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Assembly Bill A4720A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits the use of drilling fluids, brine and flowback water from wells, pools or fields on any highway

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2017-A4720 - Details

Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §23-0305, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6913
2013-2014: A9074, A3561
2015-2016: A4905, A211
2019-2020: A2295, A7933
2021-2022: A903, A5136
2023-2024: A7105
2025-2026: A4725

2017-A4720 - Summary

Prohibits the use of drilling fluids, brine and flowback water from wells, pools or fields on any highway.

2017-A4720 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4720
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. O'DONNELL, ABINANTI, ENGLEBRIGHT, OTIS, LIFTON,
   GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  BUCHWALD  --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   prohibiting the use of flowback water from wells, pools or  fields  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 a new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
   15.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  PROHIBIT  THE  USE OF FLOWBACK WATER FROM
 WELLS, POOLS OR FIELDS ON ANY HIGHWAY, AS DEFINED IN  SUBDIVISION  FOUR-
 TEEN  OF SECTION TWO OF THE TRANSPORTATION LAW, FOR ANY PURPOSE, INCLUD-
 ING BUT NOT LIMITED TO USE FOR DE-ICING, DUST SUPPRESSION OR  ANY  OTHER
 USE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09387-01-7

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2017-A4720A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §23-0305, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6913
2013-2014: A9074, A3561
2015-2016: A4905, A211
2019-2020: A2295, A7933
2021-2022: A903, A5136
2023-2024: A7105
2025-2026: A4725

2017-A4720A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of drilling fluids, brine and flowback water from wells, pools or fields on any highway.

2017-A4720A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4720--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. O'DONNELL, ABINANTI, ENGLEBRIGHT, OTIS, LIFTON,
   GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  BUCHWALD  --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted
   to  the  Committee  on  Environmental  Conservation in accordance with
   Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   prohibiting the use of drilling fluids, brine, and flowback water from
   wells, pools or fields 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 a new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
   15.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL PROHIBIT THE USE OF DRILLING FLUIDS, BRINE,
 AND FLOWBACK WATER FROM WELLS,  POOLS  OR  FIELDS  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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09387-02-8

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