Bill Information

An Act amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in unconventional gas well fee, further providing for definitions and for unconventional gas well fee; providing for State land drilling impact fee; further providing for administration, for well information, for duties of Department of Environmental Protection, for Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, for enforcement and for distribution of unconventional gas well fee; providing for fees; establishing the State Lands Drilling Impact Mitigation Fund; prohibiting drilling on State lands; further providing for expiration of chapter; in development, further providing for well permits, for comments by municipalities and storage operators, for well location restrictions, for protection of water supplies, for well reporting requirements, for bonding and for criminal and civil penalties; and making editorial changes.