Assembly Bill A3184

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Prohibits the use of hydraulic fracturing in the extraction of oil and gas

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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-A3184 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6683
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§23-0501 & 23-0305, add §17-0513, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7218, S4220
2013-2014: A1685, S673
2015-2016: A4726, S883
2017-2018: A3243, S1535
2021-2022: A4027

2019-A3184 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of hydraulic fracturing in the extraction of oil and gas; prohibits acceptance, disposal and/or processing of any fluid used in a hydraulic fracturing process.

2019-A3184 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3184
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. COLTON, L. ROSENTHAL, JAFFEE, ABINANTI, RAMOS,
   PAULIN, CRESPO, DINOWITZ, WEPRIN, M. G. MILLER, PEOPLES-STOKES,  SIMON
   --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, GLICK, NOLAN, RIVERA,
   THIELE -- 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 hydraulic fracturing and  the  disposal  and/or
   processing of any fluid which was used in a hydraulic fracturing proc-
   ess
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 1  of  section  23-0501  of  the
 environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 4
 to read as follows:
   (4) "HYDRAULIC FRACTURING" MEANS FRACTURING OF ROCK BY MAN-MADE FLUID-
 DRIVEN  FRACTURING TECHNIQUES FOR THE PURPOSE OF STIMULATING NATURAL GAS
 OR OIL WELL PRODUCTION.  ANY FLUID USED IN SUCH A  FRACTURING  TECHNIQUE
 SHALL  BE  DEEMED  A  "HYDRAULIC  FRACTURING  FLUID", INCLUDING WATER OR
 LIQUID PROPANE GAS.
   § 2. Section 23-0305 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
 by adding a new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
   15. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT ISSUE A PERMIT FOR THE DRILLING OR OPERA-
 TION  OF  ANY  WELL  PROPOSING  TO USE HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OR HYDRAULIC
 FRACTURING FLUIDS, AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED  BY  SUBPARAGRAPH  FOUR  OF
 PARAGRAPH  B  OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 23-0501 OF THIS ARTICLE, FOR
 THE EXTRACTION OF GAS AND/OR OIL.
   § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 23-0501 of the  environmental  conserva-
 tion law is renumbered subdivision 4 and a new subdivision 3 is added to
 read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03554-01-9

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