58 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 32 - Development
Subchapter A. Preliminary Provisions
Subchapter B. General Requirements
- Section 3211 - Well Permits
(a) Permit required.--No person shall drill or alter a well, except for alterations which satisfy the requirements of subsection (j), without having first obtained...
- Section 3212 - Permit Objections
(a) General rule.--If a well referred to in section 3211(b) (relating to well permits) will be located on a tract whose surface is owned...
- Section 3212.1 - Comments By Municipalities And Storage Operators
(a) Municipalities.--The municipality where the tract of land upon which the unconventional well to be drilled is located may submit written comments to the...
- Section 3213 - Well Registration And Identification
(a) General rule.--On or before July 5, 1996, each person who owned or operated a well in existence prior to April 18, 1985, which...
- Section 3214 - Inactive Status
(a) General rule.--Upon application, the department shall grant inactive status for a period of five years for a permitted or registered well, if the...
- Section 3215 - Well Location Restrictions
(a) General rule.--Wells may not be drilled within 200 feet, or, in the case of an unconventional gas well, 500 feet, measured horizontally from...
- Section 3216 - Well Site Restoration
(a) General rule.--Each oil or gas well owner or operator shall restore the land surface within the area disturbed in siting, drilling, completing and...
- Section 3217 - Protection Of Fresh Groundwater And Casing Requirements
(a) General rule.--To aid in protection of fresh groundwater, well operators shall control and dispose of brines produced from the drilling, alteration or operation...
- Section 3218 - Protection Of Water Supplies
(a) General rule.--In addition to the requirements of subsection (c.1), a well operator who affects a public or private water supply by pollution or...
- Section 3218.1 - Notification To Public Drinking Water Systems
Upon receiving notification of a spill, the department shall, after investigating the incident, notify any public drinking water facility that could be affected by...
- Section 3218.2 - Containment For Unconventional Wells
(a) Sites.--Unconventional well sites shall be designed and constructed to prevent spills to the ground surface or spills off the well site. Containment practices...
- Section 3218.3 - Transportation Records Regarding Wastewater Fluids
(a) Requirements.--A well operator of an unconventional well that transports wastewater fluids shall do all of the following: (1) Maintain records for five years,...
- Section 3218.4 - Corrosion Control Requirements
(a) Pipelines.--All buried metallic pipelines shall be installed and placed in operation in accordance with 49 CFR Pt. 192 Subpt. I (relating to requirements...
- Section 3218.5 - Gathering Lines
(a) Requirement.--Owners and operators of gathering lines shall comply with section 2(5)(i.1) of the act of December 10, 1974 (P.L.852, No.287), referred to as...
- Section 3219 - Use Of Safety Devices
Any person engaged in drilling an oil or gas well shall equip it with casings of sufficient strength, and other safety devices as are...
- Section 3219.1 - Well Control Emergency Response
(a) Contracts.--The department may enter into contracts with well control specialists in order to provide adequate emergency response services in the event of a...
- Section 3220 - Plugging Requirements
(a) General rule.--Upon abandoning a well, the owner or operator shall plug it in the manner prescribed by regulation of the department to stop...
- Section 3221 - Alternative Methods
A well operator may request permission to use a method or material other than those required by this chapter and applicable regulations for casing,...
- Section 3222 - Well Reporting Requirements
(a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (a.1), each well operator shall file with the department, on a form provided by the department, an...
- Section 3222.1 - Hydraulic Fracturing Chemical Disclosure Requirements
(a) Applicability.--This section applies to hydraulic fracturing of unconventional wells performed on or after the effective date of this section. (b) Required disclosures.-- (1)...
- Section 3223 - Notification And Effect Of Well Transfer
The owner or operator of a well shall notify the department in writing within 30 days, in a form directed by regulation, of sale,...
- Section 3224 - Coal Operator Responsibilities
(a) General rule.--At any time prior to removing coal or other underground materials from, or extending the workings in, a coal mine within 500...
- Section 3225 - Bonding
(a) General rule.--The following shall apply: (1) Except as provided in subsection (d), upon filing an application for a well permit and before continuing...
- Section 3226 - Oil And Gas Technical Advisory Board
(a) Creation of board.--The Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board is created, consisting of the following members, all of whom shall be chosen by...
- Section 3227 - Air Contaminant Emissions
(a) Natural gas operations.--An owner or operator of a facility conducting natural gas operations in unconventional formations including development, production, transmission and processing shall...
Subchapter C. Underground Gas Storage
Subchapter D. Eminent Domain
Subchapter E. Enforcement and Remedies
- Section 3251 - Conferences
(a) General rule.--The department or any person having a direct interest in a matter subject to this chapter may, at any time, request that...
- Section 3252 - Public Nuisances
A violation of section 3217 (relating to protection of fresh groundwater and casing requirements), 3218 (relating to protection of water supplies), 3219 (relating to...
- Section 3253 - Enforcement Orders
(a) General rule.--Except as modified by subsections (b), (c) and (d), the department may issue orders necessary to aid in enforcement of this chapter....
- Section 3254 - Restraining Violations
(a) General rule.--In addition to any other remedy provided in this chapter, the department may institute a suit in equity in the name of...
- Section 3254.1 - Well Control Emergency Response Cost Recovery
A person liable for a well control emergency is responsible for all response costs incurred by the department to respond to the well control...
- Section 3255 - Penalties
(a) General violation.--A person violating a provision of this chapter commits a summary offense and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine...
- Section 3256 - Civil Penalties
In addition to other remedies available at law or in equity for a violation of this chapter, a regulation of the department, a departmental...
- Section 3257 - Existing Rights And Remedies Preserved And Cumulative Remedies Authorized
Nothing in this chapter stops the Commonwealth or a district attorney from proceeding in a court of law or in equity to abate pollution...
- Section 3258 - Inspection And Production Of Materials, Witnesses, Depositions And Rights Of Entry
(a) General rule.--The department may make inspections, conduct tests or sampling or examine books, papers and records pertinent to a matter under investigation under...
- Section 3259 - Unlawful Conduct
It shall be unlawful for any person to: (1) Drill, alter, operate or utilize an oil or gas well without a permit or registration...
- Section 3260 - Collection Of Fines And Penalties
Fines and penalties shall be collectible in a manner provided by law for collection of debts. If a person liable to pay a penalty...
- Section 3261 - Third Party Liability
If a person other than a well operator renders a service or product to a well or well site, that person is liable with...
- Section 3262 - Inspection Reports
The department shall post inspection reports on its publicly accessible Internet website. The inspection reports shall include: (1) The nature and description of violations....
Subchapter F. Miscellaneous Provisions
Last modified: October 8, 2016