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Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 32 was added February 14, 2012, P.L.87, No.13,...
Section 3201 - Scope of chapter - This chapter relates to oil and gas.
Section 3202 - Declaration of purpose of chapter - The purposes of this chapter are to: (1) Permit optimal...
Section 3203 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...
Section 3211 - Well permits - 3224. Coal operator responsibilities. 3225. Bonding. 3226. Oil and Gas...
Section 3212 - Permit objections - (a) General rule.--If a well referred to in section 3211(b)...
Section 3212.1 - Comments by municipalities and storage operators - (a) Municipalities.--The municipality where the tract of land upon which...
Section 3213 - Well registration and identification - (a) General rule.--On or before July 5, 1996, each person...
Section 3214 - Inactive status - (a) General rule.--Upon application, the department shall grant inactive status...
Section 3215 - Well location restrictions - (a) General rule.--Wells may not be drilled within 200 feet,...
Section 3216 - Well site restoration - (a) General rule.--Each oil or gas well owner or operator...
Section 3217 - Protection of fresh groundwater and casing requirements - (a) General rule.--To aid in protection of fresh groundwater, well...
Section 3218 - Protection of water supplies - (a) General rule.--In addition to the requirements of subsection (c.1),...
Section 3218.1 - Notification to public drinking water systems - Upon receiving notification of a spill, the department shall, after...
Section 3218.2 - Containment for unconventional wells - (a) Sites.--Unconventional well sites shall be designed and constructed to...
Section 3218.3 - Transportation records regarding wastewater fluids - (a) Requirements.--A well operator of an unconventional well that transports...
Section 3218.4 - Corrosion control requirements - (a) Pipelines.--All buried metallic pipelines shall be installed and placed...
Section 3218.5 - Gathering lines - (a) Requirement.--Owners and operators of gathering lines shall comply with...
Section 3219 - Use of safety devices - Any person engaged in drilling an oil or gas well...
Section 3219.1 - Well control emergency response - (a) Contracts.--The department may enter into contracts with well control...
Section 3220 - Plugging requirements - (a) General rule.--Upon abandoning a well, the owner or operator...
Section 3221 - Alternative methods - A well operator may request permission to use a method...
Section 3222 - Well reporting requirements - (a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (a.1), each well...
Section 3222.1 - Hydraulic fracturing chemical disclosure requirements - (a) Applicability.--This section applies to hydraulic fracturing of unconventional wells...
Section 3223 - Notification and effect of well transfer - The owner or operator of a well shall notify the...
Section 3224 - Coal operator responsibilities - (a) General rule.--At any time prior to removing coal or...
Section 3225 - Bonding - (a) General rule.--The following shall apply: (1) Except as provided...
Section 3226 - Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board - (a) Creation of board.--The Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board...
Section 3227 - Air contaminant emissions - (a) Natural gas operations.--An owner or operator of a facility...
Section 3231 - Reporting requirements for gas storage operations - (a) General duties.--The following shall apply: (1) A person injecting...
Section 3232 - Reporting requirements for coal mining operations - (a) General rule.--A person owning or operating a coal mine...
Section 3233 - General gas storage reservoir operations - (a) General rule.--A person who operates or proposes to operate...
Section 3234 - Gas storage reservoir operations in coal areas - (a) General rule.--A person operating a storage reservoir which underlies...
Section 3235 - Inspection of facilities and records - (a) General rule.--The person operating a storage reservoir affected by...
Section 3236 - Reliance on maps and burden of proof - (a) General rule.--In determining whether a coal mine or operating...
Section 3237 - Exemptions and prohibitions - (a) Inapplicability of chapter to certain coal mines.--This chapter shall...
Section 3241 - Appropriation of interest in real property - (a) General rule.--Except as provided in this subsection, a corporation...
Section 3251 - Conferences - (a) General rule.--The department or any person having a direct...
Section 3252 - Public nuisances - A violation of section 3217 (relating to protection of fresh...
Section 3253 - Enforcement orders - (a) General rule.--Except as modified by subsections (b), (c) and...
Section 3254 - Restraining violations - (a) General rule.--In addition to any other remedy provided in...
Section 3254.1 - Well control emergency response cost recovery - A person liable for a well control emergency is responsible...
Section 3255 - Penalties - (a) General violation.--A person violating a provision of this chapter...
Section 3256 - Civil penalties - In addition to other remedies available at law or in...
Section 3257 - Existing rights and remedies preserved and cumulative remedies authorized - Nothing in this chapter stops the Commonwealth or a district...
Section 3258 - Inspection and production of materials, witnesses, depositions and rights of entry - (a) General rule.--The department may make inspections, conduct tests or...
Section 3259 - Unlawful conduct - It shall be unlawful for any person to: (1) Drill,...
Section 3260 - Collection of fines and penalties - Fines and penalties shall be collectible in a manner provided...
Section 3261 - Third party liability - If a person other than a well operator renders a...
Section 3262 - Inspection reports - The department shall post inspection reports on its publicly accessible...
Section 3271 - Well plugging funds - (a) Appropriation.--Fines, civil penalties and permit and registration fees collected...
Section 3271.1 - Well plugging contracts - (a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (1) The...
Section 3273 - Effect on department authority - This chapter does not affect, limit or impair any right...
Section 3273.1 - Relationship to solid waste and surface mining - (a) General rule.--The obligation to obtain a permit and post...
Section 3274 - Regulations - The Environmental Quality Board shall promulgate regulations to implement this...