Land Use & Zoning
Pennsylvania's Oil and Gas Act (Act 13) primarily governs:
AOwnership of mineral rights by individual landowners
BThe drilling, operation, and abandonment of oil and gas wells to protect environmental and property interests✓ Correct
CThe taxation of natural gas royalty payments
DThe transfer of mineral rights between property owners
Explanation
Pennsylvania's Oil and Gas Act (Act 13) sets statewide standards for the drilling, operation, and plugging of oil and gas wells. It preempts some local zoning regulation of oil and gas operations, a provision that was partially struck down by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Robinson Township v. Commonwealth (2013).
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