Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 05, 2012 |
reported and committed to finance |
Apr 04, 2012 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S6895
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
co-Sponsors
(R) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(R, C) 60th Senate District
2011-S6895 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S6895 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6895 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting the use of wastewater for road and land spreading PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To prohibit the use of wastewater for road and land spreading. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 defines "flowback fluid," "high-volume hydraulic fracturing," and "production brine" or "produced water." Section 2 prohibits the use of wastewater associated with high-volume hydraulic fracturing for the purpose of road and land spreading. Section 3 provides the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: Production brine, or produced water, contains high concentrations of salts that make it a useful agent for de-icing and dust control. Production brine, however, also has properties that raise public health concerns. The department notes in the draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement that production
2011-S6895 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6895 I N S E N A T E April 4, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GRISANTI, SALAND -- 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 prohibiting the use of wastewater for road and land spreading THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 23-0101 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding three new subdivisions 4-a, 7-a and 16-a to read as follows: 4-A. "FLOWBACK FLUID" MEANS LIQUIDS PRODUCED DURING INITIAL COMPLETION AND CLEANUP OF THE WELL OR CLEANUP OF A WELL FOLLOWING REFRACTURE OR WORK OVER OF A WELL. 7-A. "HIGH-VOLUME HYDRAULIC FRACTURING" OR "HVHF" MEANS HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FOR NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION USING GREATER THAN THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND GALLONS OF WATER REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE WELL IS VERTICAL, DIRECTIONAL OR HORIZONTAL. 16-A. "PRODUCTION BRINE" OR "PRODUCED WATER" MEANS LIQUIDS CO-PRODUCED DURING OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION. S 2. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new section 23-0315 to read as follows: S 23-0315. WASTEWATER FOR ROAD AND LAND SPREADING; PROHIBITED. WASTEWATER ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF NATURAL GAS USING HIGH-VOLUME HYDRAULIC FRACTURING, INCLUDING FLOWBACK FLUID, PRODUCTION BRINE OR PRODUCED WATER, SHALL NOT BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ROAD SPREADING FOR DUST CONTROL OR DE-ICING OR LAND SPREADING. S 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14158-05-2
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