H1401B2610A04209 PWK:EJH 10/20/17 #90 A04209
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1401
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE CUTLER
Printer's No. 2610
Amend Bill, page 1, line 11, by inserting after "TAX;"
in general provisions, providing for expiration of well
permits;
Amend Bill, page 36, by inserting between lines 11 and 12
Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 3003.23. Expiration of well permits.-- (a) Well
permits issued for drilling wells under 58 Pa.C.S. Ch. 32
(relating to development) shall expire one year after issuance
unless operations for drilling the well are commenced within the
period and pursued with due diligence or unless the permit is
renewed in accordance with regulations of the department. If
drilling is commenced during the one-year period, the well
permit shall remain in force until the well is plugged in
accordance with 58 Pa.C.S. § 3220 (relating to plugging
requirements) or the permit is revoked. A drilling permit issued
prior to April 18, 1985, for a well which is an operating well
on April 18, 1985, shall remain in force as a well permit until
the well is plugged in accordance with 58 Pa.C.S. § 3220.
(b) The Department of Environmental Protection may
establish, by rulemaking promulgated by the Environmental
Quality Board, the option for applicants to apply for multi-year
well permits. The well permit application fee charged by the
department shall be prorated according to the duration of the
multi-year well permit.
Amend Bill, page 36, line 12, by striking out "2" and
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Amend Bill, page 36, by inserting between lines 21 and 22
(3) The General Assembly declares that the repeal under
paragraph (4) is necessary to effectuate the addition of
section 3003.23 of the act.
(4) 58 Pa.C.S. § 3211(i) is repealed.
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See A04209 in
the context
of HB1401