Assembly Bill A536

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting the use of wastewater from high-volume hydraulic fracturing for road and land spreading

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A536 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §23-0101, add §23-0315, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A1043
2017-2018: A4745
2019-2020: A596
2021-2022: A1332

2023-A536 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of wastewater from high-volume hydraulic fracturing for road and land spreading, for dust control or de-icing.

2023-A536 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    536
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  L. ROSENTHAL, FAHY, THIELE, COLTON, CARROLL,
   STECK -- 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 wastewater for road and land spreading

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  23-0101 of the environmental conservation law is
 amended by adding three new subdivisions 4-a, 7-a and 16-a  to  read  as
 follows:
   4-A. "FLOWBACK FLUID" MEANS LIQUIDS PRODUCED DURING INITIAL COMPLETION
 AND  CLEANUP  OF  THE  WELL OR CLEANUP OF A WELL FOLLOWING REFRACTURE OR
 WORK OVER OF A WELL.
   7-A. "HIGH-VOLUME HYDRAULIC  FRACTURING"  OR  "HVHF"  MEANS  HYDRAULIC
 FRACTURING  FOR  NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION USING GREATER THAN THREE HUNDRED
 THOUSAND GALLONS OF WATER REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE  WELL  IS  VERTICAL,
 DIRECTIONAL OR HORIZONTAL.
   16-A. "PRODUCTION BRINE" OR "PRODUCED WATER" MEANS LIQUIDS CO-PRODUCED
 DURING OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION.
   §  2.  The  environmental  conservation law is amended by adding a new
 section 23-0315 to read as follows:
 § 23-0315. WASTEWATER FOR ROAD AND LAND SPREADING; PROHIBITED.
   WASTEWATER ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF NATURAL GAS  USING  HIGH-
 VOLUME  HYDRAULIC FRACTURING, INCLUDING FLOWBACK FLUID, PRODUCTION BRINE
 OR PRODUCED WATER, SHALL NOT BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF  ROAD  SPREADING
 FOR DUST CONTROL OR DE-ICING OR LAND SPREADING.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00767-01-3

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