Assembly Actions -
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Jun 05, 2012 |
reported and committed to finance |
May 01, 2012 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S7167
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2011-S7167 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §23-0501, En Con L
2011-S7167 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7167 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the natural gas development habitat fragmentation protection PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Increases the size of spacing units with respect to horizontal drilling for natural gas in shale plays. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 provides that this act shall be known as the "natural gas development habitat fragmentation protection act of 2012." Section 2 amends section 23-0501 of the environmental conservation law by doubling the size of spacing units from 640 acres to 1280 acres. Section 3 provides the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: Many conservation organizations have expressed concerns about the level of potential development that will be required to support natural gas production using high-volume hydraulic fracturing. This bill will significantly reduce surface impacts and habitat fragmentation while allowing more efficient recovery of
2011-S7167 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7167 I N S E N A T E May 1, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GRISANTI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the natural gas development habitat fragmentation protection THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "natural gas development habitat fragmentation protection act of 2012". S 2. Clause (vi) of subparagraph (1) of paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 23-0501 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 376 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: (vi) For shale gas pools at any depth, for a horizontal well outside any existing spacing unit for the same formation and with a written commitment from the well operator to drill infill wells pursuant to subdivision 4 of section 23-0503 of this title, with all horizontal infill wells in the unit to be drilled from a common well pad within three years of the date the first well in the unit commences drilling, notwithstanding the ten percent tolerance specified in this subpara- graph, up to [640] 1,280 acres with the initial horizontal wellbore or wellbores within the target formation approximately centered in the spacing unit and no wellbore in the target formation less than 330 feet from any unit boundary; S 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15161-01-2
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