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§ 5204. Designation of areas with bluff recession hazards

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 32 P.S. Forests, Waters and State Parks

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 32 P.S. Forests, Waters and State Parks
Part IV. Conservation and Land Development
Chapter 103. Bluff Recession and Setback Act
32 P.S. § 5204
§ 5204. Designation of areas with bluff recession hazards
Currentness
(a) The department shall conduct studies necessary to identify areas in the Commonwealth subject to bluff recession hazards.
(b) The department shall notify the chief executive officer of each municipality which is tentatively identified as containing one or more areas subject to bluff recession hazards. Each such municipality shall be invited to submit within 60 days of notification by the department any technical data or comments on the proposed identification of a bluff recession hazard. The department shall submit its report, together with the comments of the affected municipality, to the Environmental Quality Board.1
(c) Following receipt of the department's report, and after public notice and public hearings, the Environmental Quality Board shall by regulation identify and designate those areas and municipalities subject to bluff recession hazards.

Credits

1980, May 13, P.L. 122, No. 48, § 4, imd. effective.

Footnotes

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For vesting of certain former powers and duties of the Environmental Quality Board, including those contained in this section, in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, see 71 P.S. § 1340.502(c).
32 P.S. § 5204, PA ST 32 P.S. § 5204
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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