NY State Senate Bill S355

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 08, 2021	advanced to third reading
Feb 03, 2021	2nd report cal.
Feb 02, 2021	1st report cal.237
Jan 06, 2021	referred to environmental conservation

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S355 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A903
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
2019-2020: S1858, A2295, A7933

S355 (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.

S355 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S355

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would prohibit waste water from hydrofracking, which contains
a variety of chemical and possibly radioactive contaminants, from being
used on highways for purposes such as melting ice.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

The bill prohibits flowback water from oil and gas wells, pools, or
fields, i.e., the waste water from hydrofracking operations, from being
used on highways.

Section one of the bill amends Environmental Conservation Law ("ECL")
section 23-0305 to add a new subdivision 15 which prohibits the use of
flowback water on highways. Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The hydraulic fracturing process to extract natural gas, generally
referred to as hydrofracking, generates wastewater with a variety of
contaminants. In addition to the many concerns about the safety of the
process itself and hydrofracking's effect on groundwater and watersheds,
which are the subject of other legislative proposals, moratoriums and
administrative and/or legislative oversight and regulation, a separate
concern about possible re-use of the wastewater is addressed by this
bill. At least in part because the wastewater is very salty, it is used
in some communities to de-ice roads in the winter, as well as for other
purposes, like suppressing dust, in other seasons. Unfortunately, these
uses also result in runoff that can contaminate ground water. This bill
therefore would ban the use of wastewater from hydrofracking on public
roads in New York.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.1858-A of 2019-2020 (Hoylman): Died in Environmental Conservation
A.7933 of 2019-2020 (O'Donnel): Died on 3rd Reading
A.4720-A of 2017-2018)(Died on 3rd Reading)
A.4905(2015-16)(Died on 3rd Reading)
A.3561 (2012-2014)(Died on 3rd Reading)
A.6913-A(2011-2012)(third reading)

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect 180 days after becoming a law.

S355 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    355
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 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
 
 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.
                                                            LBD01398-02-1

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