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Senate Bill 186

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Last Action signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 021)
Title AN ACT relating to oil and gas production and reclamation.
Bill Documents Bill
Bill Request Number 1128
Sponsor J. Carroll
Summary of Original Version Create new sections of KRS 353.500 to 353.720 to require notice and method of notice of high-volume horizontal fracturing; require baseline water quality testing and exemption from requirements; require information disclosures to the cabinet for a vendor or service provider conducting high-volume horizontal fracturing treatments; create an exemption for disclosure of trade secrets; require vendors to provide information to chemical disclosure registry unless protected by trade secret status and provide method for claiming trade secret status; require release by director or vendor to health professionals under specified conditions and with confidentiality agreement; require release by director to deal with emergency spill or discharge and require nondisclosure of information further and with specific procedure; provide that information disclosed not be deemed publicly available or a waiver of trade secret claim; require notification to parties by the cabinet if the cabinet receives a request for chemicals under the Open Records Act and provide a procedure for notification of vendors and operators who assert confidential treatment status; clarify that the review of a determination of release of information under the Open Records Act not be a part of judicial review; create the Kentucky Abandoned Storage Tank Reclamation Program and define when a tank is deemed abandoned and eligible for the program; specify the purpose of the program and create the Kentucky abandoned storage tank reclamation fund; identify the expenses that can be paid for out-of-fund moneys; allow the cabinet to contract for services and enter into agreements for services; create a right of entry to inspect or to conduct work on an abandoned storage tank; specify procedures for notice before entering lands; authorize the cabinet to recover costs for removal and remediation of an abandoned storage tank from owners or responsible parties; amend KRS 353.180 to make internal reference corrections; amend KRS 353.510 to amend the definitions; amend KRS 353.590 to establish permit fees for vertical deep and horizontal deep wells; establish bonds for deep wells and minimum bonds; specify how bonds will be conditioned; add blanket bonds; amend KRS 353.592 to correct internal references; amend KRS 353.5901 to require a reclamation plan rather than a proposal; clarify the contents of the reclamation plan; require review and approval of the plan prior to permit issuance; allow for a waiver of the mediation fee for a landowner with proof of a financial inability to pay; amend KRS 353.651 to regulate the drilling units of vertical deep and horizontal deep wells and the pooling for deep wells and change the 1/8 royalty to prevailing royalty and overriding royalty to 3 times the share of costs payable or charged for deep wells; amend KRS 353.652 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 353.730 and 353.737 to correct internal references; add noncodified section naming the act as the Kentucky Oil and Gas Regulatory Modernization Act.
Index Headings of Original Version Energy - Oil and gas development, deep wells, fracturing, program for
Environment and Conservation - Abandoned oil tanks, oil and gas, fund and program for
Financial Responsibility - Bonds, deep wells, vertical and horizontal depths, amounts of
Fuel - Oil and gas development, deep wells, fracturing, program for
Hazardous Materials - Chemical composition, fracturing compounds and mixtures, disclosure of
Health and Medical Services - Fracturing compounds and mixtures, health professionals, medical needs, disclosure of
Minerals and Mining - Oil and gas development, deep wells, fracturing, program for
Oil and Natural Gas - Oil and gas development, deep wells, fracturing, program for
Physicians and Practitioners - Fracturing compounds and mixtures, health professionals, medical needs, disclosure of
Pollution - Fracturing compounds and mixtures, environmental emergency, disclosure of
Property Valuation Administrators - PVA, landowners affected by deep wells, certification of
Public Health - Fracturing compounds and mixtures, health professionals, medical needs, disclosure of
Public Records and Reports - Fracturing compounds and mixtures, trade secrets, confidentiality and disclosure of
Water Supply - Hydraulic fracturing, oil and gas permits, water quality test requirements prior to
Appropriations - Abandoned Storage Tank Reclamation Program
Bonds of Surety - Deep wells, vertical and horizontal depths, amounts of
Proposed Amendments Senate Committee Substitute 1
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02/13/15
  • introduced in Senate
02/19/15
  • taken from Committee on Committees (S)
  • 1st reading
  • returned to Committee on Committees (S)
  • to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
02/25/15
  • reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute
02/26/15
  • posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 26, 2015
  • 3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute
02/27/15
  • received in House
03/03/15
  • to Natural Resources & Environment (H)
  • posted in committee
  • taken from Natural Resources & Environment (H)
  • 1st reading
  • returned to Natural Resources & Environment (H)
  • posting waived
03/10/15
  • reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules as a Consent Bill
  • posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 11, 2015
03/11/15
  • 3rd reading, passed 99-0
  • received in Senate
  • enrolled, signed by each presiding officer
  • delivered to Governor
03/19/15
  • signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 021)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment Senate Committee Substitute 1
Summary Retain original provisions, except delete requirement for PVA to certify landowners for purposes of giving notice; make technical corrections.
Index Headings Energy - Oil and gas development, deep wells, fracturing, program for
Environment and Conservation - Abandoned oil tanks, oil and gas, fund and program for
Financial Responsibility - Bonds, deep wells, vertical and horizontal depths, amounts of
Fuel - Oil and gas development, deep wells, fracturing, program for
Hazardous Materials - Chemical composition, fracturing compounds and mixtures, disclosure of
Health and Medical Services - Fracturing compounds and mixtures, health professionals, medical needs, disclosure of
Minerals and Mining - Oil and gas development, deep wells, fracturing, program for
Oil and Natural Gas - Oil and gas development, deep wells, fracturing, program for
Physicians and Practitioners - Fracturing compounds and mixtures, health professionals, medical needs, disclosure of
Pollution - Fracturing compounds and mixtures, environmental emergency, disclosure of
Property Valuation Administrators - PVA, landowners affected by deep wells, certification of
Public Health - Fracturing compounds and mixtures, health professionals, medical needs, disclosure of
Public Records and Reports - Fracturing compounds and mixtures, trade secrets, confidentiality and disclosure of
Water Supply - Hydraulic fracturing, oil and gas permits, water quality test requirements prior to
Appropriations - Abandoned Storage Tank Reclamation Program
Bonds of Surety - Deep wells, vertical and horizontal depths, amounts of

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