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Committee adopts amendment on topsoil preservation language but rejects bill; Senate Bill 2313 receives do-not-pass recommendation
Summary
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved an amendment to SB2313 that would require “suitable plant growth material” disturbed by well sites and related oil-and-gas facilities to be documented and preserved, but after debate the committee voted down a do-pass motion on the amended bill and then approved a do-not-pass motion.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee considered Senate Bill 2313, a measure addressing reclamation language for oil- and gas-related sites, and approved an amendment changing how disturbed plant growth material is handled in statute. The committee later voted not to advance the bill.
Mark Bohr, assistant director of the Department of Mineral Resources (Oil and Gas Division), told the committee the department generally supports the amendment’s intent but recommended small wording changes. Bohr said much of the amendment repeats current practice: contractors and companies already document and preserve available topsoil, and reclamation work is commonly performed to industry standards. “We reclaim or releasing…
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