Senate Bill S1538A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits the use of drilling fluids and flowback water from wells, pools or fields on any highway

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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
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2023-S1538 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §23-0305, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S3333
2015-2016: S48
2017-2018: S575
2019-2020: S1858
2021-2022: S355

2023-S1538 - Summary

Prohibits the use of drilling fluids and flowback water from wells, pools or fields on any highway for any purpose including but not limited to de-icing or dust suppression.

2023-S1538 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1538 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1538
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, ADDABBO, HARCKHAM, JACKSON, KRUEGER,
   MAY, PARKER, RIVERA, SERRANO, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, 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 drilling fluids, brine, and flowback water from
   wells, pools or fields on any highway
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 23-0305 of the environmental  conservation  law  is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
   15.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL PROHIBIT THE USE OF DRILLING FLUIDS, BRINE,
 AND FLOWBACK WATER FROM WELLS,  POOLS  OR  FIELDS  ON  ANY  HIGHWAY,  AS
 DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  FOURTEEN  OF SECTION TWO OF THE TRANSPORTATION
 LAW, FOR ANY PURPOSE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED  TO  USE  FOR  DE-ICING,
 DUST SUPPRESSION OR ANY OTHER USE.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD05381-01-3



              

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2023-S1538A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §23-0305, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S3333
2015-2016: S48
2017-2018: S575
2019-2020: S1858
2021-2022: S355

2023-S1538A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of drilling fluids and flowback water from wells, pools or fields on any highway for any purpose including but not limited to de-icing or dust suppression.

2023-S1538A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1538A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1538--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, ADDABBO, HARCKHAM, JACKSON, KRUEGER,
   MAY, MAYER, PARKER, RIVERA, SERRANO, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environ-
   mental Conservation -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   prohibiting the use of drilling fluids and flowback water from  wells,
   pools or fields on any highway
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 23-0305 of the environmental  conservation  law  is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
   15. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROHIBIT THE USE OF DRILLING FLUIDS AND FLOW-
 BACK  WATER  FROM  WELLS,  POOLS OR FIELDS ON ANY HIGHWAY, AS DEFINED IN
 SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION TWO OF THE TRANSPORTATION LAW,  FOR  ANY
 PURPOSE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO USE FOR DE-ICING, DUST SUPPRESSION
 OR  ANY  OTHER  USE.  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THIS PROHIBITION SHALL NOT
 APPLY TO THE USE OF BRINE PRODUCED FROM SOLUTION MINING WELLS,  NATURAL-
 LY-OCCURRING  BRINE  EXTRACTED  FROM  WELLS DRILLED FOR THAT PURPOSE, OR
 BRINE ASSOCIATED WITH PRODUCTION OR STORAGE WELLS THAT  IS  NOT  CONTAM-
 INATED BY PRODUCTION OR STORAGE, AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD05381-02-3



              

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