The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the May 1 PA Bulletin it has received a proposal under the Environmental Good Samaritan Act to plug an abandoned oil and gas well in South Fayette Township, Allegheny County from Keystone 76 Development, LLC. (PA Bulletin page 2416)

Read the PA Bulletin notice on how to submit comments on this proposal.

DEP 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.

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.

There are an estimated 250,000 abandoned and orphan oil and gas wells in Pennsylvania.

For more information on this program, visit DEP’s Environmental Good Samaritan Program webpage.

Visit DEP’s Abandoned & Orphan Well Program webpage for more information on abandoned wells in Pennsylvania.

Related Articles - Good Samaritan:

-- Good Samaritan Proposal To Plug Orphan Oil & Gas Well In Bradford County

  [2021]

-- DEP Receives Good Samaritan Act Proposals To Plug 2 Abandoned Wells In Wyoming, Venango Counties [2020]

-- DEP Received Good Samaritan Abandoned Oil & Gas Well Plugging Proposal In Tioga County [2019]

-- DEP Receives 2 Proposed Good Samaritan Gas Well Plugging Project Requests In Bradford, Tioga Counties [2019]

-- DEP Receives 2 Proposed Good Samaritan Gas Well Plugging Project Requests In Warren, Westmoreland Counties [2019]

Related Article - Federal Good Samaritan Proposal:

-- -- U.S. House Hearing On Reauthorizing Federal Abandoned Mine Lands Program: We Don’t Deserve To Wait Any Longer For Clean Streams, Diversified Economies

[Posted: April 30, 2021]

5/3/2021