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58 PA Cons Stat § 3262 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 58 - OIL AND GAS|Chapter 32 - Development|Section 3262 - Inspection reports

§ 3262. Inspection reports.  The department shall post inspection reports on its publicly accessible Internet website. The inspection reports shall include: (1) The nature and description of violations. (2) The operator's written response to the violation, if available. (3) The status of the violation. (4) The remedial steps taken by the operator or the department to address the violation.    Special Provisions in Appendix. See section 4(3)(xxiv) of Act 13 of 2012 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to continuation of prior law.
58 PA Cons Stat § 3271 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 58 - OIL AND GAS|Chapter 32 - Development|Section 3271 - Well plugging funds

§ 3271. Well plugging funds.   (a) Appropriation.--Fines, civil penalties and permit and registration fees collected under this chapter are appropriated to the department to carry out the purposes of this chapter.  (b) Surcharge.--To aid in indemnifying the Commonwealth for the cost of plugging abandoned wells, a $50 surcharge is added to the permit fee established by the department under section 3211 (relating to well permits) for new wells. Money collected as a result of the surcharge shall be paid into a restricted revenue account in the State Treasury to be known as the Abandoned Well Plugging Fund and expended by the department to plug abandoned wells threatening the health and safety of persons or property or pollution of waters of this Commonwealth.  (c) Orphan Well Plugging Fund.--The following shall apply: (1) A restricted revenue account to be known as the Orphan Well Plugging Fund is created. A $100 surcharge for wells to be drilled for oil production and a $200 surcharge for wells to be drilled for gas production are added to the permit fee established by the department under section 3211 for new wells. The surcharges shall be placed in the Orphan Well Plugging Fund and expended by the department to plug orphan wells. If an operator rehabilitates a well abandoned by another operator or an orphan well, the permit fee and the surcharge for the well shall be waived. (2) The department shall study its experience in implementing this section and shall report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by August 1, 1992. The report shall contain information relating to the balance of the fund, number of wells plugged, number of identified wells eligible for plugging and recommendations as to alternative funding mechanisms. (3) Expenditures by the department for plugging orphan wells are limited to fees collected under this chapter. No money from the General Fund shall be expended for this purpose.
58 PA Cons Stat § 3272 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 58 - OIL AND GAS|Chapter 32 - Development|Section 3272 - (Reserved)

§ 3272. (Reserved).
58 PA Cons Stat § 3273 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 58 - OIL AND GAS|Chapter 32 - Development|Section 3273 - Effect on department authority

§ 3273. Effect on department authority.  This chapter does not affect, limit or impair any right or authority of the department under the act of June 22, 1937 (P.L.1987, No.394), known as The Clean Streams Law; the act of January 8, 1960 (1959 P.L.2119, No.787), known as the Air Pollution Control Act; the act of November 26, 1978 (P.L.1375, No.325), known as the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act; or the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), known as the Solid Waste Management Act.
58 PA Cons Stat § 3273.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 58 - OIL AND GAS|Chapter 32 - Development|Section 3273.1 - Relationship to solid waste and surface mining

§ 3273.1. Relationship to solid waste and surface mining.   (a) General rule.--The obligation to obtain a permit and post a bond under Articles III and V of the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), known as the Solid Waste Management Act, and to provide public notice under section 1905-A(b)(1)(v) of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, for any pit, impoundment, method or facility employed for the disposal, processing or storage of residual wastes generated by the drilling of an oil or gas well or from the production of wells which is located on the well site, shall be considered to have been satisfied if the owner or operator of the well meets the following conditions: (1) the well is permitted under the requirements of section 3211 (relating to well permits) or registered under section 3213 (relating to well registration and identification); (2) the owner or operator has satisfied the financial security requirements of section 3225 (relating to bonding) by obtaining a surety or collateral bond for the well and well site; and (3) the owner or operator maintains compliance with this chapter and applicable regulations of the Environmental Quality Board.  (b) Noncoal surface mining.--Obligations under the act of December 19, 1984 (P.L.1093, No.219), known as the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act, or a regulation promulgated under the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act, for any borrow area where minerals are extracted solely for the purpose of oil and gas well development, including access road construction, shall be considered to have been satisfied if the owner or operator of the well meets the conditions imposed under subsection (a)(1) and (2) and maintains compliance with this chapter and applicable regulations of the Environmental Quality Board.  (c) Solid Waste Management Act.--This section does not diminish or otherwise affect duties or obligations of an owner or operator under the Solid Waste Management Act. This section does not apply to waste classified as hazardous waste under the Solid Waste Management Act or the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-580, 90 Stat. 2795, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.).  (d) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "well site" means areas occupied by all equipment or facilities necessary for or incidental to drilling, production or plugging a well.
58 PA Cons Stat § 3274 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 58 - OIL AND GAS|Chapter 32 - Development|Section 3274 - Regulations

