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27 PA Cons Stat § 6501 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 27 - ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES|Chapter 65 - Uniform Environmental Covenants|Section 6501 - Short title of chapter

§ 6501. Short title of chapter.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act.
27 PA Cons Stat § 6503 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 27 - ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES|Chapter 65 - Uniform Environmental Covenants|Section 6503 - Nature of rights; subordination of interests

§ 6503. Nature of rights; subordination of interests.  (a) Nature.--Any person, including a person that owns an interest in the real property, or an agency may be a holder. An environmental covenant may identify more than one holder. The interest of a holder is an interest in real property.  (b) Rights of agency.--The rights of an agency under this chapter or under an approved environmental covenant, other than as a holder, are not interests in real property.  (c) Obligations.--An agency is bound by any obligation it assumes in an environmental covenant, but an agency does not assume obligations merely by signing an environmental covenant. Any person other than an agency that signs an environmental covenant is bound by the obligations the person assumes in the covenant, but signing the covenant does not change obligations, rights or protections granted or imposed under law other than this chapter except as provided in the environmental covenant.  (d) Rules.--The following rules apply to interests in real property in existence at the time an environmental covenant is created or amended:  (1) An interest which has priority under law other than this chapter is not affected by an environmental covenant unless the owner of the interest subordinates its interest to the covenant.  (2) As a condition to approval of an environmental covenant an agency may require that an owner of a prior interest subordinate that interest to the environmental covenant.  (3) A subordination agreement may be contained in an environmental covenant covering real property or in a separate record. If the environmental covenant covers commonly owned property in a common interest community, the agreement or record may be signed by any person authorized by the governing board of the owners association.  (4) An agreement by a person to subordinate a prior interest to an environmental covenant affects the priority of that person's interest but does not by itself impose an affirmative obligation on the person with respect to the environmental covenant nor affect that person's existing environmental liability.  Cross References. Section 6503 is referred to in section 6502 of this title.
27 PA Cons Stat § 6505 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 27 - ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES|Chapter 65 - Uniform Environmental Covenants|Section 6505 - Validity

§ 6505. Validity.  (a) Nature.--An environmental covenant which complies with this chapter runs with the land.  (b) Impediments excluded.--An environmental covenant which is otherwise effective is valid and enforceable even if:  (1) it is not appurtenant to an interest in real property;  (2) it can be or has been assigned to a person other than the original holder;  (3) it is not of a character that has been recognized traditionally at common law;  (4) it imposes a negative burden;  (5) it imposes an affirmative obligation on a person having an interest in the real property or on the holder;  (6) the benefit or burden does not touch or concern real property;  (7) there is no privity of estate or contract;  (8) the holder dies, ceases to exist, resigns or is replaced; or  (9) the persons identified as owner and holder in the environmental covenant are the same person.  (c) Prior instruments.--  (1) An instrument which creates restrictions or obligations with respect to real property which would, except for the fact that the instrument was recorded before the effective date of this chapter, qualify as activity and use limitations is not invalid or unenforceable:  (i) by reason of the limitations on enforcement of interests described in subsection (b); or  (ii) because it was identified as an easement, servitude, deed restriction or other interest.  (2) This chapter does not apply in any other respect to an instrument referred to in paragraph (1).  (d) Other interests.--  (1) This chapter does not invalidate or render unenforceable any interest, whether designated as an environmental covenant or other interest, which is otherwise enforceable under the laws of this Commonwealth.  (2) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to restrict, affect or impair the rights of any person to enter into or record a restrictive covenant, institution control, easement, servitude or other restriction on the use of property permitted by law that does not satisfy the requirements of this chapter and does not have the permission, approval or consent of an agency, a political subdivision, a regulatory body or another unit of government. However, a restrictive covenant, institutional control, easement, servitude or other restriction on the use of property that does not satisfy the requirements of this chapter and does not have such permission, approval or consent is not subject to this chapter.
27 PA Cons Stat § 6506 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 27 - ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES|Chapter 65 - Uniform Environmental Covenants|Section 6506 - Relationship to other land-use law

