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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1102 | PRINTER'S NO. 1246 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY BAKER, ARGALL, COSTA, ERICKSON, FOLMER, FONTANA, KASUNIC, ORIE, RAFFERTY, SCARNATI, SCHWANK, WASHINGTON, YUDICHAK, FARNESE AND BROWNE, APRIL 25, 2011 |
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| SENATOR BAKER, VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, AS AMENDED, MAY 24, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania |
2 | Consolidated Statutes, requiring that the operator of each |
3 | permitted gas well within Pennsylvania post certain 911 |
4 | response information at the entrance to each well site. |
5 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
6 | hereby enacts as follows: |
7 | Section 1. Title 35 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
8 | Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: |
9 | § 7321. Gas well 911 emergency response information. |
10 | The agency and the Department of Environmental Protection |
11 | shall adopt emergency regulations directing the operations | <-- |
12 | operators of all gas and oil wells within this Commonwealth to | <-- |
13 | do all of the following: |
14 | (1) Adopt a unique GPS coordinate address for each gas |
15 | or oil well at both the access road entrance and wellpad | <-- |
16 | site. |
17 | (2) Register that address with the agency, the |
18 | Department of Environmental Protection and the local |
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1 | emergency management organization within the county where the |
2 | gas or oil well is located. |
3 | (3) Require the development of an emergency response |
4 | plan and file that plan with the agency, the Department of |
5 | Environmental Protection and the local county emergency | <-- |
6 | management organization with jurisdiction over the gas or oil |
7 | well. |
8 | (4) Post a reflective sign at the entrance to each well |
9 | site with the specific address of that site, the coordinates |
10 | for the site, the emergency contact number for the operator |
11 | and such other information as the agency or the Department of |
12 | Environmental Protection deems necessary. |
13 | Section 2. Regulations promulgated under 35 Pa.C.S. § 7321 | <-- |
14 | shall apply to both new and existing gas and oil wells within |
15 | this Commonwealth. |
16 | Section 2 3. This act shall take effect immediately. | <-- |
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