Pennsylvania Senate Bill 425 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 7 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-07 - Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY
Pending: Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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, for well permits, for well location restrictions, for protection of fresh groundwater and casing requirements and for protection of water supplies; providing for hydraulic fracturing chemicals and surface impoundments, for hydraulic fracture fluids monitoring and for use of surface impoundments for temporary flowback storage; and further providing for bonding, for enforcement orders, for penalties, for civil penalties, for well plugging funds and for local ordinances.

Further providing for definitions, for well permits, for well location restrictions, for protection of fresh groundwater and casing requirements and for protection of water supplies; providing for hydraulic fracturing chemicals and surface impoundments, for hydraulic fracture fluids monitoring and for use of surface impoundments for temporary flowback storage; and further providing for bonding, for enforcement orders, for penalties, for civil penalties, for well plugging funds and for local ordinances.

Sen. Jay Costa [D]	Sen. Edwin Erickson [R]	Sen. Jim Ferlo [D]	Sen. Wayne Fontana [D]
Sen. Stewart Greenleaf [R]	Sen. John Rafferty [R]	Sen. Daylin Leach [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-07	Senate	Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2011/sb425
Text	https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/HTM/2011/0/SB0425/PN0413