PRINTER'S NO. 1955
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1656
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY KRUPA, SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in development, further providing for well permits.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3211 of Title 58 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
ยง 3211. Well permits.
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(a.1) Oil and gas fluid injection wells prohibited.--No
person shall drill or alter a well to inject fluids produced in
association with oil and gas production for disposal or storage.
The department may not issue a well permit for a proposed
drilling or alteration of a well to inject fluids produced in
association with oil and gas production for disposal or storage.
A person who resides or owns property within five miles of a
well drilled or altered in violation of this subsection and a
person who owns or operates a business that conducts business
activities within five miles of a well drilled or altered in
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violation of this subsection may bring an action in a court of
common pleas to enforce compliance with this subsection. In an
action brought under this subsection, the court of common pleas
may grant appropriate relief, i ncluding actual damages, attorney
fees and court costs and equitable and injunctive relief. An
action under this subsection shall be brought in the court of
common pleas in the district where the well is located.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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