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Assembly Bill A2924

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires an environmental impact statement to be prepared for any natural gas or oil drilling involving the use of hydraulic fracturing fluid

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2011-A2924 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง8-0109, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A10092

2011-A2924 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires an environmental impact statement to be prepared for any natural gas or oil drilling involving the use of hydraulic fracturing fluid.

2011-A2924 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2924

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 21, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. SWEENEY, JAFFEE, ZEBROWSKI, MAGNARELLI, KAVANAGH,
  TITONE,  COLTON,  CYMBROWITZ, SPANO, PAULIN, CASTRO, P. RIVERA, ROSEN-
  THAL, MAISEL, PERRY, ORTIZ, BRENNAN, COOK, WEISENBERG, SCHIMEL, BARRON
  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.    CASTELLI,  DESTITO,  GOTTFRIED,
  LENTOL,  MAGEE,  MARKEY,  McENENY,  O'DONNELL, THIELE -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
  requiring an environmental impact statement for any natural gas or oil
  drilling involving the use of hydraulic fracturing fluid

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

  Section 1. Subdivision  9  of  section  8-0109  of  the  environmental
conservation  law,  as  added  by  chapter  219  of the laws of 1990, is
amended to read as follows:
  9. An environmental impact statement shall be prepared for any  action
found to have a significant impact on the special groundwater protection
area,  as  defined in section 55-0107 of this chapter OR FOR ANY NATURAL
GAS OR OIL DRILLING INVOLVING THE USE  OF  HYDRAULIC  FRACTURING  FLUID.
Such statement shall meet the requirements of the most detailed environ-
mental  impact statement required by this section or by any such rule or
regulation promulgated pursuant to this section.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02959-01-1

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