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Committee advances House Bill 3336 to codify DEP's alternate well-plugging method; surface owners urge further study
Summary
The committee voted to report House Bill 3336 to the full Senate with the recommendation that it pass, subject to original double committee reference to the Committee on Judiciary.
A Senate committee voted to report House Bill 3336 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass, subject to an original double committee reference to the Committee on Judiciary.
Committee counsel explained the bill amends the code section that governs methods of plugging wells to codify a plugging method tested through a DEP pilot program. The counsel said the new method is intended to increase efficiency and allow more abandoned wells to be plugged faster; "This is just a change in methodology," counsel…
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