S0242B0223A02050 AJB:EJH 06/16/17 #90 A02050
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 242
Sponsor: SENATOR BAKER
Printer's No. 223
Amend Bill, page 3, by inserting between lines 15 and 16
"Conventional oil and gas well" means a conventional oil and
gas well as defined in section 2 of the act of June 23, 2016
(P.L.375, No.52), known as the "Pennsylvania Grade Crude
Development Act."
Amend Bill, page 4, line 6, by striking out the bracket
before the comma after "inches"
Amend Bill, page 4, line 6, by inserting a bracket before
"the"
Amend Bill, page 4, line 8, by inserting a bracket after
"subdivisions"
Amend Bill, page 4, line 14, by inserting a bracket before
"employes"
Amend Bill, page 4, line 15, by inserting a bracket after
"employment"
Amend Bill, page 4, line 17, by inserting a bracket before
the period after "highway"
Amend Bill, page 5, line 4, by striking out the bracket
before "The"
Amend Bill, page 5, line 5, by striking out the bracket after
"right-of-way."
Amend Bill, page 5, by inserting between lines 12 and 13
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"Federal pipeline safety laws" means the provisions of 49
U.S.C. Ch. 601 (relating to safety), including the regulations
promulgated under 49 U.S.C. Ch. 601.
Amend Bill, page 6, line 8, by striking out the bracket
before "The"
Amend Bill, page 6, line 8, by inserting after "term "
shall include unconventional oil and gas well production and
gathering lines or facilities. The term
Amend Bill, page 6, line 8, by inserting a bracket before
"crude"
Amend Bill, page 6, line 9, by inserting after "facilities"
] stripper well lines
Amend Bill, page 6, line 25, by striking out the bracket
before ""Minor"
Amend Bill, page 7, line 3, by striking out the bracket after
"ditches."
Amend Bill, page 8, by inserting between lines 17 and 18
"Stripper well" means a conventional oil and gas well with a
maximum daily average production which does not exceed fifteen
(15) barrels of oil and ninety thousand (90,000) cubic feet of
natural gas during any twelve-month consecutive time period.
"Stripper well lines" means a production or gathering line or
facility that has a nominal inside diameter of eight (8) inches
or less, only carries oil or natural gas produced exclusively
from one or more stripper wells and is not regulated under the
Federal pipeline safety laws and subject to the pipeline damage
prevention requirements in 49 C.F.R. § 192.614 (relating to
damage prevention program) or 49 C.F.R. § 195.442 (relating to
damage prevention program).
Amend Bill, page 8, by inserting between lines 26 and 27
"Unconventional formation" means a geological shale formation
existing below the base of the Elk Sandstone or its geologic
equivalent stratigraphic interval where oil or natural gas
generally cannot be produced at economic flow rates or in
economic volumes except by vertical or horizontal well bores
stimulated by hydraulic fracture treatments or by using
multilateral well bores or other techniques to expose more of
the formation to the well bore.
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"Unconventional oil and gas well" means a bore hole drilled
or being drilled for the purpose of or to be used for the
production of oil or natural gas from an unconventional
formation.
Amend Bill, page 9, line 20, by striking out "(a)"
Amend Bill, page 9, line 26, by striking out all of said line
and inserting
(ii) As follows:
[the] (A) The names of the counties and municipalities, down
to
Amend Bill, page 9, line 30, by inserting a bracket before
the semicolon after "facilities"
Amend Bill, page 9, line 30, by inserting after "facilities;"
].
(B) The One Call System may not require its members to
locate lines or facilities installed before the effective date
of this clause unless the member has existing maps of the lines
or facilities and the member's existing maps meet the
specifications of the One Call System's Member Mapping
Solutions. Nothing under this clause shall prohibit the One-Call
System members from voluntarily submitting to the One Call
System maps of lines or facilities installed before the
effective date of this clause.
Amend Bill, page 11, line 5, by striking out "(A)"
Amend Bill, page 11, lines 24 through 29, by striking out all
of said lines
Amend Bill, page 15, lines 12 through 21, by striking out all
of said lines and inserting
(13) To maintain existing records of main lines abandoned on
or after the effective date of this paragraph and to mark,
locate or identify the main lines if possible, based upon the
existing records. The records shall include written or
electronic documents or drawings in the possession of the
facility owner that show the location of an existing line or
facility.
Amend Bill, page 23, line 28, by inserting after "holes,"
vacuum excavation or similar devices
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Amend Bill, page 34, line 15, by inserting after "(ii)"
The Secretary of Transportation or the secretary's
designee.
(iii)
Amend Bill, page 34, line 17, by striking out "(iii)" and
inserting
(iv)
Amend Bill, page 34, line 22, by striking out "(iv)" and
inserting
(v)
Amend Bill, page 34, line 24, by striking out "(v)" and
inserting
(vi)
Amend Bill, page 34, line 26, by striking out "(vi)" and
inserting
(vii)
Amend Bill, page 34, line 30, by striking out "(1)(iii)" and
inserting
(1)
Amend Bill, page 34, line 30, by striking out "and" and
inserting a comma
Amend Bill, page 34, line 30, by inserting after "(vi)"
and (vii)
Amend Bill, page 35, line 5, by striking out "(ii)" and
inserting
(iii)
Amend Bill, page 35, line 25, by striking out "six" and
inserting
seven
Amend Bill, page 37, by inserting between lines 17 and 18
(3) Submit an annual report containing relevant damage
prevention data to the commission, the Committee on Consumer
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Protection and Professional Licensure of the Senate and the
Committee on Consumer Affairs of the House of Representatives.
Amend Bill, page 41, line 22, by inserting after "(ii)"
The amendment of section 39 of the act.
(iii)
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