senate Bill S6906

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 28, 2020 committed to rules
Feb 10, 2020 advanced to third reading
Feb 05, 2020 2nd report cal.
Feb 04, 2020 1st report cal.347
Jan 08, 2020 referred to environmental conservation
Dec 13, 2019 referred to rules

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Feb 4, 2020 - Environmental Conservation committee Vote

S6906
8
3
committee
8
Aye
3
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Environmental Conservation Committee Vote: Feb 4, 2020

nay (3)

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S6906 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9678
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 23 Title 29 §23-2901, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S4099

S6906 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing.

S6906 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S6906 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6906
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   prohibiting horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 23 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding new title 29 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 29
         HORIZONTAL DRILLING AND HIGH-VOLUME HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
 SECTION 23-2901. PROHIBITION  ON  HORIZONTAL  DRILLING  AND  HIGH-VOLUME
                    HYDRAULIC FRACTURING.
 § 23-2901. PROHIBITION  ON HORIZONTAL DRILLING AND HIGH-VOLUME HYDRAULIC
              FRACTURING.
   1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL  HAVE
 THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "HIGH-VOLUME HYDRAULIC FRACTURING" MEANS THE STIMULATION OF A WELL
 USING  THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND OR MORE GALLONS OF WATER AS THE BASE FLUID
 FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FOR ALL STAGES IN A WELL COMPLETION, REGARDLESS
 OF WHETHER THE WELL IS VERTICAL OR  DIRECTIONAL,  INCLUDING  HORIZONTAL.
 THE  THREE  HUNDRED  THOUSAND-GALLON  THRESHOLD IS THE SUM OF ALL WATER,
 FRESH AND RECYCLED, USED FOR ALL STAGES IN A WELL COMPLETION.
   (B) "GELLED PROPANE HYDRAULIC FRACTURING" MEANS A  PROCESS  THAT  USES
 GELLED  PROPANE  OR  LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS TO FRACTURE GEOLOGIC FORMA-
 TIONS.
   2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW,  HIGH-VOLUME  HYDRAULIC
 FRACTURING  AND  GELLED  PROPANE  HYDRAULIC  FRACTURING  SHALL BE DEEMED
 PROHIBITED IN THE STATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14480-01-9

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