May 24, 2011

Senate Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness reported SB 995. The bill would require DEP and PEMA to develop regulations to provide for adoption, posting and registration for a unique GPS coordinate address for each well and would also require oil and gas companies to develop and file emergency response plans with DEP, PEMA and the local emergency management organization that has jurisdiction over the well. An adopted amendment clarifies that emergency information must be posted both at the well site and across the road entrance; that emergency plans must be submitted to the county emergency management agencies; and that the bill’s provisions govern both new and existing well sites.