Section 71.2. Scope and time periods

(a) This chapter is adopted in accordance with the duties imposed upon the Department under the act and The Clean Streams Law and applies to municipalities, local agencies and delegated agencies administering the planning provisions of the act and to persons subdividing land or planning, designing or installing sewage facilities.

(b) This chapter governs the sewage planning requirements for sewage facilities being proposed by municipalities to resolve existing sewage disposal problems, to provide for the sewage disposal needs of new land development and otherwise to provide for future sewage disposal needs of a resident or landowner in a municipality.

(c) Time periods referred to in this chapter will be computed under 1 Pa.C.S. § 1908 (relating to computation of time).

The provisions of this § 71.2 adopted August 13, 1971, effective August 14, 1971, 1 Pa.B. 1649; amended April 28, 1972, effective May 15, 1972, 2 Pa.B. 753; amended September 28, 1973, effective October 15, 1973, 3 Pa.B. 2176; amended August 30, 1974, effective September 16, 1974, 4 Pa.B. 1805; amended January 9, 1987, effective January 10, 1987, 17 Pa.B. 172; amended June 9, 1989, effective June 10, 1989, 19 Pa.B. 2429; amended November 7, 1997, effective November 8, 1997, 27 Pa.B. 5877. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (221865) and (206557).

Notation

Authority

The provisions of this § 71.2 amended under section 9 of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (35 P. S. § 750.9); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. § § 691.1—691.1001); and section 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 510-20).