SB 453 — An Act amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in development, further providing for relationship to solid waste and surface mining.

PRINTER'S NO.   379

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                        SENATE BILL
                        No. 453
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY MUTH, KEARNEY, HAYWOOD, COMITTA, FONTANA, HUGHES
        AND SAVAL, MARCH 17, 2025

     REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, MARCH 17, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 2      Statutes, in development, further providing for relationship
 3      to solid waste and surface mining.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.    Section 3273.1(a) and (b) of Title 58 of the
 7   Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
 8   § 3273.1.   Relationship to solid waste and surface mining.
 9      (a)   General rule.--[The obligation to] An owner or operator
10   of a well shall obtain a permit and post a bond under Articles
11   III and V of the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), known as
12   the Solid Waste Management Act, and [to] provide public notice
13   under section 1905-A(b)(1)(v) of the act of April 9, 1929
14   (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, for
15   any pit, impoundment, method or facility employed for the
16   disposal, processing or storage of residual wastes generated by
17   the drilling of an oil or gas well or from the production of
18   wells which is located on the well site.[, shall be considered
 1   to have been satisfied if the owner or operator of the well
 2   meets the following conditions:
 3            (1)   the well is permitted under the requirements of
 4      section 3211 (relating to well permits) or registered under
 5      section 3213 (relating to well registration and
 6      identification);
 7            (2)   the owner or operator has satisfied the financial
 8      security requirements of section 3225 (relating to bonding)
 9      by obtaining a surety or collateral bond for the well and
10      well site; and
11            (3)   the owner or operator maintains compliance with this
12      chapter and applicable regulations of the Environmental
13      Quality Board.]
14      (b)   Noncoal surface mining.--Obligations under the act of
15   December 19, 1984 (P.L.1093, No.219), known as the Noncoal
16   Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act, or a regulation
17   promulgated under the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and
18   Reclamation Act, for any borrow area where minerals are
19   extracted solely for the purpose of oil and gas well
20   development, including access road construction, shall be
21   considered to have been satisfied if the owner or operator of
22   the well meets the following conditions [imposed under
23   subsection (a)(1) and (2) and]:
24            (1)   The well is permitted under the requirements of
25      section 3211 (relating to well permits) or registered under
26      section 3213 (relating to well registration and
27      identification).
28            (2)   The owner or operator has satisfied the financial
29      security requirements of section 3225 (relating to bonding)
30      by obtaining a surety or collateral bond for the well and

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1     well site.
2         (3)   The owner or operator maintains compliance with this
3     chapter and applicable regulations of the Environmental
4     Quality Board.
5     * * *
6     Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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