PRINTER'S NO. 1795
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1427
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY O'BRIEN, VITALI, McCARTER, D. COSTA, W. KELLER,
KINSEY, NEILSON, RABB AND THOMAS, MAY 22, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
MAY 22, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in development, providing for hydraulic fracturing
fluid tracer.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 58 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 3222.2. Hydraulic fracturing fluid tracer.
(a) Applicability.--This section shall apply to hydraulic
fracturing of unconventional wells performed on or after the
effective date of this section.
(b) Required additives.--A service provider who performs any
part of a hydraulic fracturing treatment and a vendor who
provides hydraulic fracturing chemicals directly to the operator
for a hydraulic fracturing treatment shall include a tracer
substance in the base stimulation fluid used in the alteration
of an unconventional well.
(c) Specifications.--The department shall specify the type
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