S. 3492 (111th): Emergency Relief Well Act

Introduced:
Jun 15, 2010 (111th Congress, 2009–2010)
Sponsor:
Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
See Instead:

H.R. 5666 (same title)
Referred to Committee — Jul 01, 2010

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This bill was introduced on June 15, 2010, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Jun 15, 2010
Referred to Committee Jun 15, 2010
Cosponsors
1 cosponsors (1D) (show)
Committees

Senate Energy and Natural Resources

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Full Title

A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require the drilling of emergency relief wells, and for other purposes.

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Last updated Jun 15, 2010.
6 pages

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6/15/2010--Introduced.
Emergency Relief Well Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, with respect to geological and geophysical explorations as well as oil and gas development and production, to require an exploration plan submitted for approval to include a plan for drilling at least one emergency relief well concurrently with the drilling of the proposed well.
Requires any exploratory drilling in submerged lands of the outer Continental Shelf conducted under a lease (including drilling for oil and gas development and production) to be accompanied by the concurrent drilling of at least one emergency relief well, subject to any applicable requirements established by the Secretary of the Interior. Authorizes the Secretary to require, as an alternative to such emergency relief well requirement, measures that would be at least as effective at stopping a major release from a proposed well.

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