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Good Samaritans, Better Samaritans

Published: Oct. 20, 2017, 10:17 p.m.

Pennsylvania is riddled with abandoned oil wells, and the state doesn\u2019t have the resources to locate and plug even a fraction of them. That\u2019s why DEP wants to make it easier -- and less risky -- for private actors to help out. Could overhauling the state's Good Samaritan law encourage voluntary remediation efforts?