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Council proposed removal of existing fuel oil sale and combustion regulations.

Official:Amending Section 3-207 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sale of Fuel Oil," by deleting current Code requirements and providing for future criteria for the sale and combustion of fuel oil to be established by the Air Pollution Control Board by regulation, under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Councilmember Reynolds Brown

Introduced: April 10, 2014

: Committee on the Environment

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No one voted on this bill

This bill was introduced in the 2012–2015 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.

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Plain-Language Summary

This bill removes existing regulations on fuel oil sales and combustion in Philadelphia, instead allowing the Air Pollution Control Board to establish new criteria by regulation.

What This Bill Does

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Deletes current regulations on fuel oil sales and combustion in Philadelphia, specifically the sulfur content limits for commercial fuel oils.
Transfers the authority to establish new criteria for the sale and combustion of fuel oil to the Air Pollution Control Board, which will establish regulations for future criteria.
Subjects any new regulations established by the Air Pollution Control Board to certain terms and conditions, which are not specified in the bill.
Removes an exemption from the sulfur content limits for cases where sulfur dioxide emissions can be controlled to certain levels, as determined by the Department.