§ 6506. Relationship to other land-use law.  (a) Effect on unauthorized uses.--This chapter does not authorize a use of real property which is otherwise prohibited by:  (1) zoning;  (2) law other than this chapter regulating use of real property; or  (3) a recorded instrument which has priority over the environmental covenant.  (b) Effect on authorized uses.--An environmental covenant may prohibit or restrict uses of real property which are authorized by zoning or by law other than this chapter.
27 PA Cons Stat § 6507 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 27 - ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES|Chapter 65 - Uniform Environmental Covenants|Section 6507 - Notice

§ 6507. Notice.  (a) Recipients.--The owner or another person designated by the agency shall provide a copy of a signed environmental covenant as required by the agency to:  (1) all persons who signed the environmental covenant;  (2) all persons holding a recorded interest in the real property subject to the environmental covenant;  (3) all persons in possession of the real property subject to the environmental covenant;  (4) each political subdivision in which real property subject to the environmental covenant is located; and  (5) any other persons the agency requires.  (b) Effect.--Failure to provide a copy of the environmental covenant as required by the agency does not affect the environmental covenant's validity.
27 PA Cons Stat § 6508 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 27 - ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES|Chapter 65 - Uniform Environmental Covenants|Section 6508 - Recording

§ 6508. Recording.  (a) Requirement.--An environmental covenant, any amendment or termination of the environmental covenant and a waiver under section 6510(a)(3)(i) or (b)(2) (relating to amendment or termination by consent) must be recorded in every county in which any portion of the real property subject to the environmental covenant is located. A recorded environmental covenant or a notice recorded under section 6512 (relating to registry; substitute notice) must be indexed in the grantor's index in the names of the owners of the real property subject to the environmental covenant and in the grantee's index in the name of the holder.  (b) Applicable law.--Except as otherwise provided in section 6509(c) (relating to duration), an environmental covenant is subject to the laws of this Commonwealth governing recording and priority of interests in real property. Recording of an environmental covenant pursuant to the laws of this Commonwealth provides the same constructive notice of the environmental covenant as the recording of a deed provides of an interest in real property.
27 PA Cons Stat § 6509 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 27 - ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES|Chapter 65 - Uniform Environmental Covenants|Section 6509 - Duration

§ 6509. Duration.  (a) Perpetual.--An environmental covenant is perpetual unless one of the following applies:  (1) It is limited by its terms to a specific duration or the occurrence of a specific event.  (2) It is terminated by consent under section 6510  (relating to amendment or termination by consent).  (3) It is terminated under subsection (b).  (4) It is terminated by foreclosure of an interest which has priority over the environmental covenant.  (5) It is terminated or modified by judicial decree in an eminent domain proceeding, but only if:  (i) the agency which signed the environmental covenant consents to the judicial action;  (ii) all persons identified in section 6510(a) and  (b) are given notice of the pendency of the eminent domain proceeding; and  (iii) the court determines, after hearing, that the termination or modification will not adversely affect human health or the environment.  (b) Judicial modification.--A court, in an action in which all persons identified in section 6510(a) and (b) have been given notice, may terminate or modify the environmental covenant on the real property subject to the environmental covenant if any of the following apply:  (1) The agency which signed an environmental covenant has determined that:  (i) the intended benefits of the environmental covenant can no longer be realized; or  (ii) changed circumstances indicate that the intended benefits can only be realized through modification of the environmental covenant.  (2) A standard allowing for a reopener of a completed environmental response project under section 505 of the Land Recycling Act is met.  (c) Other modifications.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a) or (b), an environmental covenant may not be extinguished, limited or impaired through:  (1) issuance of a tax deed;  (2) foreclosure of a tax lien; or  (3) application of the doctrine of adverse possession, prescription, abandonment, waiver, lack of enforcement or of a similar doctrine.  Cross References. Section 6509 is referred to in sections 6504, 6508 of this title.
27 PA Cons Stat § 6510 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 27 - ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES|Chapter 65 - Uniform Environmental Covenants|Section 6510 - Amendment or termination by consent

