Assembly Bill A846A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Establishes the natural gas exploration and extraction liability act of 2014

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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2013-A846 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4045
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 23 Title 29 §§23-2901 - 23-2911, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9414, S7377
2011-2012: A2108, S893
2015-2016: A5033, S3862
2017-2018: A2518

2013-A846 - Summary

Establishes the natural gas exploration and extraction liability act of 2014.

2013-A846 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   846

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LIFTON, GLICK, O'DONNELL, GOTTFRIED, MILLER,
  MILLMAN,  SCHIMEL,  CASTRO,  COLTON,  ROSENTHAL,  KAVANAGH,  ABINANTI,
  TITONE  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  COOK, MARKEY, WEISENBERG --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
  natural gas exploration and extraction liability act of 2013

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

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
the natural gas exploration and extraction liability act of 2013.
  S  2.  Legislative findings. 1. The legislature finds that the process
used to stimulate natural gas extraction  referred  to  as  high  volume
hydraulic  fracturing,  also known as "hydro fracturing" and "fracking,"
utilizes components that are often toxic,  that  are  non-biodegradable,
and  that are virtually impossible to remove once they enter the natural
environment. Among the chemicals used  are  volatile  organic  compounds
such  as benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, and xylene. Many of the chemi-
cals used in this process are federally listed hazardous substances, and
there is only minimal data about the rest. Many of these hazardous chem-
icals are known carcinogens and others can cause other life  threatening
illnesses.  As  a  result  of the air and water pollution caused by such
exploration and extraction operations people are  exposed  to  endocrine
disrupting  agents that can cause kidney, liver, heart, blood, and brain
damage.
  2. High volume hydraulic fracturing requires the construction of large
well pads (up to five acres) to  support  the  large  number  of  trucks
delivering  the  fracking chemicals, water trucks, pump trucks and other
equipment. Such  massive  scale  industrial  activity  causes  excessive
noise,  disturbs  underground  water  formations,  vibrates  surrounding
structures, and can result in earthquakes. Millions of gallons  of  this

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

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2013-A846A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4045
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 23 Title 29 §§23-2901 - 23-2911, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9414, S7377
2011-2012: A2108, S893
2015-2016: A5033, S3862
2017-2018: A2518

2013-A846A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the natural gas exploration and extraction liability act of 2014.

2013-A846A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 846--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LIFTON, GLICK, O'DONNELL, GOTTFRIED, MILLER,
  MILLMAN, SCHIMEL, COLTON, ROSENTHAL,  KAVANAGH,  ABINANTI,  TITONE  --
  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. COOK, MARKEY, WEISENBERG -- read once
  and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation --  recom-
  mitted  to  the  Committee on Environmental Conservation in accordance
  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
  natural gas exploration and extraction liability act of 2014

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

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the natural gas exploration and extraction liability act of 2014.
  S 2. Legislative findings. 1. The legislature finds that  the  process
used  to  stimulate  natural  gas  extraction referred to as high volume
hydraulic fracturing, also known as "hydro fracturing"  and  "fracking,"
utilizes  components  that  are often toxic, that are non-biodegradable,
and that are virtually impossible to remove once they enter the  natural
environment.  Among  the  chemicals  used are volatile organic compounds
such as benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, and xylene. Many of the  chemi-
cals used in this process are federally listed hazardous substances, and
there is only minimal data about the rest. Many of these hazardous chem-
icals  are known carcinogens and others can cause other life threatening
illnesses. As a result of the air and water  pollution  caused  by  such
exploration  and  extraction  operations people are exposed to endocrine
disrupting agents that can cause kidney, liver, heart, blood, and  brain
damage.
  2. High volume hydraulic fracturing requires the construction of large
well  pads  (up  to  five  acres)  to support the large number of trucks
delivering the fracking chemicals, water trucks, pump trucks  and  other

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

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