71 Pa. Stat. § 1049.4
The Department of Community Affairs shall have the power, in the name of the Commonwealth, to exercise the right of eminent domain in the manner provided by law for the exercise of such right by cities or counties, as the case may be, of the same class as the city or county in which such department has approved the initiation of a project. Title to any property acquired by the department through eminent domain shall be an absolute or fee simple title unless a lesser title shall be designated in the eminent domain proceedings. If any of the real property in the area which is to be acquired has, prior to such acquisition, been devoted to another public use, it may nevertheless be acquired by condemnation: Provided, That no real property belonging to a city, county, borough, town or township, or to the Commonwealth, may be acquired without its consent. No real property belonging to a public utility corporation may be acquired without the approval of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
71 P.S. § 1049.4