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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  • Delivered to Governor
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2017-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

2017-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.

2017-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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2017-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

2017-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.

2017-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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2017-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

2017-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.

2017-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.
              

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