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OH HB474
Bill
Status
3/13/2012
Primary Sponsor
Barbara Boyd
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AI Summary
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Establishes a Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management to regulate oil and gas wells and production operations in Ohio, with exceptions for certain EPA-delegated activities and injection well permitting under new division (D) of section 1509.22.
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Requires well permit applications to include a wastewater recycling and treatment plan complying with new rules, and authorizes the chief to permit disposal by injection only if applicants demonstrate wastewater cannot be recycled or treated.
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Creates comprehensive requirements for injection well permits including waste analysis plans, reflection seismology surveys, public hearings, local government notification, and a prohibition on permits if a township/municipal objection is filed within 30 days after the public hearing.
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Imposes fees on injection well operators: five cents per barrel for locally-produced waste substances and twenty cents per barrel for imported substances; adds a five-cent-per-barrel additional fee to fund ground water monitoring programs.
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Requires applicants for injection permits to disclose prior injection well operations, enforcement actions, civil/criminal violations, and pending litigation; authorizes the chief to deny permits based on applicant history of noncompliance with environmental or oil and gas laws.
Legislative Description
To require a background check of an applicant for an injection well, to establish recycling and treatment requirements for wastewater from oil and gas drilling and production operations, to revise the procedures and requirements governing the application for and issuance of a permit for a well to inject such wastewater, to establish an additional fee on that injection, and to establish requirements governing ground water monitoring related to that injection.
Injection wells/oil & gas drilling wastewater-regulation
Last Action
To Agriculture & Natural Resources
3/13/2012