PRINTER'S NO. 599
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
523
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY CONKLIN, COHEN, D. COSTA, HARKINS, McNEILL, MURT,
ROZZI AND THOMAS, FEBRUARY 23, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in development, further providing for well permits.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3211(b.1) of Title 58 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 3211. Well permits.
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(b.1) Notification.--The applicant shall submit proof of
notification with the well permit application. Notification of
surface owners shall be performed by sending notice to those
persons to whom the tax notices for the surface property are
sent, as indicated in the assessment books in the county in
which the property is located. Notification of surface
landowners or water purveyors shall be on forms, and in a manner
prescribed by the department, sufficient to identify the rights
afforded those persons under section 3218 (relating to
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protection of water supplies) and to advise them of the
advantages of taking their own predrilling or prealteration
survey. The well operator shall give public notice of the filing
by publication in a newspaper of general circulation, published
in the locality where the permit is applied for, once a week for
four consecutive weeks.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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