Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 24, 2023 | advanced to third reading |
May 23, 2023 | 2nd report cal. |
May 22, 2023 | 1st report cal.1149 |
Apr 28, 2023 | referred to environmental conservation |
senate Bill S6604
Sponsored By
Pete Harckham
(D, WF) 40th Senate District
Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Rachel May
(D, WF) 48th Senate District
S6604 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6949
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §23-0305, En Con L
S6604 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6604 SPONSOR: HARCKHAM TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to exempting certain geothermal boreholes at depths beyond five hundred feet from certain requirements PURPOSE: Exempts certain geothermal boreholes at depths beyond five hundred feet from certain requirements SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 states the legislative intent. Section 2 amends subdivision 14 of section 23-0305 of the environmental conservation law, to exempt closed-loop boreholes installed for the purpose of facilitating a geothermal-powered heating or cooling system from the provisions of this section.
S6604 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6604 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 28, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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 exempting certain geothermal boreholes at depths beyond five hundred feet from certain requirements THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings and declaration. The legislature here- by finds and declares that: 1. The climate leadership and community protection act establishes the goal of reducing statewide greenhouse gas emission levels by 40% from 1990 levels by 2030 and 85% by the year 2050 and achieving net-zero emissions statewide by 2050. The climate leadership and community protection act further created and tasked the climate action council with developing a final scoping plan outlining recommendations for attaining New York's statewide greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. 2. The climate action council's final scoping plan recognized the electrification of buildings - particularly through the installation of closed-loop geothermal heating and cooling systems - as a key strategy to achieve the widespread decarbonization of buildings that is necessary to achieve the climate leadership and community protection act goals. 3. The final scoping plan identifies that appropriate regulations and permit fees are not in place for geothermal boreholes deeper than five hundred feet and should be developed by the department of environmental conservation. Specifically, the department applies its regulations developed for oil and gas wells to geothermal wells greater than five hundred feet deep, even though closed-loop geothermal boreholes do not involve injection into or extraction from the ground and thus do not pose an impact adverse to the environment comparable to oil and gas wells. The department's existing regulations also apply on a per-well basis, thereby adding significant cost and permitting barriers to EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10951-02-3
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