Assembly Bill A211

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Prohibits the use of waste from oil or natural gas extraction of storage on any highway

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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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2015-A211 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S48
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง23-0305, 23-0101 & 71-1307, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6913
2013-2014: A9074, A3561, S3333
2017-2018: A451, A4720, S575
2019-2020: A2295, A7933, S1858
2021-2022: A903, A5136, S355
2023-2024: A7105, S1538

2015-A211 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of waste from oil or natural gas extraction activities or waste from storage of oil or natural gas on any highway.

2015-A211 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   211

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ABINANTI, SKOUFIS, ENGLEBRIGHT, COLTON, RUSSELL,
  MOSLEY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  THIELE  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  prohibiting the use of waste from oil or natural gas extraction activ-
  ities 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 two new subdivisions 15 and 16 to read as follows:
  15. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROHIBIT THE USE OF WASTE GENERATED FROM  OIL
OR  NATURAL  GAS  EXTRACTION  ACTIVITIES  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. SUCH PROHIBITION SHALL EXTEND TO ALL WASTE FROM OIL OR
NATURAL GAS WHETHER OR NOT SUCH WASTE RECEIVED A BENEFICIAL USE DETERMI-
NATION PURSUANT TO 6 NYCRR PART 360.
  16.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROHIBIT THE USE OF WASTE GENERATED FROM THE
STORAGE OF OIL OR NATURAL GAS ON ANY HIGHWAY AS DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION
FOURTEEN  OF  SECTION  TWO  OF  THE  TRANSPORTATION LAW, FOR ANY PURPOSE
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DE-ICING, DUST SUPPRESSION OR  ANY  OTHER
USE.  SUCH PROHIBITION SHALL EXTEND TO ALL WASTE FROM OIL OR NATURAL GAS
WHETHER OR NOT SUCH WASTE RECEIVED A BENEFICIAL USE DETERMINATION PURSU-
ANT TO 6 NYCRR PART 360.
  S 2. Paragraphs d and e of subdivision 20 of section  23-0101  of  the
environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 846 of the laws of
1981,  are  amended  and two new paragraphs f and g are added to read as
follows:
  d. The inefficient storing of oil or gas; [and]

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01404-01-5
              

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