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PA HB1501

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/28/2025

Primary Sponsor

Joseph Webster

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes a one-year Radiation Testing Pilot Program within the Department of Environmental Protection to detect radioactive leachate and protect workers at oil and gas drilling sites

  • Requires all individuals working at participating drilling sites to wear dosimeters to measure and monitor radiation exposure levels

  • Mandates well owners and operators to report average radiation exposure levels to the department on a quarterly basis

  • Requires the department to select at least three Pennsylvania oil or gas drilling sites to participate in the pilot program

  • Department must submit a report to the General Assembly within one year of the program's start, including recommendations on radiation safety improvements and potential statewide expansion

Legislative Description

Establishing the Radiation Testing Pilot Program.

Last Action

Referred to Environmental & Natural Resource Protection

5/28/2025

Committee Referrals

Environmental and Natural Resource Protection5/28/2025

Full Bill Text

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