Wells
Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Shale Gas Drilling Safety Review Act of 2014 [SB-745]
Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from issuing a permit for the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas until specified conditions are met; requiring the Department of the Environment and the Department of Natural Resources to issue a specified risk assessment at the same time a specified report is issued; authorizing the Department of the Environment to establish and collect a specified fee under specified circumstances; etc.
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Natural Gas Severance Tax and Impact Account [SB-535]
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 2014 Regular Session
Natural Gas - Hydraulic Fracturing - Prohibition [SB-360]
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 2014 Regular Session
Natural Gas - Hydraulic Fracturing - Rural Residential Drinking Water Protection Act [HB-865]
Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from issuing a permit for the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas within a radius of 3,280 feet from a drinking water well or within 3,280 feet of a drinking water supply reservoir or a surface water intake on a flowing stream.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Environment - Hydraulic Fracturing Wastewater - Prohibited Acts [HB-409]
Prohibiting a person from storing, treating, discharging, or disposing of, in the State, wastewater resulting from hydraulic fracturing.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Natural Gas - Hydraulic Fracturing - Prohibition [HB-292]
Prohibiting a person from engaging in the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Shale Gas Drilling Safety Review Act of 2014 [HB-1122]
Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from issuing a permit for the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas until specified conditions are met; requiring the Department of the Environment and the Department of Natural Resources to issue a specified risk assessment at the same time a specified report is issued; authorizing the Department of the Environment to establish and collect a specified fee under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Public Health - Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals - Information and Fund [HB-1030]
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 2013 Regular Session
Natural Gas Severance Tax and Impact Account [SB-879]
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 gross fair market value of natural gas produced; 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 2013 Regular Session
Environment - Gas and Oil Drilling - Financial Assurance [SB-854]
Requiring a specified permit application to include a specified closure cost estimate; repealing specified bonding requirements; requiring a holder of a permit to drill for gas or oil to comply with specified requirements under specified circumstances; requiring a specified permit holder to provide specified financial assurance in accordance with specified requirements; requiring a specified permit holder's financial assurance to extend to specified owners and to cover specified acts and omissions; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Maryland Hydraulic Fracturing Moratorium and Right to Know Act of 2013 [SB-601]
Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from issuing a permit for the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas until specified conditions are met; requiring the Department of the Environment and the Department of Natural Resources to issue a specified risk assessment at the same time a specified report is issued; authorizing the Department of the Environment to establish and collect a specified fee under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Natural Gas - Hydraulic Fracturing - Prohibition [SB-514]
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 2013 Regular Session
Environment - Hydraulic Fracturing Wastewater - Prohibited Acts [SB-513]
Prohibiting a person from storing, treating, discharging, or disposing of, in the State, wastewater resulting from hydraulic fracturing.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Eagle Harbor Artesian Well Restoration [SB-112]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $50,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and Board of Town Commissioners for Eagle Harbor for the planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, and capital equipping of an artesian well, located in Eagle Harbor; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Creation of a State Debt - Prince George's County - Eagle Harbor Artesian Well Restoration [HB-519]
Authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of $50,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Mayor and Board of Town Commissioners for Eagle Harbor for the planning, design, construction, repair, renovation, and capital equipping of an artesian well, located in Eagle Harbor; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Environment - Hydraulic Fracturing Wastewater - Prohibited Acts [HB-341]
Prohibiting a person from storing, treating, discharging, or disposing of, in the State, wastewater resulting from hydraulic fracturing.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Natural Gas - Hydraulic Fracturing - Prohibition [HB-337]
Prohibiting a person from engaging in the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Maryland Hydraulic Fracturing Moratorium and Right to Know Act of 2013 [HB-1274]
Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from issuing a permit for the hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas until specified conditions are met; requiring the Department of the Environment and the Department of Natural Resources to issue a specified risk assessment at the same time a specified report is issued; authorizing the Department of the Environment to establish and collect a specified fee under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Environment - Well Drilling - Notification to Municipalities [HB-1126]
Repealing a requirement that a well driller, when applying for a permit to drill a well, notify a municipality under specified circumstances; and requiring the Department of the Environment to notify a municipality of an application for a permit to drill a well under specified circumstances.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Environment - Temporary Dewatering Devices and Well Drilling - Notification to [SB-994]
Requiring a person that installs a temporary dewatering device to notify a municipality under specified circumstances; and requiring a well driller, when applying for a permit to drill a well, to notify a municipality under specified circumstances.