Bill Text: PA SB1353 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for reporting requirements.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-06 - Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY [SB1353 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SB1353-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1834
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1353 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY PIPPY, SOLOBAY, ERICKSON, ARGALL, RAFFERTY, FONTANA, BAKER, PILEGGI, VOGEL, SCARNATI, COSTA, ALLOWAY, FERLO, TARTAGLIONE, SCHWANK, BOSCOLA, BREWSTER, STACK, YUDICHAK AND HUGHES, DECEMBER 6, 2011
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, DECEMBER 6, 2011
AN ACT
Amending the act of December 19, 1984 (P.L.1140, No.223),
entitled "An act relating to the development of oil and gas
and coal; imposing duties and powers on the Department of
Environmental Resources; imposing notification requirements
to protect landowners; and providing for definitions, for
various requirements to regulate the drilling and operation
of oil and gas wells, for gas storage reservoirs, for various
reporting requirements, including certain requirements
concerning the operation of coal mines, for well permits, for
well registration, for distance requirements, for well casing
requirements, for safety device requirements, for storage
reservoir obligations, for well bonding requirements, for a
Well Plugging Restricted Revenue Account to enforce oil and
gas well plugging requirements, for the creation of an Oil
and Gas Technical Advisory Board, for oil and gas well
inspections, for enforcement and for penalties," further
providing for reporting requirements.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 212(a) of the act of December 19, 1984
(P.L.1140, No.223), known as the Oil and Gas Act, amended March
22, 2010 (P.L.169, No.15), is amended to read:
Section 212. Well reporting requirements.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (a.1), every well
operator shall file with the department, on a form provided by
the department, an annual report specifying the amount of
production on the most well-specific basis available. Annual
reports shall also specify the status of each well; however, in
subsequent years, only changes in the status need be reported.
The report shall also specify the country of origin and
manufacture of any steel products used in the maintenance or
construction of the well in the reporting period. This
information shall not be considered confidential. The
Commonwealth shall have the right to utilize such information in
enforcement proceedings, in making designations or
determinations under section 1927-A of the act of April 9, 1929
(P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, or
in aggregate form for statistical purposes.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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