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Assembly Bill A2673

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to wastewater from hydraulic fracturing

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2015-A2673 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง17-1905, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7072
2013-2014: A5975

2015-A2673 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to wastewater from hydraulic fracturing and directs the commissioner of the DEC to promulgate rules and regulations requiring screening of such wastewater to not cause harm to sewage treatment works.

2015-A2673 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2673

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, GALEF, DINOWITZ, GUNTHER, JAFFEE,
  COLTON, ABINANTI, MILLER, O'DONNELL, LAVINE, ROBERTS, KAVANAGH, LIFTON
  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, CAHILL, COOK, GLICK,  GOTT-
  FRIED, ROSENTHAL, SCHIMEL, THIELE, TITONE -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  wastewater from hydraulic fracturing

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section  17-1905 of the environmental
conservation law is amended by adding a  new  paragraph  f  to  read  as
follows:
  F.  PROMULGATE  SUCH  RULES AND REGULATIONS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO (1)
REQUIRE THAT ANY WASTEWATER FROM HYDRAULIC  FRACTURING  BE  SCREENED  TO
DETERMINE  IF  IT  IS  APPROPRIATE FOR TREATMENT BY ANY SEWAGE TREATMENT
WORKS SO AS TO NOT CAUSE  HARM  TO  THE  TREATMENT  PROCESSES  THAT  ARE
DESIGNED  TO  REMOVE  NITROGEN AND ORGANIC HUMAN OR MAMMALIAN WASTE; AND
(2) PROHIBIT THE ACCEPTANCE BY ANY SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS OF  WASTEWATER
FROM  HYDRAULIC FRACTURING CONTAINING ANY CONTAMINANTS WHICH SUCH SEWAGE
TREATMENT FACILITY WAS NOT DESIGNED TO TREAT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO  RADIOACTIVITY,  CARCINOGENS,  BASES,  ACIDS,  SOLVENTS,   SLICKENING
AGENTS,  METALS,  HYDROCARBONS  AND HIGH SALINITY SOLUTIONS DERIVED FROM
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING ACTIVITIES.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07431-01-5

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