BILL NO S04616
SAME AS SAME AS A07013
SPONSOR AVELLA
COSPNSR ADAMS, ADDABBO, BALL, BRESLIN, CARLUCCI, DILAN, DUANE, ESPAILLAT,
GIANARIS, GRISANTI, HASSELL-THOMPSON, HUNTLEY, KENNEDY, KLEIN,
KRUEGER, MARTINS, MONTGOMERY, OPPENHEIMER, PARKER, PERALTA, PERKINS,
RIVERA, SAMPSON, SAVINO, SERRANO, SQUADRON, STAVISKY,
STEWART-COUSINS, VALESKY
MLTSPNSR
Amd S27-0903, En Con L
Relates to the uniform treatment of waste from the exploration, development,
extraction, or production of crude oil or natural gas.
BILL NO S04616
04/13/2011 REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
01/04/2012 REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
03/06/2012 NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED
03/12/2012 COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4616
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 13, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- 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
uniform treatment of waste
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 27-0903 of the environmental conservation law is
2 amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
3 4. UNIFORM TREATMENT OF WASTE. ALL WASTE RESULTING FROM THE EXPLORA-
4 TION, DEVELOPMENT, EXTRACTION OR PRODUCTION OF CRUDE OIL OR NATURAL GAS,
5 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DRILLING FLUIDS AND PRODUCED WATERS, SHALL
6 BE CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS WASTE UNDER THE LAW OF THIS STATE AND SUBJECT TO
7 ALL PERTINENT GENERATION, TRANSPORTATION, TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND
8 DISPOSAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS, IF SUCH WASTE MEETS THE DEFINITION OF
9 HAZARDOUS WASTE SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION 27-0901 OF
10 THIS CHAPTER. WITHIN SIX MONTHS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVI-
11 SION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE ALL NECESSARY CHANGES TO BRING ITS REGU-
12 LATIONS INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION.
13 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10766-01-1
