SB627 HFAT Anderson 4-4

Baker 3381

Delegate Anderson moved to amend the committee substitute by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Com. Sub. for Senate Bill 627 – “A BILL to amend and reenact §20-1-22 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to removing the prohibition against leasing state-owned pore spaces underlying lands designated as state parks; prohibiting any disturbance of the surface of state park property for any drilling or injection activity; requiring that the proceeds from any leased state-owned pore spaces underlying state forests, state parks, natural and scenic areas, wildlife management areas, and other lands under the jurisdiction and control of the director be used exclusively where the leased pore space is located;  and requiring that the center of any well pad leased for pore space underlying state parks may not be located within two hundred feet of a state park boundary, provided, that the Secretary of the Department of Commerce, in consultation with the Director of the Division of Natural Resources, may waive the setback requirement after considering the impact of the lessee’s proposed well-site location on viewshed, noise, and other possible impediments to the public use and enjoyment of the state park property.”

Adopted

Rejected