The Department of Environmental Protection has received 2 proposed Good Samaritan abandoned oil gas well plugging project requests for wells in Warren and Westmorland County.  (Jan. 19 PA Bulletin page 338)

DEP regularly receives proposals under the state Environmental Good Samaritan Act Program for both mine reclamation and oil and gas well plugging.

The Good Samaritan Program is for landowners, citizens, watershed associations, environmental organizations and, governmental entities who do not have a legal responsibility to reclaim abandoned lands, abate water pollution or plug abandoned wells, but are interested in addressing these problems.

In Warren County, Gas and Oil Management Association, Inc. is proposing to plug an abandoned oil and gas well in Pleasant Township.

In Westmoreland County, the Westmoreland County Industrial Development Corporation is proposing to plug an abandoned oil and gas well in Sewickley Township.

Copies of the proposals are available for inspection at the Department’s Northwest Regional Office, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.  For more information call 814-332-6945.

Click Here to use DEP’s interactive GIS map to show Good Samaritan oil and gas well projects (orange squares).

Click Here for a map of mine reclamation projects. Click Here for a list of projects.

Visit DEP’s Abandoned & Orphan Well Program webpage for more information. Questions about well plugging through the Environmental Good Samaritan Act can be addressed by contacting the DEP Bureau of Oil and Gas Planning and Program Management or the district office where the project is located.

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