PRINTER'S NO. 929
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
828
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY FRITZ, NEILSON, PICKETT, BERNSTINE, KAUFER,
DUNBAR, MILLARD, IRVIN, TOOHIL, GABLER, JAMES, NELSON,
OBERLANDER, WALSH, BENNINGHOFF, EVERETT, SCHMITT, SAYLOR,
O'NEAL, SNYDER, F. KELLER, RYAN, ZIMMERMAN, GROVE, STRUZZI,
WHEELAND AND MASSER, MARCH 14, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
MARCH 14, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in development, further providing for well permits.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3211(i) of Title 58 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
adding subsections to read:
ยง 3211. Well permits.
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(a.1) Multi-well pad permit.--An unconventional well
operator may apply to the department for a multi-well pad permit
under subsections (b), (c) and (e) for the development of oil or
natural gas. A person who receives a multi-well pad permit under
this subsection shall not be required to obtain a separate well
permit under subsection (a) for any unconventional wells drilled
or altered within the permitted area that are spud prior to the
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