Pa. DEP pushes for new rules for conventional wells following veto of industry-backed bill
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Just weeks after Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed Senate Bill 790, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is pushing to strengthen regulations specific to the state’s conventional oil and gas industry, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
The new proposals contain requirements to reduce disruptions to protected public resources near well sites and ensure that damaged drinking water supplies are restored to a safe quality. They also include provisions that will significantly decrease the time it takes to get a permit for an underground waste disposal well by making federal and state reviews concurrent.
The first draft of the proposed rules is estimated to be completed by the middle of 2021.
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