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Mar 05, 2020 | advanced to third reading cal.468 |
Mar 03, 2020 | reported |
Feb 25, 2020 | reported referred to codes |
Feb 04, 2020 | referred to environmental conservation |
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Barbara Lifton
Jo Anne Simon
Felix Ortiz
Sandy Galef
A9678 (ACTIVE) - Details
A9678 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9678 I N A S S E M B L Y February 4, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation 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