PRINTER'S NO. 131
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
257
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY FONTANA, YUDICHAK, BREWSTER, COSTA, SCHWANK,
WILEY, BOSCOLA, BLAKE, FARNESE, HUGHES AND RAFFERTY,
JANUARY 15, 2015
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JANUARY 15, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in development, further providing for protection of
water supplies.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3218(b.4) of Title 58 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
ยง 3218. Protection of water supplies.
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(b.4) Website.--The department shall publish[,] on its
Internet website[,]:
(1) lists of confirmed cases of subterranean water
supply contamination that result from hydraulic
fracturing[.]; and
(2) the results of the water analysis obtained and
completed by the department under subsection (b.6), which
must be categorized by municipality. The results may not
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