Assembly Bill A6953

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits the use of toxic fracing solutions during hydraulic fracturing

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A6953 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §23-0505, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A1265
2013-2014: A2908
2015-2016: A8432
2017-2018: A3304
2019-2020: A6904
2021-2022: A4918

2009-A6953 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of toxic fracing solutions during hydraulic fracturing.

2009-A6953 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6953

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 17, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ, COLTON, ZEBROWSKI, LIFTON, GLICK, HOOPER,
  KOON, McENENY, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
  on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  prohibiting the use of certain fracing solutions

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
new section 23-0505 to read as follows:
S 23-0505. HYDRAULIC  FRACTURING;   PROHIBITION   ON   CERTAIN   FRACING
             SOLUTIONS.
  1.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  A. "FRACING SOLUTION" SHALL MEAN A  SUBSTANCE  USED  DURING  HYDRAULIC
FRACTURING WHICH IS INJECTED INTO ROCK FORMATIONS SURROUNDING OIL OR GAS
DEPOSITS  IN  ORDER  TO EXPAND THE ROCK AND FACILITATE THE EXTRACTION OF
OIL OR GAS; AND
  B. "HYDRAULIC FRACTURING" SHALL MEAN A PROCESS USED  TO  CREATE  FRAC-
TURES  THAT  EXTEND  FROM A BOREHOLE INTO ROCK FORMATIONS TO INCREASE OR
RESTORE THE RATE AT WHICH OIL OR GAS MAY BE PRODUCED FROM A WELL.
  2. ON AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  EVERY  PERSON
GRANTED  A  WELL PERMIT PURSUANT TO SECTION 23-0501 OF THIS TITLE SHALL,
DURING HYDRAULIC FRACTURING,  USE  ONLY  FRACING  SOLUTION  COMPOSED  OF
NATURAL  AND  ORGANIC  MATERIALS. NO FRACING SOLUTION CONTAINING DIESEL,
BENZENE, ETHIBENZENE, TOLUENE, XYLENE, OR ANY OTHER SUBSTANCE DETERMINED
BY THE COMMISSIONER TO BE TOXIC SHALL BE USED DURING HYDRAULIC  FRACTUR-
ING ON OR AFTER SUCH DATE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10351-01-9

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