§ 3274. Regulations.  The Environmental Quality Board shall promulgate regulations to implement this chapter.
58 PA Cons Stat § 3301 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 58 - OIL AND GAS|Chapter 33 - Local Ordinances Relating to Oil and Gas Operations|Section 3301 - Definitions

§ 3301. Definitions.  The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Building." An occupied structure with walls and a roof within which individuals live or customarily work.  "Commission." The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.  "Environmental acts." All statutes enacted by the Commonwealth relating to the protection of the environment or the protection of public health, safety and welfare, that are administered and enforced by the department or by another Commonwealth agency, including an independent agency, and all Federal statutes relating to the protection of the environment, to the extent those statutes regulate oil and gas operations.  "Local government." A county, city, borough, incorporated town or township of this Commonwealth.  "Local ordinance." An ordinance or other enactment, including a provision of a home rule charter, adopted by a local government that regulates oil and gas operations.  "MPC." The act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.  "Oil and gas operations." The term includes the following: (1) well location assessment, including seismic operations, well site preparation, construction, drilling, hydraulic fracturing and site restoration associated with an oil or gas well of any depth; (2) water and other fluid storage or impoundment areas used exclusively for oil and gas operations; (3) construction, installation, use, maintenance and repair of: (i) oil and gas pipelines; (ii) natural gas compressor stations; and (iii) natural gas processing plants or facilities performing equivalent functions; and (4) construction, installation, use, maintenance and repair of all equipment directly associated with activities specified in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3), to the extent that: (i) the equipment is necessarily located at or immediately adjacent to a well site, impoundment area, oil and gas pipeline, natural gas compressor station or natural gas processing plant; and (ii) the activities are authorized and permitted under the authority of a Federal or Commonwealth agency.  "Permitted use." A use which, upon submission of written notice to and receipt of a permit issued by a zoning officer or equivalent official, is authorized to be conducted without restrictions other than those set forth in section 3304 (relating to uniformity of local ordinances).
58 PA Cons Stat § 3302 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 58 - OIL AND GAS|Chapter 33 - Local Ordinances Relating to Oil and Gas Operations|Section 3302 - Oil and gas operations regulated pursuant to Chapter 32

§ 3302. Oil and gas operations regulated pursuant to Chapter 32.  Except with respect to local ordinances adopted pursuant to the MPC and the act of October 4, 1978 (P.L.851, No.166), known as the Flood Plain Management Act, all local ordinances purporting to regulate oil and gas operations regulated by Chapter 32 (relating to development) are hereby superseded. No local ordinance adopted pursuant to the MPC or the Flood Plain Management Act shall contain provisions which impose conditions, requirements or limitations on the same features of oil and gas operations regulated by Chapter 32 or that accomplish the same purposes as set forth in Chapter 32. The Commonwealth, by this section, preempts and supersedes the regulation of oil and gas operations as provided in this chapter.    Special Provisions in Appendix. See section 4 of Act 13 of 2012 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to continuation of prior law.  Cross References. Section 3302 is referred to in section 3304 of this title.
58 PA Cons Stat § 3303 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 58 - OIL AND GAS|Chapter 33 - Local Ordinances Relating to Oil and Gas Operations|Section 3303 - Oil and gas operations regulated by environmental acts

§ 3303. Oil and gas operations regulated by environmental acts.  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, environmental acts are of Statewide concern and, to the extent that they regulate oil and gas operations, occupy the entire field of regulation, to the exclusion of all local ordinances. The Commonwealth by this section, preempts and supersedes the local regulation of oil and gas operations regulated by the environmental acts, as provided in this chapter.    Cross References. Section 3303 is referred to in section 3304 of this title.
58 PA Cons Stat § 3305 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 58 - OIL AND GAS|Chapter 33 - Local Ordinances Relating to Oil and Gas Operations|Section 3305 - Commission

