Senate Bill S1858A

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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  • 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-S1858 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7933
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §23-0305, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6913
2013-2014: S3333, A9074, A3561
2015-2016: S48, A4905, A211
2017-2018: S575, A451, A4720
2021-2022: S355, A903, A5136
2023-2024: S1538, A7105

2019-S1858 - 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.

2019-S1858 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1858 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1858
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. HOYLMAN, ADDABBO, KRUEGER, PARKER, RIVERA, SERRANO
   -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   prohibiting the use of waste from oil or natural gas extraction activ-
   ities 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 two new subdivisions 15 and 16 to read as follows:
   15.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROHIBIT THE USE OF WASTE GENERATED FROM OIL
 OR NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES  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. SUCH PROHIBITION SHALL EXTEND TO ALL WASTE FROM OIL OR
 NATURAL GAS WHETHER OR NOT SUCH WASTE RECEIVED A BENEFICIAL USE DETERMI-
 NATION PURSUANT TO 6 NYCRR PART 360.
   16. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROHIBIT THE USE OF WASTE GENERATED FROM  THE
 STORAGE  OF  OIL OR NATURAL GAS ON ANY HIGHWAY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION
 FOURTEEN OF SECTION TWO OF  THE  TRANSPORTATION  LAW,  FOR  ANY  PURPOSE
 INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, DE-ICING, DUST SUPPRESSION OR ANY OTHER
 USE. SUCH PROHIBITION SHALL EXTEND TO ALL WASTE FROM OIL OR NATURAL  GAS
 WHETHER OR NOT SUCH WASTE RECEIVED A BENEFICIAL USE DETERMINATION PURSU-
 ANT TO 6 NYCRR PART 360.
   §  2.  Paragraphs  d and e of subdivision 20 of section 23-0101 of the
 environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 846 of the laws of
 1981, are amended and two new paragraphs f and g are added  to  read  as
 follows:
   d. The inefficient storing of oil or gas; [and]
   e.  The  flaring  of gas produced from an oil or condensate well after
 the department has found that the use of the gas, on terms that are just
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2019-S1858A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7933
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §23-0305, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6913
2013-2014: S3333, A9074, A3561
2015-2016: S48, A4905, A211
2017-2018: S575, A451, A4720
2021-2022: S355, A903, A5136
2023-2024: S1538, A7105

2019-S1858A (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.

2019-S1858A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1858A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1858--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN, ADDABBO, HARCKHAM, KRUEGER, PARKER, RIVERA,
   SERRANO  --  read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when printed to be
   committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee

 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.
                                                            LBD04361-02-9



              

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