Loading chat...
OH SB318
Bill
Status
3/28/2012
Primary Sponsor
Edna Brown
Click for details
AI Summary
SB 318 Summary
-
Requires oil and gas wells in urbanized areas to comply with local zoning requirements and establishes minimum setback distances of 1,000 feet from occupied dwellings (reduced to 300 feet only with voluntary lease agreement).
-
Mandates disclosure of all chemicals and substances used in hydraulic fracturing to the Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management at least 10 days before well stimulation begins.
-
Eliminates mandatory pooling provisions and applies Ohio's Consumer Sales Practices Act to oil and gas lease agreements on residential property, including protections against misrepresentation of financial returns and well production prospects.
-
Requires surety bonds for injection wells and establishes ground water monitoring requirements by local boards of health near injection well sites.
-
Appropriates $10 million in fiscal year 2013 to support oil and gas training programs at community and technical colleges and provide employee training grants to well owners.
Legislative Description
To require wells in urbanized areas to comply with zoning requirements, to revise the setback distances of a well from an occupied dwelling, to require the disclosure of all chemicals and substances used in hydraulic fracturing, to eliminate mandatory pooling, to apply the Consumer Sales Practices Act to lease agreements for the exploration for or development of oil and gas on residential property, to require a surety bond for an injection well, to make other changes in the Oil and Gas Law, and to make appropriations to support oil and gas training programs, including employee training grants to oil or gas well owners.
Oil and Gas Law-revisions
Last Action
To Agriculture, Environment & Natural Resources
3/28/2012