Assembly Bill A5136

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits the use of waste from oil or natural gas extraction or storage 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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2021-A5136 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§23-0305, 23-0101 & 71-1307, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6913
2013-2014: A9074, A3561
2015-2016: A4905, A211
2017-2018: A451, A4720
2019-2020: A2295, A7933
2023-2024: A7105

2021-A5136 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of waste from oil or natural gas extraction activities or waste from storage of oil or natural gas on any highway.

2021-A5136 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5136
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ABINANTI, ENGLEBRIGHT, COLTON, GLICK, GOTTFRIED,
   STECK, SIMON, BARRON, GALEF, CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.
   COOK  --  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 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]
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01398-01-1
              

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