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Pennsylvania Senate OKs One-Call
WEXFORD, PA.-The vast majority
of gathering and production lines serving
conventional oil and gas wells will remain
exempt from mandatory participation in
Pennsylvania's call-before-you-dig program, thanks to an amendment supported
by the Pennsylvania Independent Oil &
Gas Association to Senate-passed legislation.
SB 242 re-authorizes the Pennsylvania
One Call program and shifts oversight
from the state's Department of Labor
and Industry to the Public Utility Commission. The legislation won unanimous
Senate approval in June with a PIOGAcrafted amendment that exempts "stripper
well" lines with a nominal inside diameter
of 8 inches or smaller and serving wells
with an average daily production of no
more than 15 barrels of oil or 90 Mcf of
gas, the association reports.
Class 1 pipelines, located in more
rural areas, that carry unconventional oil
or natural gas would be included in One
Call. All Class 1 gathering and production
lines have been exempt to this point,
says PIOGA President & Executive Director Dan Weaver.

"Virtually all operators of unconventional lines already participate in PA One
Call, but our conventional operators have
expressed concerns about the high costs
of the program, especially when compared
with neighboring oil and gas producing
states," Weaver explains. "As the legislation moves through the House of Representatives, we will encourage lawmakers
to include provisions reforming One Call
to address cost concerns."

Addressing Regulatory Costs
PIOGA indicates it also is backing another Senate-passed measure that will require legislative approval for any new
regulation if its estimated cost to the state,
county or local governments, or the private
sector exceeds $1 million a year.
Currently, certain committees within
the Pennsylvania General Assembly formally review and can object to rule makings, PIOGA reports. Under SB 541,
however, the House and Senate would
have to act to adopt economically significant regulations. The state's Independent
Fiscal Office would be charged with verifying a regulation's projected costs to

the public and private sectors.
"Too often, regulatory agencies don't
give enough consideration to what their
rules will cost the regulated communities,"
Weaver opines. "The Department of Environmental Protection's Chapter 78 regulations for surface operations at unconventional well sites was one of the sets
of rules adopted last year costing industry
in excess of $1 million to comply with.
The Senate bill will help ensure that such
costs are justified."
Meanwhile, another bill, signed into
law on July 20 by Governor Tom Wolf,
gives heavy natural gas vehicles a 2,000pound maximum weight advantage, PIOGA reports. The FAST Act, passed by
Congress in 2015, increased the weight
limit for natural-gas-powered tractor trailers to 82,000 pounds because of the additional weight associated with fuel tanks
and other necessary equipment, and allowed states the ability to raise the weight
on interstates. By enacting SB 589, Pennsylvania will join about a dozen other
states that have taken the opportunity to
provide parity to NGVs, the association
says.
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