§ 6510. Amendment or termination by consent.  (a) Signature.--An environmental covenant may be amended or terminated by consent only if the amendment or termination is signed by all of the following:  (1) The agency.  (2) Unless waived by the agency, the current owner in fee simple of the real property subject to the environmental covenant.  (3) Each person that originally signed the environmental covenant or that person's successor in interest unless:  (i) the person waived the right to consent in a signed record; or  (ii) a court finds that the person no longer exists or cannot be located or identified with the exercise of reasonable diligence.  (4) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d)(2), the holder.  (b) Effect upon property interests subject to environmental covenants.--If an interest in real property is subject to an environmental covenant, the interest is not affected by an amendment of the covenant unless the current owner of the interest:  (1) consents to the amendment; or  (2) has waived in a signed record the right to consent to the amendment.  (c) Effect of assignment.--Except for an assignment undertaken pursuant to a governmental reorganization, assignment of an environmental covenant to a new holder is an amendment.  (d) Assignment requirements.--Except as otherwise provided in the environmental covenant:  (1) a holder may not assign its interest without consent of the other parties;  (2) a holder may be removed and replaced by agreement of the other parties specified in subsection (a); and  (3) a court of competent jurisdiction may fill a vacancy in the position of holder.  Cross References. Section 6510 is referred to in sections 6504, 6508, 6509 of this title.
27 PA Cons Stat § 6511 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 27 - ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES|Chapter 65 - Uniform Environmental Covenants|Section 6511 - Enforcement of environmental covenant

§ 6511. Enforcement of environmental covenant.  (a) Parties.--A civil action for injunctive or other equitable relief for violation of an environmental covenant may be maintained by:  (1) a party to the environmental covenant;  (2) the agency or, if it is not the agency, the department;  (3) any other person to whom the environmental covenant expressly grants power to enforce;  (4) a person whose interest in the real property or whose collateral or liability may be affected by the alleged violation of the environmental covenant; and  (5) a political subdivision in which the real property subject to the environmental covenant is located.  (b) Regulatory authority.--  (1) This chapter does not limit the regulatory authority of the agency or the department under law other than this chapter.  (2) In addition to bringing an action under subsection  (a), the department may issue any order necessary to enforce section 6517(b) (relating to relationship to other laws).  (c) Liability.--A person is not subject to liability for environmental remediation solely because the person has the right to enforce an environmental covenant.  Cross References. Section 6511 is referred to in section 6504 of this title.
27 PA Cons Stat § 6513 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 27 - ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES|Chapter 65 - Uniform Environmental Covenants|Section 6513 - Uniformity of application and construction

§ 6513. Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and construing this chapter as a uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states which enact it.
27 PA Cons Stat § 6514 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 27 - ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES|Chapter 65 - Uniform Environmental Covenants|Section 6514 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act

§ 6514. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and  National Commerce Act.  (a) General rule.--Except as set forth in subsection (b), this chapter modifies, limits or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (Public Law 106- 229, 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq.).  (b) Exceptions.--  (1) This chapter does not modify, limit or supersede section 101(a) of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. § 7001(a)).  (2) This chapter does not authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. § 7003(b)).
27 PA Cons Stat § 6515 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 27 - ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES|Chapter 65 - Uniform Environmental Covenants|Section 6515 - Environmental Quality Board

§ 6515. Environmental Quality Board.  (a) Regulations.--The Environmental Quality Board has the power and duty to promulgate regulations for the proper performance of work of the department under this chapter. This subsection includes the establishment of fees under this chapter.  (b) Fees.--Fees under subsection (a) shall be deposited into the Industrial Land Recycling Fund.
27 PA Cons Stat § 6516 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 27 - ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES|Chapter 65 - Uniform Environmental Covenants|Section 6516 - Appealable actions

§ 6516. Appealable actions. Actions of the department under this chapter shall be considered appealable actions under the act of July 13, 1988 (P.L.530, No.94), known as the Environmental Hearing Board Act.
27 PA Cons Stat § 6517 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 27 - ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES|Chapter 65 - Uniform Environmental Covenants|Section 6517 - Relationship to other laws

