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EQB Holds Last Hearing On Gas Well Casing Rule July 26
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The Environmental Quality Board will hold the last of four scheduled hearings on proposed changes to oil and gas well casing requiring on July 26 at the DEP Southwest Regional Office in Pittsburgh starting at 7:00 p.m.
The more rigorous standards are intended to prevent gas from migrating from a well, where it could contaminate a water supply or possibly enter a home and reach combustible levels. Among the new standards would be requirements for pressure-testing those casings used in Marcellus Shale wells, for using oilfield-grade cement, and for using blowout preventers.
The new regulations will also require well operators to inspect all existing wells quarterly to ensure each is structurally sound, and report the results of these inspections to DEP. The amendments would also clearly define a drilling company’s responsibility for responding to gas migration issues.
The DEP Southwest Regional Office is located at 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh. The hearing will be in the Waterfront Conference Room A and B.
Comments on the rule will be accepted through August 9.
If unable to attend a meeting, members of the public may mail comments, suggestions or objections to the Environmental Quality Board, P.O. Box 8477, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8477 or to Rachel Carson State Office Building, 16th Floor, 400 Market St., Harrisburg, PA 17101-2301. Comments submitted by facsimile will not be accepted.
Comments may also be emailed before the deadline to: RegComments@state.pa.us. A subject heading of the proposed rulemaking and a return name and address for any response to comments provided must be included in each email.
A copy of the proposed rule is available online.
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7/26/2010 |
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