Section 1741.1-E - Environmental Quality Board(a) Regulations.--From funds appropriated to the Environmental Quality Board, the board shall promulgate proposed regulations and regulations under 58 Pa.C.S. (relating to oil and gas) or other laws of this Commonwealth relating to conventional oil and gas wells separately from proposed regulations and regulations relating to unconventional gas wells. All regulations under 58 Pa.C.S. shall differentiate between conventional oil and gas wells and unconventional gas wells. Regulations promulgated under this section shall apply to regulations promulgated on or after the effective date of this section.(b)Definitions.--As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Conventional oil and gas well." A bore hole drilled for the purpose of producing oil or gas from a conventional formation. The term includes any of the following:
(1) A well drilled to produce oil.(2) A well drilled to produce natural gas from formations other than shale formations.(3) A well drilled to produce natural gas from shale formations located above the base of the Elk Group or its stratigraphic equivalent.(4) A well drilled to produce natural gas from shale formations located below the base of the Elk Group where natural gas can be produced at economic flow rates or in economic volumes without the use of vertical or nonvertical well bores stimulated by hydraulic fracture treatments or by using multilateral well bores or other techniques to expose more of the formation to the well bore.(5) Irrespective of formation, a well drilled for collateral purposes, such as monitoring, geologic logging, secondary and tertiary recovery or disposal injection. "Unconventional gas well." As defined in 58 Pa.C.S. § 2301 (relating to definitions).
Added by P.L. 1053 2014 No. 126, § 13.2, eff. 7/10/2014.