Assembly Bill A7283

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires the promulgation of regulations requiring treatment works to test waste from hydraulic fracturing operations to test for radioactivity

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

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2011-A7283 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §17-0833, En Con L

2011-A7283 - Summary

Requires the promulgation of regulations requiring treatment works to test waste from hydraulic fracturing operations to test for radioactivity.

2011-A7283 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7283

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 27, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
  requiring  treatment  works  to  test  waste from hydraulic fracturing
  operations to test for radioactivity

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

  Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
new section 17-0833 to read as follows:
S 17-0833. INDUSTRIAL WASTE FROM HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OPERATIONS.
  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL,  AFTER  HOLDING  A  PUBLIC  HEARING  WITH  DUE
NOTICE,  PROMULGATE  REGULATIONS  REQUIRING  TREATMENT WORKS WHICH TREAT
INDUSTRIAL WASTE FROM HYDRAULIC FRACTURING  OPERATIONS  CONDUCTED  BY  A
PERMIT  HOLDER  UNDER TITLE FIVE OF ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER
TO CAUSE TESTS TO BE PERFORMED ON THE WATER  DISCHARGED  THEREFROM.  FOR
PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, TESTS TO BE PERFORMED ON THE WATER SHALL MEAN
WATER  SAMPLING  TO  IDENTIFY  COMPOUNDS  OR  CONTAMINANTS  OF  CONCERN.
COMPOUNDS OR CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN SHALL INCLUDE INGREDIENTS CONTAINED
IN  HYDRAULIC  FRACTURING FLUIDS AND CHEMICAL TREATMENTS, INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINANTS SUCH AS RADIUM  AND  ANY  OTHER
CONTAMINANTS IDENTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION"
HYDRAULIC  FRACTURING"  MEANS A PROCESS USED TO CREATE FRACTURES IN ROCK
BY MAN-MADE  FRACTURING  TECHNIQUES  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  STIMULATING
NATURAL GAS OR OIL WELL PRODUCTION.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law; provided, however, that  effective  immediately,  the
addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10281-01-1

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2011-A7283A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §17-0833, En Con L

2011-A7283A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the promulgation of regulations requiring treatment works to test waste from hydraulic fracturing operations to test for radioactivity.

2011-A7283A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 7283--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 27, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Environmental 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
  requiring treatment works to  test  waste  from  hydraulic  fracturing
  operations to test for radioactivity

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

  Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
new section 17-0833 to read as follows:
S 17-0833. INDUSTRIAL WASTE FROM HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OPERATIONS.
  1.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL,  AFTER HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING WITH DUE
NOTICE, PROMULGATE REGULATIONS REQUIRING  TREATMENT  WORKS  WHICH  TREAT
INDUSTRIAL  WASTE  FROM  HYDRAULIC  FRACTURING OPERATIONS CONDUCTED BY A
PERMIT HOLDER UNDER TITLE FIVE OF ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE OF  THIS  CHAPTER
TO CAUSE TESTS TO BE PERFORMED ON THE WATER DISCHARGED THEREFROM.
  2.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, TESTS TO BE PERFORMED ON THE WATER
SHALL MEAN WATER SAMPLING  TO  IDENTIFY  COMPOUNDS  OR  CONTAMINANTS  OF
CONCERN.  COMPOUNDS OR CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN SHALL INCLUDE INGREDIENTS
CONTAINED  IN  HYDRAULIC  FRACTURING  FLUIDS  AND  CHEMICAL  TREATMENTS,
INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINANTS SUCH AS RADIUM
AND ANY OTHER CONTAMINANTS IDENTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
  3. NO WASTE FROM HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OPERATIONS OUTSIDE THE STATE  OF
NEW  YORK  SHALL BE ACCEPTED, TREATED OR DISCHARGED BY ANY PERMIT HOLDER
PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
  4. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "HYDRAULIC FRACTURING" MEANS A PROCESS
USED TO CREATE FRACTURES IN ROCK BY MAN-MADE FRACTURING  TECHNIQUES  FOR
THE PURPOSES OF STIMULATING NATURAL GAS OR OIL WELL PRODUCTION.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law; provided, however, that  effective  immediately,  the
addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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