Assembly Bill A4237

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Establishes a moratorium on the issuance of permits for the drilling of wells and prohibits drilling within two miles of the New York city water supply infrastructure

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

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2011-A4237 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1230
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §23-0501, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1322, S6654
2013-2014: A5378, S31
2015-2016: S3093

2011-A4237 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a moratorium on the issuance of permits for the drilling of wells and prohibits drilling within ten miles of the New York city water supply infrastructure.

2011-A4237 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4237

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 2, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. BRENNAN, COLTON, LIFTON, TITONE -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A.  GLICK, GOTTFRIED, MILLMAN, PHEFFER, ROSENTHAL --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to envi-
  ronmental protection related to the drilling of oil and gas wells, and
  providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section  23-0501 of the environmental
conservation law is renumbered subdivision 5 and two new subdivisions  3
and 4 are added to read as follows:
  3. COMMENCING WITH THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THERE SHALL
BE  A  MORATORIUM  ON  THE  ISSUANCE  OF PERMITS FOR THE DRILLING OF NEW
WELLS.
  4. (A) NO PERMIT TO DRILL AN OIL OR GAS WELL USING HYDRAULIC  FRACTUR-
ING  SHALL  BE ISSUED FOR THE DRILLING OF ANY OIL OR GAS WELL WITHIN TEN
MILES OF:
  (I) THE NEW YORK CITY WATER SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURE;
  (II) THE NEW YORK CITY WATERSHED; OR
  (III) THE  AREA  AROUND  AND  INCLUDING  ANY  WATER  SYSTEM  THAT  HAS
RECEIVED,  AT  ANY  POINT  IN TIME, A FILTRATION AVOIDANCE DETERMINATION
FROM THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;
  (B) NO PERMIT TO DRILL AN OIL OR GAS WELL USING  HYDRAULIC  FRACTURING
SHALL BE ISSUED FOR THE DRILLING OF ANY OIL OR GAS WELL WITHIN AN APPRO-
PRIATE  DISTANCE,  TO  BE  DETERMINED  BY  RULES  AND REGULATIONS OF THE
DEPARTMENT, OF:
  (I) ANY AREA OVERLYING A SOLE SOURCE AQUIFER;
  (II) ANY OTHER AREA IDENTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS NECESSARY FOR  THE
PROTECTION OF DRINKING WATER RESOURCES;
  (III)  ANY  AREA  IDENTIFIED AS A CRITICAL HABITAT FOR A THREATENED OR
ENDANGERED SPECIES UNDER SECTION FOUR OF THE FEDERAL ENDANGERED  SPECIES

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01162-01-1
              

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