§ 3305. Commission.   (a) Advisory opinions to municipalities.--  (1) A municipality may, prior to the enactment of a local ordinance, in writing, request the commission to review a proposed local ordinance to issue an opinion on whether it violates the MPC, this chapter or Chapter 32 (relating to development). (2) Within 120 days of receiving a request under paragraph (1), the commission shall, in writing, advise the municipality whether or not the local ordinance violates the MPC, this chapter or Chapter 32. (3) An opinion under this subsection shall be advisory in nature and not subject to appeal.  (b) Orders.--  (1) An owner or operator of an oil or gas operation, or a person residing within the geographic boundaries of a local government, who is aggrieved by the enactment or enforcement of a local ordinance may request the commission to review the local ordinance of that local government to determine whether it violates the MPC, this chapter or Chapter 32. (2) Participation in the review by the commission shall be limited to parties specified in paragraph (1) and the municipality which enacted the local ordinance. (3) Within 120 days of receiving a request under this subsection, the commission shall issue an order to determine whether the local ordinance violates the MPC, this chapter or Chapter 32. (4) An order under this subsection shall be subject to de novo review by Commonwealth Court. A petition for review must be filed within 30 days of the date of service of the commission's order. The order of the commission shall be made part of the record before the court.  (c) Exemptions.--An opinion under subsection (a) and an order under subsection (b) shall not be subject to: (1) 2 Pa.C.S. Ch. 5 Subch. A (relating to practice and procedure of Commonwealth agencies); (2) 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 (relating to open meetings); or (3) 66 Pa.C.S. Ch. 3 Subch. B (relating to investigations and hearings).  (d) Authority.--The commission has the following powers to carry out this chapter: (1) Employ individuals. (2) Issue orders. (3) Promulgate regulations. (4) Until January 1, 2013, promulgate temporary regulations. Regulations under this paragraph: (i) shall expire no later than two years following the effective date of this section; and (ii) are exempt from: (A) sections 201, 202 and 203 of the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.769, No.240), referred to as the Commonwealth Documents Law; and (B) the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), known as the Regulatory Review Act.    Cross References. Section 3305 is referred to in section 3306 of this title.
58 PA Cons Stat § 3306 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 58 - OIL AND GAS|Chapter 33 - Local Ordinances Relating to Oil and Gas Operations|Section 3306 - Civil actions

§ 3306. Civil actions.  The following shall apply: (1) Notwithstanding any provision of 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 85 Subch. C (relating to actions against local parties), any person who is aggrieved by the enactment or enforcement of a local ordinance that violates the MPC, this chapter or Chapter 32 (relating to development) may bring an action in Commonwealth Court to invalidate the ordinance or enjoin its enforcement. (2) An aggrieved person may proceed under this section without first obtaining review of the ordinance by the commission. (3) In an action relating to the enactment or enforcement of a local ordinance, a determination of the commission made under section 3305(b) (relating to commission) shall become part of the record before the court.    Cross References. Section 3306 is referred to in section 3307 of this title.
58 PA Cons Stat § 3307 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 58 - OIL AND GAS|Chapter 33 - Local Ordinances Relating to Oil and Gas Operations|Section 3307 - Attorney fees and costs

§ 3307. Attorney fees and costs.  In an action brought under section 3306 (relating to civil actions), the court may do any of the following: (1) If the court determines that the local government enacted or enforced a local ordinance with willful or reckless disregard of the MPC, this chapter or Chapter 32 (relating to development), it may order the local government to pay the plaintiff reasonable attorney fees and other reasonable costs incurred by the plaintiff in connection with the action. (2) If the court determines that the action brought by the plaintiff was frivolous or was brought without substantial justification in claiming that the local ordinance in question was contrary to the MPC, this chapter or Chapter 32, it may order the plaintiff to pay the local government reasonable attorney fees and other reasonable costs incurred by the local government in defending the action.
58 PA Cons Stat § 3308 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 58 - OIL AND GAS|Chapter 33 - Local Ordinances Relating to Oil and Gas Operations|Section 3308 - Ineligibility

§ 3308. Ineligibility.  If the commission, Commonwealth Court or the Supreme Court issues an order that a local ordinance violates the MPC, this chapter or Chapter 32 (relating to development), the municipality enacting or enforcing the local ordinance shall be immediately ineligible to receive any funds collected under Chapter 23 (relating to unconventional gas well fee). The local government shall remain ineligible to receive funds under Chapter 23 until the local government amends or repeals its ordinance in accordance with this chapter or the order or determination that the local ordinance is unlawful is reversed on appeal.
58 PA Cons Stat § 3309 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 58 - OIL AND GAS|Chapter 33 - Local Ordinances Relating to Oil and Gas Operations|Section 3309 - Applicability

§ 3309. Applicability.   (a) Ordinances.--This chapter shall apply to the enforcement of local ordinances existing on the effective date of this chapter and to the enactment or enforcement of a local ordinance enacted on or after the effective date of this chapter.  (b) Local governments.--A local government that has enacted a local ordinance relating to oil and gas operations prior to the effective date of this chapter shall have 120 days from the effective date of this chapter to review and amend an ordinance in order to comply with this chapter.
58 PA Cons Stat § 3501 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 58 - OIL AND GAS|Chapter 35 - Responsibility for Fee|Section 3501 - Declaration of policy

