THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY CONKLIN, DeWEESE, HOUGHTON, CALTAGIRONE, STABACK, MUNDY, KORTZ, HORNAMAN, GEORGE, YOUNGBLOOD, MURT, GOODMAN AND BRADFORD, DECEMBER 18, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, DECEMBER 18, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending the act of December 19, 1984 (P.L.1140, No.223),

entitled "An act relating to the development of oil and gas

and coal; imposing duties and powers on the Department of

Environmental Resources; imposing notification requirements

to protect landowners; and providing for definitions, for

various requirements to regulate the drilling and operation

of oil and gas wells, for gas storage reservoirs, for various

reporting requirements, including certain requirements

concerning the operation of coal mines, for well permits, for

well registration, for distance requirements, for well casing

requirements, for safety device requirements, for storage

reservoir obligations, for well bonding requirements, for a

Well Plugging Restricted Revenue Account to enforce oil and

gas well plugging requirements, for the creation of an Oil

and Gas Technical Advisory Board, for oil and gas well

inspections, for enforcement and for penalties," further

providing for well permits.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 201 of the act of December 19, 1984

(P.L.1140, No.223), known as the Oil and Gas Act, is amended by

adding a subsection to read:

Section 201.  Well permits.

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(d.1)  Public notice of every permit application shall be

given by notice published in a newspaper of general circulation,

published in the locality where the permit is applied for, once

a week for four consecutive weeks. The department shall

prescribe such requirements regarding public notice as it deems

appropriate.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.