HB 664 — An Act amending the act of June 1, 1945 (P.L.1242, No.428), known as the State Highway Law, in special provisions affecting local authorities, providing for Road Salt Management Best Practices Guide.

PRINTER'S NO.   671

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 664
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY WEBSTER, SANCHEZ, HILL-EVANS, KENYATTA, PIELLI,
        KHAN, GIRAL, BRENNAN, HOWARD, D. WILLIAMS AND MALAGARI,
        FEBRUARY 20, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE
        PROTECTION, FEBRUARY 20, 2025


                                     AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of June 1, 1945 (P.L.1242, No.428), entitled
 2      "An act relating to roads, streets, highways and bridges;
 3      amending, revising, consolidating and changing the laws
 4      administered by the Secretary of Highways and by the
 5      Department of Highways relating thereto," in special
 6      provisions affecting local authorities, providing for Road
 7      Salt Management Best Practices Guide.
 8      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 9   hereby enacts as follows:
10      Section 1.    The act of June 1, 1945 (P.L.1242, No.428), known
11   as the State Highway Law, is amended by adding a section to
12   read:
13      Section 912.     Road Salt Management Best Practices Guide.--(a)
14   Within one year of the effective date of this subsection, the
15   department, in consultation with the Department of Environmental
16   Protection, shall develop the Road Salt Management Best
17   Practices Guide for use by local jurisdictions and the
18   Commonwealth to minimize the adverse environmental impacts of
19   road salt runoff.
 1      (b)    The department shall annually update the guide required
 2   under subsection (a) and shall make the guide available to the
 3   public on the department's publicly accessible Internet website.
 4      (c)    In the guide, the department may:
 5      (1)    Establish best management practices that protect the
 6   environment from the negative impacts of road salt.
 7      (2)    Identify all activities that may result in the release
 8   of road salt into the environment, including road salt storage,
 9   the application of road salt on highways and the disposal of
10   snow that contains road salt.
11      (3)    Take into consideration highway safety to the greatest
12   extent possible.
13      (4)    Establish standards and procedures for identifying:
14      (i)    areas that are particularly vulnerable to road salt
15   runoff; and
16      (ii)    additional road salt management practices that need to
17   be implemented in those areas.
18      (5)    Establish goals for achieving a reduction of the
19   environmental impact of road salt released into the environment.
20      (6)    Include recommendations for a model training program for
21   all State, local and contract personnel who perform winter
22   maintenance activities involving the use of road salt.
23      (7)    Establish response procedures to address uncontrolled
24   releases of road salt that may adversely impact the environment.
25      (8)    Establish recordkeeping and annual reporting procedures
26   for the quantity of road salt used, the locations where the road
27   salt is used and any training conducted.
28      (d)    As used in this section, the following words and phrases
29   shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless
30   the context clearly indicates otherwise:

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1      "Department."    The Department of Transportation of the
2   Commonwealth.
3      "Guide."     The Road Salt Management Best Practices Guide
4   required under this section.
5      Section 2.    This act shall take effect immediately.




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