Bill > HB332

This bill amends Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to provide for public health and impose duties on the Department of Environmental Protection. It establishes Chapter 31, "Lead Levels in Soil," which sets maximum permissible lead levels in the bare soil of playgrounds (200 parts per million) and yards containing playgrounds (1,200 parts per million). The bill empowers the Department to enforce these standards, issue compliance orders, and impose penalties for violations. It also allows the Department to take remedial actions, such as ordering the closure of a playground, in cases of hazardous lead contamination. The regulations necessary to implement the chapter are to be adopted by the Department.