

     § 505.  Powers and duties of Department of Environmental
                Protection.
        The Department of Environmental Protection shall have the
     following powers and duties:
            (1)  Before July 19, 1994, to make an assessment of and
        report to the Environmental Quality Board and the General
        Assembly on the extent to which malfunctioning on-lot sewage
        systems contribute to the pollution of waters of this
        Commonwealth and to identify what regulatory or legislative
        initiatives, if any, the Department of Environmental
        Protection deems necessary to abate that pollution.
            (2)  Before July 19, 1994, to make an assessment of and
        report to the Environmental Quality Board and the General
        Assembly on the extent to which improper water well
        construction contributes to groundwater pollution due to the
        intrusion of nutrients from the surface and to identify what
        regulatory or legislative initiatives, if any, the Department
        of Environmental Protection deems necessary to abate that
        pollution.
            (3)  Before July 19, 1995, to make an assessment of and
        report to the Environmental Quality Board and the General
        Assembly on the extent to which the application of chemical
        fertilizers and other plant nutrients for nonagricultural
        purposes contributes to the pollution of the waters of this
        Commonwealth and to identify what regulatory or legislative
        initiatives, if any, the Department of Environmental
        Protection deems necessary to abate that pollution.
            (4)  Before July 19, 1995, to make an assessment of and
        report to the Environmental Quality Board and the General
        Assembly on the extent to which nutrients from storm water
        runoff contribute to the pollution of waters of this
        Commonwealth and to identify what regulatory or legislative
        initiatives, if any, the Department of Environmental
        Protection deems necessary to abate that pollution.
            (5)  Before July 19, 1995, to make an assessment of and
        report to the Environmental Quality Board and the General
        Assembly on the extent to which atmospheric deposition of
        nutrients contribute to the pollution of the waters of this
        Commonwealth and to identify what regulatory or legislative
        initiatives, if any, the Department of Environmental
        Protection deems necessary to abate that pollution.
            (6)  To include, in the assessments in paragraphs (1)
        through (5), recommendations to the General Assembly for
        budgetary and legislative initiatives where program resources
        or statutory authority is not adequate to address pollution
        sources identified in those assessments.
            (7)  To provide technical and administrative assistance
        to the commission in carrying out its responsibilities under
        this chapter.

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