H1401B2610A04208 PWK:CDM 10/20/17 #90 A04208
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 well permit fees;
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. Well Permit Fees.--(a) Each application
for a well permit under 58 Pa.C.S. § 3211 (relating to well
permits) shall be accompanied by a permit fee, established by
the Environmental Quality Board, which bears a reasonable
relationship to the cost of administering this article.
(b) An applicant for an unconventional well shall pay a
permit application fee according to the following:
(1) Four thousand two hundred dollars ($4,200) for a
vertical unconventional well.
(2) Five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a nonvertical
unconventional well.
(c) No sooner than January 1, 2021, the permit application
fee may be adjusted by rulemaking promulgated by the
Environmental Quality Board. No other fee related to the
drilling, operation, production or plugging of an unconventional
well may be assessed by the Department of Environmental
Protection or the Environmental Quality Board.
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(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(4) 58 Pa.C.S. § 3211(d) is repealed.
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