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Assembly Bill A6594

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Expands local jurisdiction over the extraction of natural gas and oil; limits state jurisdiction to matters directly related to on-site drilling; repealer

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2015-A6594 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§23-0301 & 23-0303, rpld §23-0901, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A3107
2019-2020: A2302
2021-2022: A4304

2015-A6594 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands local jurisdiction over the extraction of natural gas and oil; limits state jurisdiction to matters directly related to on-site drilling; repeals provisions related to compulsory integration and utilization in oil and natural gas pools and fields.

2015-A6594 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6594

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, ROSENTHAL, COLTON, GOTTFRIED, STECK
  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, COOK, GLICK, RIVERA, THIELE
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental  Conserva-
  tion

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  extraction of oil and gas; and to repeal section 23-0901 of  such  law
  relating  to compulsory integration and utilization in oil and natural
  gas pools and fields

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

  Section  1.  Section 23-0301 of the environmental conservation law, as
amended by chapter 410 of the laws  of  1987,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
S 23-0301. Declaration of policy.
  [It] NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE, IT is hereby
declared  to  be  in  the  public  interest to regulate the development,
production and utilization of natural resources of oil and gas  in  this
state  in  such a manner as will [prevent waste] PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT
AND PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE, PROVIDE FOR THE  DEVEL-
OPMENT  AND  EXTRACTION  OF  OIL AND GAS IN A SOUND ENVIRONMENTAL MANNER
THAT PREVENTS CONTAMINATION OF LAND AND WATER RESOURCES, AND PROVIDE FOR
THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND MANAGEMENT  AND  DISPOSAL  OF  WASTE  PRODUCTS
RESULTING  FROM THESE EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES; to authorize and to provide
for the operation and development of oil and gas properties  in  such  a
manner that a greater ultimate recovery of oil and gas may be had[, and]
WITHOUT  CREATING  ADDITIONAL  HARM OR CONTAMINATION TO THE ENVIRONMENT,
that the correlative rights of  all  SURFACE  LAND  AND  MINERAL  RIGHTS
owners and the rights of all persons including landowners and the gener-
al public may be fully protected[,]; TO PROVIDE FOR THE FULL INVOLVEMENT
AND  AUTHORITY  OF  LOCAL  GOVERNMENT IN ALL DECISIONS RELATING TO THEIR
POWERS FOR LAND USE PLANNING, ZONING, REAL PROPERTY TAXATION  AND  LOCAL

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10136-01-5

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