H1401B2610A04203 PWK:NLG 10/20/17 #90 A04203
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1401
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE BENNINGHOFF
Printer's No. 2610
Amend Bill, page 1, line 11, by inserting after "TAX;"
in general provisions, providing for well permits;
Amend Bill, page 36, by inserting between lines 11 and 12
Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 3003.23. Well permits.--
(1) The Department of Environmental Protection shall not
require a permittee to repermit a well under 58 Pa.C.S. Ch.
32 (relating to development) unless the surface hole location
of the well deviates by more than 50 feet from the original
proposed surface hole location contained on the plat that
accompanied the well permit application.
(2) Deviation of the final subterranean well bore path
from the proposed subterranean well bore path, if indicated,
on the plat that accompanied the well permit application due
to geologic, safety, environmental protection, optimal
resource extraction or other reasonable consideration shall
not constitute a violation of 58 Pa.C.S. Ch. 32.
Amend Bill, page 36, line 12, by striking out "2" and
inserting
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Amend Bill, page 36, line 16, by striking out "3" and
inserting
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Amend Bill, page 36, line 17, by striking out "3" and
inserting
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Amend Bill, page 36, line 22, by striking out "4" and
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See A04203 in
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of HB1401