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§ 8. Rights of adjoining owners with respect to plugging or capping abandoned well

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 58 P.S. Oil and Gas

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 58 P.S. Oil and Gas (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 1. Oil and Gas Wells (Refs & Annos)
Care of, and Protection of Wells and Manner of Operation in General
58 P.S. § 8
§ 8. Rights of adjoining owners with respect to plugging or capping abandoned well
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Whenever any owner or operator shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of this act, the owner of or operator upon any land adjoining or contiguous thereto that upon which such violation may occur may enter, take possession of said abandoned well, and plug or cap it as provided by this act, and recover the expense thereof in an action or1 tort against the owner or operator whose duty it may have been to comply with the provisions of this act.

Credits

1921, May 17, P.L. 912, No. 322, § 7.

Footnotes

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The word “or” should probably be “of”.
58 P.S. § 8, PA ST 58 P.S. § 8
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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