Senate Bill S48

2015-2016 Legislative Session

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

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee


  • 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-S48 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A211
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§23-0305, 23-0101 & 71-1307, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6913
2013-2014: S3333, A9074, A3561
2017-2018: S575, A451, A4720
2019-2020: S1858, A2295, A7933
2021-2022: S355, A903, A5136
2023-2024: S1538, A7105

2015-S48 (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-S48 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S48 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   48

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed 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]
  e.  The  flaring  of gas produced from an oil or condensate well after
the department has found that the use of the gas, on terms that are just

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

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