§ 6517. Relationship to other laws.  (a) Prospective environmental response projects.--  (1) Unless waived by the department, engineering controls or institutional controls required to demonstrate attainment of a remediation standard under the Land Recycling Act or the act of July 6, 1989 (P.L.169, No.32), known as the Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act, shall be in the form of an environmental covenant.  (2) If a deed acknowledgment is required by section 405 of the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), known as the Solid Waste Management Act, or section 512(b) of the act of October 18, 1988 (P.L.756, No.108), known as the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act, the requirement may be satisfied by reference to an environmental covenant recorded pursuant to this chapter.  (3) An environmental covenant shall not be required for property owned by the Federal Government prior to transfer of the property to a non-Federal entity or individual. Activity and use limitations on Federal property shall be incorporated into an installation's master plan or other similar and appropriate remedial documentation. Nothing in this paragraph shall limit any authority otherwise available to the department to enforce terms of an environmental response project at a Federal installation or on property owned by the Federal Government.  (b) Conversion to environmental covenant.--  (1) An instrument created prior to the effective date of this section which establishes activity and use limitations to demonstrate attainment or maintenance of a standard under the Land Recycling Act or to demonstrate satisfaction of a corrective action requirement under the Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act shall be converted to an environmental covenant within 60 months of the effective date of this section unless conversion is waived by the department.  (2) Failure to comply with this subsection does not invalidate the existing engineering controls and institutional controls described in paragraph (1) or preclude the conversion of those engineering controls and institutional controls to an environmental covenant at a later date.  Cross References. Section 6517 is referred to in section 6511 of this title.
27 PA Cons Stat § 6601 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 27 - ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES|Chapter 66 - Keystone Tree Restricted Account|Section 6601 - Definitions

§ 6601. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Department." The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources of the Commonwealth.  "Restricted account." The Keystone Tree Restricted Account established under section 6602 (relating to establishment).
27 PA Cons Stat § 6602 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 27 - ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES|Chapter 66 - Keystone Tree Restricted Account|Section 6602 - Establishment

§ 6602. Establishment. The Keystone Tree Restricted Account is established as a restricted account within the General Fund. The money in the restricted account is appropriated on a continuing basis to the department for the purposes specified in section 6604 (relating to authorized purposes).    Cross References. Section 6602 is referred to in section 6601 of this title; section 1322 of Title 75 (Vehicles).
27 PA Cons Stat § 6603 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 27 - ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES|Chapter 66 - Keystone Tree Restricted Account|Section 6603 - Sources of revenue

§ 6603. Sources of revenue. The restricted account shall include the following: (1) Proceeds paid by the Department of Transportation under 75 Pa.C.S. § 1322 (relating to contributions to Keystone Tree Restricted Account).  (2) Grants, gifts, donations and other payments from a person or governmental entity to the restricted account.  (3) Money appropriated to the restricted account.
27 PA Cons Stat § 6604 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 27 - ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES|Chapter 66 - Keystone Tree Restricted Account|Section 6604 - Authorized purposes

§ 6604. Authorized purposes. (a) Purposes and allocations.--Except as provided under 75 Pa.C.S. § 1322(e) (relating to contributions to Keystone Tree Restricted Account), the department may expend money from the restricted account for the purposes and in the allocations as follows:  (1) A tree vitalize program, 40%. (2) A riparian forest buffer grant program, 60%. (b) Prohibitions.--No amount of money allocated under subsection (a) may be used for administrative costs of the department.    Cross References. Section 6604 is referred to in section 6602 of this title; section 1322 of Title 75 (Vehicles).
27 PA Cons Stat § 6605 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 27 - ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES|Chapter 66 - Keystone Tree Restricted Account|Section 6605 - Contributions

§ 6605. Contributions. The department may solicit and accept gifts, donations, legacies and other money for deposit into the restricted account from a person or a government entity on behalf of the Commonwealth.
27 PA Cons Stat § 6606 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 27 - ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES|Chapter 66 - Keystone Tree Restricted Account|Section 6606 - Report

§ 6606. Report. By July 31, 2020, and each year thereafter, the department shall submit to the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee of the Senate and the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee of the House of Representatives a report detailing the restricted account revenues and expenditures in the prior fiscal year and describing the activities, programs and projects which received money from the restricted account.
27 PA Cons Stat § 7707 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 27 - ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES|Chapter 77 - Costs and Fees|Section 7707 - Participation in environmental law or regulation

§ 7707. Participation in environmental law or regulation. A person that successfully defends against an action under Chapter 83 (relating to participation in environmental law or regulation) shall be awarded reasonable attorney fees and the costs of litigation. If the person prevails in part, the court may make a full award or a proportionate award.
27 PA Cons Stat § 8101 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 27 - ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES|Chapter 81 - Good Samaritan|Section 8101 - Short title of chapter

§ 8101. Short title of chapter. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Environmental Good Samaritan Act.