§ 3501. Declaration of policy.  The General Assembly finds and declares as follows: (1) The enactment of this chapter is an exercise of the authority of the Commonwealth to safeguard the vital interests of its citizens. (2) This chapter is intended to advance the significant and legitimate public purpose of ensuring that entities responsible for the impacts of unconventional oil and gas well development are solely responsible for payment of impact fees.
58 PA Cons Stat § 3502 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 58 - OIL AND GAS|Chapter 35 - Responsibility for Fee|Section 3502 - Prohibition

§ 3502. Prohibition.  A producer may not make the fee authorized under Chapter 23 (relating to unconditional gas well fee) an obligation, indebtedness or liability of a landowner, leaseholder or other person in possession of real property, upon which the removal or extraction occurs.    Cross References. Section 3502 is referred to in sections 3503, 3504 of this title.
58 PA Cons Stat § 3503 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 58 - OIL AND GAS|Chapter 35 - Responsibility for Fee|Section 3503 - Existing agreements

§ 3503. Existing agreements.  A provision of an agreement in existence prior to the effective date of this section which violates section 3502 (relating to prohibition) is declared to be illegal and contrary to public policy and shall be null and void.
58 PA Cons Stat § 3504 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 58 - OIL AND GAS|Chapter 35 - Responsibility for Fee|Section 3504 - Future agreements

§ 3504. Future agreements.  On or after the effective date of this section, a provision of an agreement in violation of section 3502 (relating to prohibition) is declared to be illegal and contrary to public policy and shall be null and void.
61 PA Cons Stat § 101 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 1 - Preliminary Provisions|Section 101 - Short title of title

§ 101. Short title of title. This title shall be known and may be cited as the Prisons and Parole Code.
61 PA Cons Stat § 102 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 1 - Preliminary Provisions|Section 102 - Definitions

§ 102. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this title shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Board." The Pennsylvania Parole Board.  "Chief administrator." The warden, superintendent or other officer in charge of a correctional institution.  "City department." The department of human services of a city of the first class, or such other agency of a city of the first class as shall be determined by a mayor of the city.  "Commission." The Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing.  "Correctional institution." A State correctional institution or a county correctional institution.  "Corrections officer." A person employed at a correctional institution to provide any security or custodial service for inmates.  "County correctional institution." A correctional facility, prison or jail owned or operated by a county.  "Department." The Department of Corrections of the Commonwealth.  "Inmate." A person committed to a term of imprisonment or otherwise confined under the custody of the Commonwealth or a county in a correctional institution in accordance with law.  "Offender." An individual that has been convicted or found guilty of a criminal offense by a judge or jury or an individual that pleads guilty or nolo contendere to a criminal offense at any time in a court of record or before a magisterial district justice under section 6138(a)(1.1) (relating to violation of terms of parole).  "Parole violator center." An area within the secure perimeter or on the grounds of a State correctional institution or any contracted facility or contracted county jail that has been designated to house offenders detained or recommitted by the board for a technical parole violation.  "Prescribed programming." An individualized treatment plan that is part of the correctional plan jointly developed by the department and the board following a diagnostic evaluation and risk and needs assessment that includes a structured set of evidence-based treatment curriculums designed to reduce the risk of reoffense by an offender.  "Secretary." The Secretary of Corrections of the Commonwealth.  "State correctional institution." A correctional facility, prison or jail owned or operated by the Commonwealth.  (Oct. 27, 2010, P.L.931, No.95, eff. imd.; June 30, 2021, P.L.260, No.59, eff. imd.)   2021 Amendment. Act 59 amended the def. of "board" and added the defs. of "offender" and "parole violator center." Section 29 of Act 59 provided that the appropriation for the Pennsylvania Parole Board and the Board of Pardons must each be in a separate line item under the Department of Corrections.  2010 Amendment. Act 95 added the def. of "prescribed programming."  Cross References. Section 102 is referred to in section 9777 of Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure).
61 PA Cons Stat § 1102 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 61 - PRISONS AND PAROLE|Chapter 11 - General Administration|Section 1102 - Correctional facility for criminological diagnosis

§ 1102. Correctional facility for criminological diagnosis.   (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established a correctional facility for criminological diagnosis, classification, social and psychological treatment and research, medical treatment and staff training.  (b) Operation and management.--The department shall operate and manage the correctional facility established under this section, including staff training and the treatment, care, maintenance, employment and rehabilitation of the inmates in that facility.