assembly Bill A7933

2019-2020 Legislative Session

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

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020 ordered to third reading cal.296
Jun 17, 2019 ordered to third reading rules cal.409
rules report cal.409
reported
Jun 11, 2019 reported referred to rules
Jun 06, 2019 reported referred to codes
May 28, 2019 referred to environmental conservation

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A7933 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1858
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, S3333
2015-2016: A4905, A211, S48
2017-2018: A451, A4720, S575
2021-2022: A903, A5136, S355
2023-2024: A7105, S1538

A7933 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of drilling fluids, brine and flowback water from wells, pools or fields on any highway for any purpose including but not limited to de-icing or dust suppression.

A7933 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 


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

                                  7933

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 28, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. O'DONNELL, ABINANTI, ENGLEBRIGHT, OTIS, LIFTON,
  GALEF, GLICK, WEPRIN, EPSTEIN, STECK, GOTTFRIED -- Multi-Sponsored  by
  -- M. of A.  BUCHWALD, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Environmental Conservation

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.
                                                           LBD11940-01-9