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Assembly Bill A6859

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the uniform treatment of waste from the exploration, development, extraction, or production of crude oil or natural gas

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2015-A6859 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S884
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-0903, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7013, S4616
2013-2014: A1046, S674
2017-2018: A2427, S1538
2019-2020: A2655, S3392

2015-A6859 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the uniform treatment of waste from the exploration, development, extraction, or production of crude oil or natural gas.

2015-A6859 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6859

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 6, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, COLTON, LIFTON, SCHIMEL, GOTTFRIED,
  GALEF, ROSENTHAL, ARROYO, BUCHWALD, COOK, SIMON, SEAWRIGHT  --  Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A.  SOLAGES, THIELE -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
  uniform treatment of waste

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

  Section  1.   Section 27-0903 of the environmental conservation law is
amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
  4. UNIFORM TREATMENT OF WASTE.  ALL WASTE RESULTING FROM THE  EXPLORA-
TION, DEVELOPMENT, EXTRACTION OR PRODUCTION OF CRUDE OIL OR NATURAL GAS,
INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO DRILLING FLUIDS AND PRODUCED WATERS, SHALL
BE CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS WASTE UNDER THE LAW OF THIS STATE AND SUBJECT TO
ALL  PERTINENT  GENERATION,  TRANSPORTATION,  TREATMENT,  STORAGE,   AND
DISPOSAL  LAWS  AND  REGULATIONS,  IF SUCH WASTE MEETS THE DEFINITION OF
HAZARDOUS WASTE SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION THREE  OF  SECTION  27-0901  OF
THIS CHAPTER. WITHIN SIX MONTHS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVI-
SION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE ALL NECESSARY CHANGES TO BRING ITS REGU-
LATIONS INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00455-01-5

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