Access road-A road connecting a well site to the nearest public road, private named road, administrative road with a name and address range, or private unnamed road with an address range.
Address-A location, by reference to a road or a landmark, made by a county or municipality responsible for assigning addresses within its jurisdiction.
Administrative road-A road owned and maintained by the Commonwealth open to the public at the discretion of the Commonwealth that may or may not have a name and address range.
Emergency responder-Police, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, emergency management personnel, public health personnel, State certified hazardous materials response teams, Department emergency personnel and other personnel authorized in the course of their occupations or duties, or as an authorized volunteer, to respond to an emergency.
Entrance-The point where the access road to a well site connects to the nearest public road, private named road, administrative road with a name and address range, or a private unnamed road with an address range.
GPS coordinates-The coordinates in latitude and longitude as expressed in degrees decimal to at least six digits after the decimal point based upon the World Geodetic System 1984 Datum or any other datum approved by the Department.
PEMA-The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.
Private named road-A private road with a name and address range.
Private road-A road that is not a public road.
Private unnamed road-A private road that is not a private named road.
Public road-A road owned and maintained by the Commonwealth, a county within this Commonwealth, a municipality within the Commonwealth or any combination thereof that is open to the public.
Public safety answering point-An entity operating in cooperation with local municipalities and counties to receive 9-1-1 calls for a defined geographic area and process calls according to a specific operational policy
Well site name-The name used to designate the well site by the operator on the well permit application submitted to the Department.
Figure 1. Sample Site Entrance Signage
25 Pa. Code § 78a.55
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 78a.15 (relating to application requirements); 25 Pa. Code § 78a.54 (relating to general requirements); and 25 Pa. Code § 78a.72 (relating to use of safety devices-blow-out prevention equipment).