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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 790', '§ 790', '§ 790', '§ 790', '§ 790', '§ 790', '§ 790', '§ 2302', '§ 790', '§ 790', '§ 2302', '§ 2314', '§ 2318']

Allegheny County, PA WELLS
Ch 790 Art I Unconventional Gas Well Fee
§ 790-1 Definitions.
§ 790-2 Imposition of unconventional gas well fee.
§ 790-3 Amount of fee; automatic readjustment; cessation of payment of fee.
§ 790-4 Related administrative requirements.
§ 790-5 Well information.
§ 790-6 Use of Act 13 funds.
§ 790-7 When effective; transmittal.
Chapter 790: WELLS
Chapter 790 : WELLS
Article I Unconventional Gas Well Fee
Article I: Unconventional Gas Well Fee
[Adopted 4-3-2012 by Ord. No. 7-12]
Act 13 of 2012.
The unconventional gas well fee authorized for imposition under Section 2302 of the Act (relating to unconventional gas well fee).[1]
A person or its subsidiary, affiliate or holding company that holds a permit or other authorization to engage in the business of severing natural gas for sale, profit or commercial use from an unconventional gas well in this commonwealth. The term shall not include a producer that severs natural gas from a site used to store natural gas that did not originate from the site.
The actual start of drilling of an unconventional gas well.
UNCONVENTIONAL GAS WELL
Editor's Note: See 58 Pa.C.S.A. § 2302.
The County of Allegheny hereby imposes an unconventional gas well fee on each unconventional gas well spud in this County.
The fee adopted under Subsection A above is imposed on every producer and shall apply to unconventional gas wells spud in this County regardless of when spudding occurred. Unconventional gas wells spud before the fee is imposed shall be considered to be spud in the calendar year prior to the imposition of the fee for purposes of determining the fee under § 790-2 of this article.[1]
Editor's Note: For the amount of the fee, see § 790-3.
The fee herein imposed on unconventional gas wells spud in this County by a producer shall be in the amount as fixed by Subsection (b) of Section 2302 of the Act and as automatically adjusted on an annual basis by the Commission in accordance with Subsection (c) of Section 2302 of the Act.[1]
Editor's Note: See 58 Pa.C.S.A. § 2302(b) and (c).
Payments of the unconventional gas well fee shall cease upon certification to the Department by the producer that an unconventional gas well has ceased production and has been plugged according to the regulations established by the Department.
All other provisions set forth Part II, Chapter 23, of the Act relating to the imposition, payment and administration of an unconventional gas well fee on unconventional gas wells spud in this County by a producer, to the extent applicable, are incorporated by reference in their entirety herein as part of this article.
The County Manager is authorized to request from time to time a list of all spud unconventional gas wells from the Department.
Pursuant to Subsection (g) of Section 2314 of the Act,[1] all funds received by the County from the distribution of Act 13 funds shall be used only for the following purposes associated with natural gas production from unconventional gas wells within the County:
Water, stormwater and sewer systems, including construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repair.
Environmental programs, including trails, parks and recreation, open space, floodplain management, conservation districts and agricultural preservation.
For deposit into the County's capital reserve fund if the funds are used solely for a purpose set forth in this subsection.
Career and technical centers for the training of workers in the oil and gas industry.
Local or regional planning initiatives under the Act of July 31, 1968 (P.L. 805, No. 247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.[2]
Editor's Note: See 58 Pa.C.S.A. § 2314(g).
This article shall enter into effect immediately and shall remain in effect until this article is repealed by County Council or until Part II, Chapter 23, of the Act either expires in accordance with Section 2318 of the Act[1] or the Act is repealed by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Editor's Note: See 58 Pa.C.S.A. § 2318.
Upon final approval, the County Manager shall transmit a copy of this article to the Department and to the Commission.