Authorizes the creation of a geographic information system-based display to provide high-volume hydraulic fracturing information to the public; indicates the locations of permitted wells for hydraulic fracturing, the location of public water supply wells and intakes, and the stage of the hydraulic fracturing operation for each permitted well.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6894
IN SENATE
April 4, 2012
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Introduced by Sens. GRISANTI, SALAND -- 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 the
creation of a geographic information system-based display to provide
high-volume hydraulic fracturing information
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 23-0309 of the environmental conservation law is
2 renumbered section 23-0315 and a new section 23-0309 is added to read as
3 follows:
4 § 23-0309. Geographic information system-based display.
5 1. The department shall establish a geographic information system-
6 based display, which shall indicate the locations of permitted wells for
7 high-volume hydraulic fracturing, the location of public water supply
8 wells and intakes, and the stage of the high-volume hydraulic fracturing
9 operation for each permitted well; including, but not limited to, the
10 approximate percentage of the required water for hydraulic fracturing
11 fluid that has been accessed and stored on site, whether high-volume
12 hydraulic fracturing is in progress, and whether gas is being collected.
13 2. Such information shall be updated weekly and shall be publicly
14 accessible on the department's website.
15 3. For purposes of this section, "High-volume hydraulic fracturing" or
16 "(HVHF)" means hydraulic fracturing for natural gas extraction using
17 greater than three hundred thousand gallons of water regardless of
18 whether the well is vertical, directional or horizontal.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
20 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
21 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
22 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or
23 before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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