Bill Text: VA SB106 | 2020 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Hydraulic fracturing; drilling through any portion of a groundwater management area, prohibition.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-04-02 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0626) [SB106 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-SB106-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 62.1-195.3 as follows:
§62.1-195.3. Hydraulic fracturing; groundwater management area.
No person shall conduct any hydraulic fracturing in any well that has been drilled through any portion of a groundwater management area declared by regulation prior to January 1, 2020, pursuant to the provisions of the Ground Water Management Act of 1992 (§62.1-254 et seq.). For purposes of this section, "hydraulic fracturing" means the treatment of a well by the application of hydraulic fracturing fluid, including a base fluid and any additive, under pressure for the express purpose of initiating or propagating fractures in a target geologic formation to enhance production of oil or natural gas.
