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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
The Marcellus Shale Safe Drilling Study Fee [SB-798]
Altering the amount of a specified performance bond; requiring specified owners of a specified gas interest in specified areas of the State to file a notice with the Department of the Environment in accordance with specified requirements; requiring specified owners of a specified gas interest in specified areas of the State to pay to the Department a specified amount of money on or before specified dates under specified circumstances; etc.
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Business Occupations - Landmen - Registration [SB-770]
Requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to establish and maintain a landman registry; prohibiting a person from acting, offering to act, or holding oneself out in the State as a landman unless registered with the Department; requiring a person to apply for registration by submitting a specified form, paying a $100 nonrefundable 2-year registration fee, and complying with specified requirements; requiring the Department to register and issue a registration number to specified applicants; defining "landman"; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Natural Gas Severance Tax and Impact Fund [SB-768]
Imposing a tax on the removal of natural gas from natural gas wells in the State; providing for the calculation of the tax; setting the rate of the tax; providing for the administration of the tax by the Comptroller; requiring persons subject to the tax to file returns and keep and make available specified records and information; providing for the distribution of revenue from the tax; establishing the Natural Gas Impact Fund; providing for the administration and purpose of the Fund; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Environment - Presumptive Impact Areas - Contamination Caused by Gas Wells in [SB-636]
Establishing for each permit to drill a gas well in deep shale deposits a presumptive impact area around the gas well; requiring a permittee to replace a water supply under specified circumstances; authorizing the permittee to avoid restoration under specified circumstances; prohibiting the Department of the Environment from requiring a permittee to replace a water supply or compensate an owner under specified circumstances; authorizing the Department to adopt regulations; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Water Pollution Control and Abatement - Coal Combustion By-Products and Water [SB-1097]
Expanding the water pollution control and abatement program to apply to coal combustion by-products and other water pollutants as deemed necessary by the Department of the Environment; authorizing the Department to identify water pollutants to be regulated under the Act; requiring the Department to adopt specified regulations relating to water pollutants; authorizing the Department to adopt specified regulations relating to coal combustion by-products; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Environment - Natural Gas Production - Severance Tax [HB-907]
Imposing a severance tax on the removal of natural gas from specified gas wells in the State; requiring a permit holder or producer to submit to the Department of the Environment specified reports in a specified manner; providing for the collection of the tax by the Department; requiring revenue from the tax to be deposited in a separate account within the Oil and Gas Fund; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Business Occupations - Landmen - Registration [HB-744]
Requiring the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to establish and maintain a landman registry; prohibiting a person from acting, offering to act, or holding oneself out in the State as a landman unless registered with the Department; requiring a person to apply for registration by submitting a specified form, paying a $100 nonrefundable 2-year registration fee, and complying with specified requirements; requiring the Department to register and issue a registration number to specified applicants; defining "landman"; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Montgomery County - On-Site Sewage Disposal System and Well Easements - Rural [HB-723]
Providing that, with specified exceptions, in Montgomery County an on-site sewage disposal system or well located in a rural zone may only serve a specified property under specified circumstances.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Environment - Hydraulic Fracturing Wastewater - Prohibited Acts [HB-296]
Prohibiting a person from shipping or transporting into the State, or storing, treating, discharging, or disposing of in the State, wastewater resulting from hydraulic fracturing activities occurring in another state.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
The Marcellus Shale Safe Drilling Study Fee and Performance Bond Act [HB-1204]
Altering the amount of a specified performance bond; requiring specified owners of a specified gas interest in specified areas of the State to file a notice with the Department of the Environment in accordance with specified requirements; requiring specified owners of a specified gas interest in specified areas of the State to pay to the Department a specified amount of money on or before specified dates under specified circumstances; declaring the intent of the General Assembly; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Fracking Records Transparency Act [HB-1170]
Requiring a holder of a specified permit to drill for natural gas to keep and maintain specified records in accordance with specified requirements; and requiring the records to be updated weekly and made publicly accessible on the permit holder's Web site.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Environment - Presumptive Impact Areas -Contamination Caused by Gas Wells in [HB-1123]
Establishing for each permit to drill a gas well in deep shale deposits a presumptive impact area around the gas well; requiring a permittee to replace a water supply under specified circumstances; authorizing the permittee to avoid restoration under specified circumstances; prohibiting the Department of the Environment from requiring a permittee to replace a water supply or compensate an owner under specified circumstances; authorizing the Department to adopt regulations; etc.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Environment - Oil and Gas Leases - Risk Disclosures [HB-1034]
Prohibiting a person from entering into a specified oil and gas lease in the State unless a copy of specified language is provided to the lessor and specified risks to landowners are stated conspicuously in the language of the lease; and establishing specified grounds for the denial of a specified oil and gas permit.
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Maryland 2012 Regular Session
Environment - Gas and Oil Leasing Agent - Notice to Landowner [HB-1033]
Requiring a specified leasing agent to provide written notice to a landowner before presenting the landowner with a specified gas and oil lease; authorizing the Department of the Environment to adopt specified regulations; and establishing specified grounds for the denial of a specified gas and oil permit.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Marcellus Shale Safe Drilling Act of 2011 [SB-634]
Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from issuing permits for the drilling of wells in the Marcellus Shale until specified conditions are met; requiring the Department to consult with the governing body of specified local governments in evaluating specified permits for the drilling of wells in the Marcellus Shale; etc.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Natural Gas Exploration and Production - Marcellus Shale Formation [SB-422]
Requiring, by December 31, 2011, the Department of the Environment to submit regulations to the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review regarding natural gas exploration and production in the Marcellus Shale formation, including specified requirements.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Reorganization of State Government - Consolidating the Department of the [SB-153]
Restructuring State government by the consolidation of the Department of the Environment into the Department of Natural Resources; abolishing the Department of the Environment by June 30, 2012; abolishing the positions of Secretary of the Environment and Deputy Secretary of the Environment by July 1, 2012; transferring all of the functions, powers, duties, equipment, assets, and liabilities of the Department of the Environment to the Department of Natural Resources; etc.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
The Marcellus Shale Safe Drilling Act of 2011 [HB-852]
Requiring the Department of the Environment and the Department of Natural Resources jointly to convene an Advisory Commission to make recommendations to the Departments on conditions that should be included in permits for hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale, and on appropriate changes, if any, to state law and regulations governing hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale; requiring the Departments to jointly publish a report on findings, conclusions, and recommendations on or before August 1, 2013; etc.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Montgomery County - On-Site Sewage Disposal System and Well Easements - Rural [HB-536]
Providing that, with specified exceptions, in Montgomery County an on- site sewage disposal system or well located in a rural zone may only serve one additional lot or parcel that has been subdivided from a single property under specified circumstances.
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Maryland 2011 Regular Session
Natural Gas Exploration and Production - Marcellus Shale Formation [HB-411]
Requiring, by December 31, 2011, the Department of the Environment to submit regulations to the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review regarding natural gas exploration and production in the Marcellus Shale formation, including specified requirements.