1Amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2Statutes, in general requirements, further providing for well
3permits.

4The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5hereby enacts as follows:

6Section 1. Section 3211(b)(1) and (b.1) of Title 58 of the
7Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, added February 14, 2012
8(P.L.87, No.13), are amended to read:

9§ 3211. Well permits.

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11(b) Plat.--

12(1) The permit application shall be accompanied by a
13plat prepared by a competent engineer or a competent
14surveyor, on forms furnished by the department[, showing the
15political subdivision and county in which the tract of land
16upon which the well to be drilled, operated or altered is

1located; a list of municipalities adjacent to the well site;
2the name of the surface landowner of record and lessor; the
3name of all surface landowners and water purveyors whose
4water supplies are within 1,000 feet of the proposed well
5location or, in the case of an unconventional well, within
63,000 feet from the vertical well bore; the name of the owner
7of record or operator of all known underlying workable coal
8seams; the acreage in the tract to be drilled; the proposed
9location of the well determined by survey, courses and
10distances of the location from two or more permanent
11identifiable points or landmarks on the tract boundary
12corners; the proposed angle and direction of the well if the
13well is to be deviated substantially from a vertical course;
14the number or other identification to be given the well; the
15workable coal seams underlying the tract of land upon which
16the well is to be drilled or altered and which shall be cased
17off under section 3217 (relating to protection of fresh
18groundwater and casing requirements); and any other
19information needed by the department to administer this
20chapter.] and shall show:

21(i) the political subdivision and county in which
22the tract of land upon which the well to be drilled is
23located;

24(ii) the name of the surface landowner of record and
25lessor;

26(iii) the name of all surface landowners of record
27and lessees within 1,000 feet of the proposed well
28location;

29(iv) the name of all surface landowners whose water
30supplies are within 1,000 feet of the proposed well

1location and all water purveyors whose water supplies are
2within 1,000 feet of the proposed well location;

3(v) the name of the owner of record or operator of
4all known underlying workable coal seams, if any;

5(vi) the workable coal seams, if any, underlying the
6tract of land upon which the well is to be drilled or
7altered, which are to be cased off in accordance with
8section 3217 (relating to protection of fresh groundwater
9and casing requirements);

10(vii) the acreage in the tract to be drilled;

11(viii) the proposed location of the well determined
12by survey;

13(ix) the courses and distances of the proposed
14location from two or more permanent identifiable points
15or landmarks on the tract boundary corners;

16(x) the proposed angle and direction of the well, if
17the well is to be deviated substantially from a vertical
18course;

19(xi) the number or other identification to be given
20the well; and

21(xii) such other information needed by the
22department to administer this act.

23(1.1) The applicant shall forward, by certified mail, a
24copy of the permit application and plat to:

25(i) all surface landowners within 1,000 feet of the
26proposed well;

27(ii) water purveyors whose water supplies are within
281,000 feet of the proposed well location; and

29(iii) the owner and lessee, if any, of the coal
30seams and every coal operator required to be identified

1on the well permit application.

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3(b.1) Notification.--The applicant shall submit proof of
4notification with the well permit application. Notification of
5surface owners shall be performed by sending notice to those
6persons to whom the tax notices for the surface property are
7sent, as indicated in the assessment books in the county in
8which the property is located. Notification of surface
9landowners whose water supplies are within 1,000 feet or water
10purveyors shall be on forms, and in a manner prescribed by the
11department, sufficient to identify the rights afforded those
12persons under section 3218 (relating to protection of water
13supplies) and to advise them of the advantages of taking their
14own predrilling or prealteration survey.

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16Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.