The legislation would authorize the U.S. Department of Energy to establish a five-year program to improve the location data it has on abandoned wells — some 350,000 of which are believed to be unaccounted for in Pennsylvania alone. The post U.S. House passes Summer Lee bill to find and deal with abandoned oil and gas wells appeared first on Pennsylvania Capital-Star.
The House passed legislation sponsored by Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.) on Tuesday that aims to address environmental hazards from abandoned gas and oil wells. The legislation passed in a 333-75 vote. The bill the Abandoned Wells, Remediation, Research and Development Act would direct the Energy Department to develop a research and development program…