Assembly Bill A101

2019-2020 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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  • 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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2019-A101 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S437
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§17-1905 & 27-0703, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A101, S437

2019-A101 (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.

2019-A101 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    101
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. BUCHWALD, ENGLEBRIGHT, LUPARDO, COLTON, MOSLEY,
   GUNTHER, BICHOTTE, LIFTON,  GOTTFRIED,  ROZIC,  RYAN,  BARRETT,  OTIS,
   STECK,  ZEBROWSKI,  BLAKE,  JAFFEE,  BARRON,  ARROYO,  WALKER,  QUART,
   CAHILL, GALEF, ABINANTI, L. ROSENTHAL, D'URSO, WEPRIN  --  Multi-Spon-
   sored  by  --  M.  of A.   COOK, GLICK, HEVESI, 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 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.
                                                            LBD00410-01-9

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