Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb401%20intr.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=4X&i=401
Timestamp: 2018-02-19 08:00:16
Document Index: 409090542

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A BILL to repeal §22C-7-1, §22C-7-2 and §22C-7-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §5B-2B-4a; to amend and reenact §22-6-1 and §22-6-2 of said code; to amend and reenact said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §22-6-2a; to amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §22-6A-1, §22-6A-2, §22-6A-3, §22-6A-3a, §22-6A-4, §22-6A-5, §22-6A-6, §22-6A-7, §22-6A-8, §22-6A-9, §22-6A-10, §22-6A-11, §22-6A-12, §22-6A-13, §22-6A-14, §22-6A-15, §22-6A-16, §22-6A-17, §22-6A-18, §22-6A-19, §22-6A-20, §22-6A-21, §22-6A-22, §22-6A-23 and §22-6A-24; to amend and reenact said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §22-6B-1, §22-6B-2, §22-6B-3, §22-6B-4, §22-6B-5, §22-6B-6, §22-6B-7 and §22-6B-8; to amend and reenact §22C-8-2 of said code; and to amend and reenact §22C-9-2 of said code, all relating generally to oil and gas wells; requiring West Virginia Workforce Investment Council to complete certain reviews and provide report to Legislature; expanding powers of Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection; authorizing secretary to determine number of oil and gas inspectors and supervisors and to make investigations or inspections to ensure compliance with applicable law; providing for inspector qualifications, duties and minimum salaries; creating Natural Gas Horizontal Well Control Act; providing short title; making legislative findings and declarations of public policy; providing for applicability of act and exceptions; providing special considerations and rule making for karst formations; defining terms; making horizontal wells subject to certain provisions in article six, chapter twenty-two of the Code of West Virginia; specifying powers and duties of secretary, including certain rule making power and reporting duties; requiring permit for horizontal wells; establishing permit application requirements and contents; requiring bond and permit fees; providing for issuance of emergency permits; providing for denial, suspension and reinstatement of permits in certain circumstances; providing for application review, requirements for issuance of permit and permit requirements; establishing performance standards; providing for copies of permits to be furnished to county assessors; requiring certificate of approval for large pits or impoundment construction; requiring application for certificate; establishing application requirements and payment of fees; providing for modification, revocation or suspension of certificate and hearing procedure, including an administrative appeals process; providing exceptions for certain farm ponds; authorizing secretary to propose legislative rules governing large pits and impoundment; providing notice to certain property owners of certain applications, intent to enter property or conduct seismic activity; establishing procedure for filing written comments; establishing well location restrictions; requiring promulgation of legislative rules for plugging and abandonment of horizontal wells; establishing reclamation requirements; requiring performance bonds or other security; providing notice of planned operation and contents of notice to certain surface owners; providing notice to certain surface owner and offer for compensation for certain damages to certain surface owner; providing for reimbursement of property taxes to surface owner; providing for civil action, rebuttable presumption and relief for water contamination or deprivation; establishing water rights and replacement procedure; establishing civil penalties and offenses; requiring gas operations to submit certification from Division of Highways that operator has entered into road maintenance agreement pursuant to Division of Highways Oil and Gas Road Policy; creating public website and electronic notification registry of horizontal well permit applications and public notice of website; providing for air quality study, report to Legislature and rule making; requiring secretary to report to Legislature regarding safety of pits and impoundments; providing casing and cement standards; authorizing secretary to promulgate legislative and emergency rules relating to casing and cement standards; authorizing secretary to promulgate legislative rules governing pits and impoundments; providing secretary authority to establish, revise and grant waivers regarding casing and cement standards and programs; creating the oil and gas horizontal well production damage compensation act; providing legislative findings and purpose; defining terms; providing conditions and parameters for compensation of surface owners for drilling operations; preserving common law right of action and providing offset for compensation or damages paid; requiring notice of claims by surface owners; providing manner in which oil and gas operator must provide notice of reclamation; providing for offers of settlement; providing procedures for civil actions, arbitration and fees; preserving alternate remedies; and modifying definitions of shallow wells and deep wells.
§5B-2B-4a, §22-6-2a, §22-6A-1, §22-6A-2, §22-6A-3, §22-6A-3a, §22-6A-4, §22-6A-5, §22-6A-6, §22-6A-7, §22-6A-8, §22-6A-9, §22-6A-10, §22-6A-11, §22-6A-12, §22-6A-13, §22-6A-14, §22-6A-15, §22-6A-16, §22-6A-17, §22-6A-18, §22-6A-19, §22-6A-20, §22-6A-21, §22-6A-22, §22-6A-23, §22-6A-24, §22-6B-1, §22-6B-2, §22-6B-3, §22-6B-4, §22-6B-5, §22-6B-6, §22-6B-7 and §22-6B-8 are new; therefore, they have been completely underscored.