PA HB1800 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 47-1)
Status: Introduced on July 26 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-07-26 - Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY
Pending: House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on July 26 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-07-26 - Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY
Pending: House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
An Act amending the act of December 19, 1984 (P.L.1140, No.223), known as the Oil and Gas Act, further providing for definitions and for well permits; providing for adoption of wells; further providing for well location restrictions; providing for roadway remediation; further providing for protection of fresh groundwater and casing requirements and for protection of water supplies; providing for use of surface impoundments for temporary flowback storage, for transportation records and hydraulic fracturing fluids and for well control emergency response; further providing for well reporting requirements, for bonding, for enforcement orders, for penalties and for civil penalties; providing for a severance tax and for a Marcellus Shale Job Creation Tax Credit; further providing for well plugging funds and for local ordinances; and providing for a moratorium.
Title
Further providing for definitions and for well permits; providing for adoption of wells; further providing for well location restrictions; providing for roadway remediation; further providing for protection of fresh groundwater and casing requirements and for protection of water supplies; providing for use of surface impoundments for temporary flowback storage, for transportation records and hydraulic fracturing fluids and for well control emergency response; further providing for well reporting requirements, for bonding, for enforcement orders, for penalties and for civil penalties; providing for a severance tax and for a Marcellus Shale Job Creation Tax Credit; further providing for well plugging funds and for local ordinances; and providing for a moratorium.
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History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2011-07-26 | House | Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY |