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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY MILNE, QUINN, BOBACK, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, DALEY, GEORGE, GINGRICH, HARHART, HARPER, MIRABITO, MURT, TAYLOR, VULAKOVICH AND YOUNGBLOOD, MAY 9, 2012 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, MAY 9, 2012 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, in development, further providing for use of safety |
3 | devices. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 3219 of Title 58 of the Pennsylvania |
7 | Consolidated Statutes, added February 14, 2012 (P.L.87, No.13), |
8 | is amended to read: |
9 | § 3219. Use of safety devices. |
10 | (a) Protection.--Any person engaged in drilling an oil or |
11 | gas well shall equip it with casings of sufficient strength, and |
12 | other safety devices as are necessary, in the manner prescribed |
13 | by regulation of the department, and shall use every effort and |
14 | endeavor effectively to prevent blowouts, explosions and fires. |
15 | (b) Communication.--At each operating well, the well |
16 | operator shall do all of the following: |
17 | (1) Install and maintain a system for real-time |
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1 | communications from adaptive, multifrequency wireless |
2 | broadband mesh networks. |
3 | (2) Maintain communications with: |
4 | (i) the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency; |
5 | (ii) the office of the individual specified under 35 |
6 | Pa.C.S. § 7502 (relating to local coordinator of |
7 | emergency management); and |
8 | (iii) the department. |
9 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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