PA HB1800

Legislative Description

Further providing for definitions and for well permits; providing for adoption of wells; further providing for well location restrictions; providing for roadway remediation; further providing for protection of fresh groundwater and casing requirements and for protection of water supplies; providing for use of surface impoundments for temporary flowback storage, for transportation records and hydraulic fracturing fluids and for well control emergency response; further providing for well reporting requirements, for bonding, for enforcement orders, for penalties and for civil penalties; providing for a severance tax and for a Marcellus Shale Job Creation Tax Credit; further providing for well plugging funds and for local ordinances; and providing for a moratorium.

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