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Jan 08, 2014 | referred to environmental conservation |
May 22, 2013 | referred to environmental conservation |
assembly Bill A7497
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BUCHWALD
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Steven Englebright
Donna Lupardo
Addie Jenne
William Colton
Multi-Sponsors
Joan Millman
Fred Thiele
A7497 - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S5412
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง23-0101, 23-0305, 17-1905, 27-0703, 71-1307, 71-1933 & 71-2703, En Con L
A7497 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7497 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 22, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BUCHWALD -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to banning the acceptance of wastewater from oil or natural gas extraction activities at wastewater treatment facilities and landfills THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 20 of section 23-0101 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 846 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows: 20. "Waste" means a. Physical waste, as that term is generally understood in the oil and gas industry; b. The inefficient, excessive or improper use of, or the unnecessary dissipation of reservoir energy; c. The locating, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating, or producing of any oil or gas well or wells in a manner which causes or tends to cause reduction in the quantity of oil or gas ultimately recoverable from a pool under prudent and proper operations, or which causes or tends to cause unnecessary or excessive surface loss or destruction of oil or gas; d. The inefficient storing of oil or gas; [and] e. The flaring of gas produced from an oil or condensate well after the department has found that the use of the gas, on terms that are just and reasonable, is, or will be economically feasible within a reasonable time[.]; AND F. ANY WASTE THAT IS GENERATED AS A RESULT OF OIL OR NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES, WHICH INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, LEACHATE FROM SOLID WASTE ASSOCIATED WITH NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES. THIS WASTE MAY CONSIST OF AMONG OTHER SUBSTANCES, WATER, CHEMICAL ADDI- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10823-02-3
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