Pennsylvania Statutes Title 58 Pa.C.S.A. Oil and Gas § 2823. Eligible wells

(a) Review of known orphan wells.--No later than 30 days after the effective date of this subsection,  1 the department shall review available documentation on all known orphan wells with no known owner or operator.

(b) Determination of eligible wells.--No later than 45 days after the effective date of this subsection,  2 the department shall designate each orphan well reviewed under subsection (a) as an eligible well if it meets the following requirements:

(c) Publication of notice of availability of grants.--No later than 60 days after the date of the periodic awarding of funds pursuant to section 349 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-58, 42 U.S.C. § 15907) or the effective date of an appropriation of money to the department for the purposes of this subchapter, whichever is earlier, the department shall publish on its publicly accessible Internet website all of the following:

(d) Publication of notice of updated availability of grants.--The department shall periodically update the notice under subsection (c) to identify all of the following:

(e) Plugging contract discretion.--The department may remove an eligible well from the list under subsection (c) that the department makes available for plugging through a contracting process. Upon removing an eligible well from the list, the department shall update the notice and list under subsection (c) to reflect the removal.