PENNSYLVANIA, April 8 - expended by the department to plug orphan wells. If an

operator rehabilitates a well abandoned by another operator

or an orphan well, the permit fee and the surcharge for the

well shall be waived.

(2) Expenditures by the department for plugging orphan

wells shall be limited to fees collected under this act and

58 Pa.C.S. Ch. 32 (relating to development).

Section 902. Local ordinances.

Except with respect to ordinances adopted under the act of

July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania

Municipalities Planning Code, and the act of October 4, 1978

(P.L.851, No.166), known as the Flood Plain Management Act, all

local ordinances and enactments purporting to regulate oil and

gas well operations regulated by this act are superseded. No

ordinances or enactments adopted under the Pennsylvania

Municipalities Planning Code or the Flood Plain Management Act

shall impose conditions, requirements or limitations on the same

features of oil and gas well operations regulated by this act or

that accomplish the same purposes as set forth in this act. The

Commonwealth, by this enactment, preempts and supersedes the

regulation of oil and gas wells.

Section 903. Effect on department authority.

This act does not affect, limit or impair the right or

authority of the department under the act of June 22, 1937

(P.L.1987, No.394), known as The Clean Streams Law, the act of

January 8, 1960 (1959 P.L.2119, No.787), known as the Air

Pollution Control Act, the act of November 26, 1978 (P.L.1375,

No.325), known as the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act, and the

act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), known as the Solid Waste

Management Act.

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