West Virginia House Bill 3041 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-4)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2008 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2008-01-09 - To House Agriculture and Natural Resources
Pending: House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit oil and gas drillers from "daylighting" the roads and sites they build by cutting down timber in wide swaths of both sides of the road or site. An exception can be made by rule by the Office of Oil and Gas if the exception is based on scientific studies. Also the bill increases the compensation that a surface owner receives from the driller for using the surface owner's land for well road and well sites if the driller places the road or site in places the surface owner did not want unless it was necessary for the driller to place the road and site where it was placed.

Prohibiting oil and gas operators from daylighting

Sen. Craig Blair [R]	Del. John Ellem [R]	Sen. Bill Hamilton [R]	Sen. Orphy Klempa [D]
Del. Virginia Mahan [D]	Del. Tim Miley [D]	Del. Mary Poling [D]	Del. Stan Shaver [D]
Del. Alex Shook [D]	Del. Robert Tabb [D]	Del. Jeffery Tansill [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-01-09		To House Agriculture and Natural Resources
2008-01-09		Introduced in House
2008-01-09		To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary
2008-01-09		Filed for introduction

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3041&year=2008&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill