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Pennsylvania House advances infrastructure-safety bills tied to 2023 RM Palmer explosion, passes both measures
Summary
Lawmakers passed two bills aimed at preventing utility-related disasters after a 2023 explosion in West Reading: one strengthens local 1-call/utility registration for older lines and another requires utilities to identify and plan for degrading pipelines. Both passed final passage and will go to the Senate.
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania House on the first legislative floor day in January passed two bills that sponsors said would reduce the risk of infrastructure failures after the 03/24/2023 RM Palmer explosion that killed seven people.
Representative Emily Cepeda Freitas (maker of the measures on the floor) said the twin bills — which amend municipal codes for utility registration and require natural-gas utilities to develop degraded-pipeline prevention plans — are ‘‘about knowledge, coordination, and prevention.’’ She argued accurate underground…
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