assembly Bill A302B

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting the acceptance of high volume hydraulic fracturing wastewater from oil or natural gas extraction activities at wastewater treatment facilities and solid waste management facilities

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Jun 18, 2018 ordered to third reading rules cal.270
rules report cal.270
reported
reported referred to rules
Jun 13, 2018 reported referred to ways and means
Jun 07, 2018 reported referred to codes
Jun 06, 2018 print number 302b
Jun 06, 2018 amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation
Jan 03, 2018 referred to environmental conservation
Jun 13, 2017 print number 302a
Jun 13, 2017 amend and recommit to environmental conservation
Jan 05, 2017 referred to environmental conservation

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A302 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S98
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§17-1905 & 27-0703, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7497, S5412
2015-2016: A130, S340
2019-2020: A101, S437

A302 - Summary

Relates to prohibiting the acceptance of high volume hydraulic fracturing wastewater from oil or natural gas extraction activities at wastewater treatment facilities and solid waste management facilities.

A302 - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                   302

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 5, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. BUCHWALD, ENGLEBRIGHT, LUPARDO, COLTON, MOSLEY,
  GUNTHER, BICHOTTE, LIFTON,  GOTTFRIED,  ROZIC,  RYAN,  MAYER,  TITONE,
  BARRETT,  OTIS, STECK, ZEBROWSKI, BLAKE, JAFFEE, BARRON, ARROYO, WALK-
  ER, QUART, CAHILL, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.  COOK,
  GLICK,  HEVESI,  KEARNS,  MAGEE, PEOPLES-STOKES, SIMON, THIELE -- read
  once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
  banning   the  acceptance  of  wastewater  from  oil  or  natural  gas
  extraction activities at wastewater treatment facilities and landfills

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  20  of  section 23-0101 of the environmental
conservation law, as amended by chapter 846 of  the  laws  of  1981,  is
amended to read as follows:
  20. "Waste" means
  a. Physical waste, as that term is generally understood in the oil and
gas industry;
  b.  The  inefficient, excessive or improper use of, or the unnecessary
dissipation of reservoir energy;
  c. The locating, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating, or producing
of any oil or gas well or wells in a manner which  causes  or  tends  to
cause  reduction  in  the  quantity of oil or gas ultimately recoverable
from a pool under prudent and proper  operations,  or  which  causes  or
tends  to  cause unnecessary or excessive surface loss or destruction of
oil or gas;
  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
and reasonable, is, or will be economically feasible within a reasonable
time[.]; AND

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01587-01-7

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A302A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S98
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§17-1905 & 27-0703, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7497, S5412
2015-2016: A130, S340
2019-2020: A101, S437

A302A - Summary

Relates to prohibiting the acceptance of high volume hydraulic fracturing wastewater from oil or natural gas extraction activities at wastewater treatment facilities and solid waste management facilities.

A302A - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                 302--A

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 5, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. BUCHWALD, ENGLEBRIGHT, LUPARDO, COLTON, MOSLEY,
  GUNTHER, BICHOTTE, LIFTON,  GOTTFRIED,  ROZIC,  RYAN,  MAYER,  TITONE,
  BARRETT,  OTIS, STECK, ZEBROWSKI, BLAKE, JAFFEE, BARRON, ARROYO, WALK-
  ER, QUART, CAHILL, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.  COOK,
  GLICK,  HEVESI,  KEARNS,  MAGEE, PEOPLES-STOKES, SIMON, THIELE -- read
  once and referred to the Committee on  Environmental  Conservation  --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
  banning   the  acceptance  of  wastewater  from  oil  or  natural  gas
  extraction activities at wastewater treatment facilities and landfills

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  20  of  section 23-0101 of the environmental
conservation law, as amended by chapter 846 of  the  laws  of  1981,  is
amended to read as follows:
  20. "Waste" means
  a. Physical waste, as that term is generally understood in the oil and
gas industry;
  b.  The  inefficient, excessive or improper use of, or the unnecessary
dissipation of reservoir energy;
  c. The locating, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating, or producing
of any oil or gas well or wells in a manner which  causes  or  tends  to
cause  reduction  in  the  quantity of oil or gas ultimately recoverable
from a pool under prudent and proper  operations,  or  which  causes  or
tends  to  cause unnecessary or excessive surface loss or destruction of
oil or gas;
  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.
                                                           LBD01587-03-7

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A302B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S98
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§17-1905 & 27-0703, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7497, S5412
2015-2016: A130, S340
2019-2020: A101, S437

A302B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting the acceptance of high volume hydraulic fracturing wastewater from oil or natural gas extraction activities at wastewater treatment facilities and solid waste management facilities.

A302B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                 302--B

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 5, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. BUCHWALD, ENGLEBRIGHT, LUPARDO, COLTON, MOSLEY,
  GUNTHER, BICHOTTE, LIFTON, GOTTFRIED, ROZIC,  RYAN,  TITONE,  BARRETT,
  OTIS,  STECK, ZEBROWSKI, BLAKE, JAFFEE, BARRON, ARROYO, WALKER, QUART,
  CAHILL, GALEF, ABINANTI, L. ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of
  A.  COOK,  GLICK, HEVESI, MAGEE, PEOPLES-STOKES, SIMON, THIELE -- read
  once and referred to the Committee on  Environmental  Conservation  --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Envi-
  ronmental 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
  banning  the acceptance of high volume hydraulic fracturing wastewater
  from oil or natural gas extraction at wastewater treatment  facilities
  and solid waste management facilities

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 4  of  section  17-1905  of  the  environmental
conservation  law  is  amended  by  adding  a new paragraph f to read as
follows:
  F. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS PROHIBITING THE INTRODUCTION
OF HIGH VOLUME HYDRAULIC  FRACTURING  WASTE  FROM  OIL  OR  NATURAL  GAS
EXTRACTION  INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FLOWBACK WATER AND PRODUCTION
WATER OR BRINE INTO ANY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY WITHIN THE STATE.
  § 2. Section 27-0703 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
  7.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS PROHIBITING THE DISPOSAL OF
HIGH  VOLUME  HYDRAULIC  FRACTURING  WASTE  FROM  OIL  OR  NATURAL   GAS
EXTRACTION FROM BEING DEPOSITED IN A SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY.
  § 3. 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.