S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1362
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 9, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, COLTON, R. CARROLL, STECK, LEVENBERG
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conserva-
tion
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.
LBD03841-01-5
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