PRINTER'S NO. 747
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
696
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MATZIE, RAVENSTAHL, D. COSTA, FREEMAN AND
DONATUCCI, MARCH 3, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
MARCH 3, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in development, further providing for well location
restrictions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3215(a) of Title 58 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 3215. Well location restrictions.
(a) General rule.--Wells may not be drilled within 200 feet,
or, in the case of an unconventional gas well, 500 feet,
measured horizontally from the vertical well bore to a building
or water well, existing when the copy of the plat is mailed as
required by section 3211(b) (relating to well permits) without
written consent of the owner of the building or water well.
Unconventional gas wells may not be drilled within [1,000] 2,000
feet measured horizontally from the vertical well bore to any
existing water well, surface water intake[, reservoir] or
[other] water supply extraction point used by a water purveyor
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