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Senate Bill S884

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-S884 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6859
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-0903, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4616, A7013
2013-2014: S674, A1046
2017-2018: S1538, A2427
2019-2020: S3392, A2655

2015-S884 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2015-S884 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S884 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   884

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  AVELLA, ADDABBO, BOYLE, BRESLIN, CARLUCCI, DILAN,
  ESPAILLAT,  GIANARIS,  GOLDEN,  HASSELL-THOMPSON,  HOYLMAN,   KENNEDY,
  KLEIN,   KRUEGER,   LATIMER,  MARTINS,  MONTGOMERY,  PARKER,  PERALTA,
  PERKINS, RIVERA, SAMPSON, SANDERS, SAVINO, SERRANO,  SQUADRON,  STAVI-
  SKY,  STEWART-COUSINS,  VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conser-
  vation

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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