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AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1950 (As amended by A06347)

Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE GEORGE

Printer's No. 2689

  

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Amend Bill, page 34, lines 45 through 51, page 35, lines 1 

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through 5 (A06347), by striking out all of said lines on said

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pages and inserting

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(1)  except as set forth in paragraph (2):

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(i)  the pollution existed prior to the drilling or

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alteration activity as determined by a predrilling or

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prealteration survey;

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(ii)  the landowner or water purveyor refused to

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allow the operator access to conduct a predrilling or

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prealteration survey;

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(iii)  the water supply is not within 1,000 feet of

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the well;

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(iv)  the pollution occurred more than six months

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after completion of drilling or alteration activities;

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and

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(v)  the pollution occurred as the result of a cause

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other than the drilling or alteration activity; or

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(2)  in the case of an unconventional well:

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(i)  the pollution existed prior to the drilling or

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alteration activity as determined by a predrilling or

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prealteration survey;

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(ii)  the landowner or water purveyor refused to

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allow the operator access to conduct a predrilling or

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prealteration survey;

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(iii)  the water supply is not within 2,500 feet of

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the well; and

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(iv)  the pollution occurred more than 12 months

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after completion of drilling or alteration activities.

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