Pennsylvania SB 970: An Act amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in development, further providing for well permits.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1111
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 970
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MUTH, FONTANA AND COMITTA, AUGUST 15, 2025
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, AUGUST 15, 2025
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:
§ 3211. Well permits.
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(a.1) Oil and gas fluid injection wells prohibited.--
(1) No person shall drill or alter a well to inject
fluids produced in association with oil and gas production
for disposal or storage.
(2) 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.
(3) A person who meets the following may bring an action
in a court of common pleas to enforce compliance with
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paragraph (1):
(i) resides or owns property within five miles of a
well drilled or altered in violation of paragraph (1); or
(ii) owns or operates a business that conducts
business activities within five miles of a well drilled
or altered in violation of paragraph (1).
(4) An action under this subsection must be brought in
the court of common pleas in the district where the well is
located.
(5) 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.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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