If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.

A bill that would have created separate regulations for the conventional and unconventional oil and gas industries in the General Assembly’s last session was vetoed by Gov. Tom Wolf.

State Senator Scott Hutchinson intends to bring the legislation back.

Hutchinson issued a legislative memo earlier this month that details the need for split regulations, citing the history of conventional operations.

“Conventional oil and gas wells are small, low pressure units that dot western Pennsylvania’s landscape,” the memo states. “This is markedly different from Pennsylvania’s new unconventional shale (Marcellus and Utica) wells. These unconventional shale wells use advanced technology to tap large, deep, high-pressure gas formations.

“The size, complexity and economics of unconventional shale wells greatly exceed that of conventional wells, and as such require different regulations and rules.”

The legislation has not yet been introduced but the memo offers examples for why the distinct regulations are needed.

“(C)urrent law requires that during the well permitting process notice of a new well’s development be provided to surrounding municipalities. The multi-municipal notice requirement reflects the fact that unconventional well development is transportation intensive and that road and other impacts are multi-municipal,” the memo states. “Conventional well development involves only a few truck trips and is not multi-municipal.”

He notes that Act 13 back in 2012 addressed unconventional issues but “also placed an unbearable burden on the much smaller conventional producers and over time has brought the conventional industry to near collapse due to the lack of separate regulation as distinct industries.

“These industries are vastly different from each other, and if we fail to recognize that difference and regulate accordingly this family, community, and life sustaining industry will not survive.”

Wolf vetoed a bill in the last session that would create these split regulations.

At the time, he noted that the legislation “poses an unacceptable risk to the environment and the public health and safety of our citizens.”

“At a time when the conventional industry is still incurring violations at three to four times the rate of the unconventional industry, this legislation is completely unacceptable,” he stated, noting that some of the provisions “run afoul” of the state Constitution.