Wells
Maryland 2019 Regular Session
State Board of Well Drillers - Fee Setting, Sunset Extension, and Program Evaluation [HB-1114]
Requiring the State Board of Well Drillers to set certain fees in a manner that will produce funds sufficient to cover the actual direct and indirect costs of regulating the well drilling industry; continuing the Board in accordance with the Maryland Program Evaluation Act (sunset law) by extending to July 1, 2031, the termination provisions relating to statutory and regulatory authority of the Board; etc.
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State Government - Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability and Maryland Program Evaluation Act [HB-1113]
Renaming the Joint Audit Committee to be the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee and altering its powers and duties; establishing the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability in the Department of Legislative Services; requiring the Office to conduct certain performance evaluations of certain units of State government; requiring the Office to conduct certain investigations under certain circumstances; altering the manner in which certain governmental units are evaluated under the Maryland Program Evaluation Act; etc.
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Idaho 2019 Regular Session
Amends existing law to remove obsolete rulemaking provisions regarding a cost-sharing program for the repair or plugging of wells. [SB-1001]
WELLS -- Amends existing law to remove obsolete rulemaking provisions regarding a cost-sharing program for the repair or plugging of wells.
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Arizona Fifty-fourth Legislature
Water use; criminal penalty; wells [HB-2475]
Water use; criminal penalty; wells
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Arizona Fifty-fourth Legislature
Exempt wells; capacity [HB-2225]
Exempt wells; capacity
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Hydraulic Fracturing Liability Act [SB-361]
Voiding a provision of a specified contract or agreement that attempts or purports to waive specified rights or reduce specified liability as against public policy; providing for the treatment of specified information relating to a chemical constituent used in hydraulic fracturing for the purposes of specified action; requiring a permittee to file with the Department of the Environment and a specified local health department documentation stating the composition of the injection fluid used for hydraulic fracturing of the well; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Environment - Municipal Water Supply Contamination - Remediation Costs [SB-1010]
Authorizing the Department of the Environment to use the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund for specified purposes and under specified circumstances; requiring, if the Fund is used to pay specified costs, priority be given to costs associated with remediation projects that involve specified technology; requiring the Department to use the Fund to pay for cleanup, corrective action, and treatment of contamination of the water supply of the Town of Chestertown on the detection of a specified contaminant; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Public Health - Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals - Information and Fund [HB-394]
Requiring an applicant for a specified permit for the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas to submit specified information to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in a specified manner; establishing the Hydraulic Fracturing Chemical Education and Impact Fund to address the potential health risks associated with chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing; establishing a maximum civil penalty of $100,000 for each specified violation of the Act; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Environment - Municipal Water Supply Contamination - Remediation Costs [HB-1307]
Authorizing the Department of the Environment to use the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund to pay costs incurred by a municipality associated with the contamination of the municipal water supply caused by the action of an entity that receives funding from the State; requiring the Department to use the Fund to pay for specified cleanup, corrective action, and treatment of contamination of the water supply of the Town of Chestertown on detection of a specified contaminant; etc.
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Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Environment - Gas Storage Wells and Facilities - Safety Regulations [HB-1112]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt specified regulations to promote the safety of gas storage wells and facilities in the State.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Natural Gas Severance Tax and Impact Account [SB-712]
Imposing a tax on the production of natural gas from specified wells in the State; setting the rate of the tax at 2.5% of the gross fair market value of natural gas produced at the wellhead; providing for the administration of the tax by the Comptroller; providing for the distribution of revenue from the tax; establishing the Natural Gas Impact Account as a special, nonlapsing fund in the Oil and Gas Fund; requiring the Department of the Environment to administer the Account; specifying the contents of the Account; etc.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Civil Actions - Hydraulic Fracturing Liability Act [SB-458]
Voiding as against public policy a provision of a specified contract or agreement that attempts or purports to waive specified rights or reduce specified liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by the hydraulic fracturing activities of a specified permitee; providing for the treatment of specified information relating to a chemical constituent used in hydraulic fracturing for the purposes of a specified action; authorizing a specified plaintiff to recover specified economic and noneconomic damages; etc.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Environment - Well Drilling - Notice to Municipalities [SB-438]
Repealing the requirement that a well driller, when applying for a permit to drill a well, notify a municipality under specified circumstances; requiring the Department of the Environment to notify a municipality of an application for a permit to drill a well under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Environment - Hydraulic Fracturing - Regulations [SB-409]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to adopt regulations to provide for the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas in the State on or before October 1, 2016; prohibiting specified regulations adopted by the Department from becoming effective until October 1, 2017; prohibiting the Department from issuing a permit for the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas in the State until October 1, 2017; etc.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Environment - Hydraulic Fracturing - Prohibitions [SB-29]
Prohibiting a person from storing, treating, discharging, or disposing of, in the State, specified wastewater resulting from hydraulic fracturing which includes fracking, hydrofracking, and hydrofracturing; and prohibiting a person from engaging in the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas in the State.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Public Health - Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals - Information and Fund [HB-952]
Requiring an applicant for a specified permit for the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas to submit specified information to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in a specified manner; establishing the Hydraulic Fracturing Chemical Education and Impact Fund for specified purposes; requiring the Department to establish a specified fee by regulation; establishing a specified civil penalty for specified violations; etc.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Environment - Well Drilling - Notice to Municipalities [HB-883]
Repealing the requirement that a well driller, when applying for a permit to drill a well, notify a municipality under specified circumstances; requiring the Department of the Environment to notify a municipality of an application for a permit to drill a well under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Environment - Exploration and Production Waste and Waste From Hydraulic Fracturing [HB-458]
Establishing that exploration and production waste is a controlled hazardous substance for the purpose of specified laws and regulations if it exhibits specified characteristics; prohibiting the Department of the Environment from exempting exploration and production waste from specified requirements relating to controlled hazardous substances; and prohibiting a person from accepting, receiving, collecting, storing, treating, transferring, or disposing of, in the State, waste from hydraulic fracturing.
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Environment - Hydraulic Fracturing - Regulations [HB-449]
Requiring the Department of the Environment, on or before October 1, 2016, to adopt regulations to provide for the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas in the State; prohibiting specified regulations adopted by the Department from becoming effective until October 1, 2017; prohibiting the Department from issuing a permit to authorize the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas in the State until October 1, 2017; etc.
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Maine 127th Legislature
An Act To Ensure Safe Drinking Water for Maine Families [HB-1162]
An Act To Ensure Safe Drinking Water for Maine Families