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A01770 Summary:

BILL NOA01770
 
SAME ASSAME AS S00448
 
SPONSORMaisel
 
COSPNSREnglebright, Roberts, Colton, Kavanagh
 
MLTSPNSRBoyland
 
 
Establishes a moratorium on the acceptance, disposal and/or processing of any fluid which was used in and drill cuttings from a hydraulic fracturing process performed outside of the state until 120 days after federal Environmental Protection Agency issues a report on the effects of hydraulic fracturing on water quality and public health, and submission of proof to the governor and legislature that the department of environmental conservation is capable of effectively regulating hydraulic fracturing drilling fluids, drill cutting and soil disposal.
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A01770 Actions:

BILL NOA01770
 
01/09/2013referred to environmental conservation
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A01770 Floor Votes:

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A01770 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1770
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. MAISEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Environmental Conservation
 
        AN  ACT to establish a moratorium upon the disposal and/or processing of
          any fluid which was used in and cuttings from a  hydraulic  fracturing

          process  outside of the state pending the issuance of a report thereon
          by the federal Environmental Protection Agency and certain  justifica-
          tions from the department of environmental conservation; and providing
          for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to  the  contrary,
     2  there  is  hereby established a moratorium upon the acceptance, disposal
     3  and/or processing of any drilling fluid or drill cuttings in this state,
     4  when such drilling fluid or drill cuttings has been used in a  hydraulic
     5  fracturing process occurring outside of this state.  The purpose of such
     6  moratorium  shall  be to afford the state and its residents the opportu-

     7  nity to review a report  to  be  issued  by  the  federal  Environmental
     8  Protection  Agency  on  the  effects  of  hydraulic fracturing on public
     9  health.
    10    (b) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall mean:
    11    (i) "Drill cuttings" shall mean solid products removed from  the  well
    12  bore during an oil or gas well drilling operation.
    13    (ii)  "Drilling  fluids"  shall  mean drilling mud, chemical additives
    14  contained in or added to drilling fluids during the hydraulic fracturing
    15  drilling process, flow back water that returns to the surface after  the
    16  hydraulic  fracturing process, or any other residual liquids involved in
    17  drilling.
    18    (iii) "Hydraulic fracturing" shall mean  the  fracturing  of  rock  by
    19  man-made fluid-driven fracturing techniques for the purpose of stimulat-
    20  ing natural gas or oil well production.
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03380-01-3

        A. 1770                             2
 
     1    (c)  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of this act, the moratorium
     2  established by subdivision (a) of this section shall  not  be  rescinded
     3  until  the  department of environmental conservation shall have provided
     4  the governor and the legislature with  proof  that  such  department  is
     5  capable of:
     6    (i) administering a program for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing
     7  drilling fluids, drill cuttings and soil disposal;
     8    (ii)  demonstrating the ability to identify all chemical components of
     9  drilling fluids;

    10    (iii) establishing monitoring and detection requirements for low-level
    11  radioactive materials in drill cuttings and soils from hydraulic  drill-
    12  ing operations;
    13    (iv) conducting inspections of any facilities that contract to receive
    14  hydraulic fracturing drilling fluids, drill cutting and soil;
    15    (v)  establishing appropriate monitoring requirements of any hydraulic
    16  fracturing drilling fluids, drill cuttings and soils to be  disposed  of
    17  in  this  state, for the presence of low-level radioactive material from
    18  the hydraulic fracturing drilling process; and
    19    (vi) enforcing all provisions of paragraphs (i) through  (v)  of  this
    20  subdivision.
    21    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire and be
    22  deemed repealed on the one hundred twentieth day after the federal Envi-
    23  ronmental Protection Agency issues a report on the effects of  hydraulic

    24  fracturing  on water quality and public health, or the submission to the
    25  governor and the legislature of the proof required by subdivision (c) of
    26  section one of this act, whichever shall be later.   Provided, that  the
    27  commissioner  of environmental conservation shall notify the legislative
    28  bill drafting commission upon the issuance by the federal  Environmental
    29  Protection  Agency  of the report on the effects of hydraulic fracturing
    30  on water quality and public health referred to  in  subdivision  (a)  of
    31  section  one  of  this  act,  and the submission to the governor and the
    32  legislature of the proof required by subdivision (c) of section  one  of
    33  this  act  in  order  that  such commission may maintain an accurate and
    34  timely effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state
    35  of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section  44

    36  of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.
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