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Bill Would Eliminate Buffer Requirement For Pennsylvania’s Cleanest Streams

Scott Lamar
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WITF

Yet another battle of the economy versus the environment is taking place in Harrisburg. This time, conservationists say Pennsylvania’s cleanest streams are at stake.

A bill (HB1565) working its way through the state legislature would eliminate a requirement for 150-foot buffer zones between new developments and specially protected watersheds.

Read more of this report at the website of our partner StateImpact Pennsylvania.