Bill 448 (Diamond-R-Lebanon) authorizes DEP to release radon test results to previous property owners in certain circumstances; 

-- Regulating Food Processing Waste: House Bill 586 (Friel-D-Chester) requires a DEP permit to spread food processing residuals;  

-- Expanding C-PACE To Add EV Charging: House Bill 789 (Ciresi-D-Montgomery) expands C-PACE property-based energy financing program to add electric vehicle charging infrastructure; 

-- Study Renewable Energy On Lake Erie: House Resolution 53 (Merski-D-Erie) directing the Joint State Government Commission to study the feasibility and potential benefits of offshore hydropower, solar and wind renewable energy on Lake Erie. 

Joining The Meeting

The meeting will be held in Room 60 East Wing starting at 10:00 a.m.  Click Here to watch online.

Rep. Greg Vitali (D-Delaware) serves as Majority Chair of the House Environmental  & Natural Resource Protection Committee and can be contacted by calling 717-787-7647 or sending email to: gvitali@pahouse.net.  Rep. Jack Rader, Jr. (R-Monroe) serves as Minority Chair and can be contacted by calling 717-787-7732 or click here to send an email.

(Photos: Rep. Vitali and Rep. Rader.)

[Posted: March 11, 2025]  PA Environment Digest