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A07400 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         7400--A
                                                                Cal. No. 245
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       May 3, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. SWEENEY, SILVER, FARRELL, LIFTON, JAFFEE, ZEBROW-
          SKI,   COLTON,  ABINANTI,  WEISENBERG,  BRENNAN,  GOTTFRIED,  KELLNER,
          P. RIVERA, ENGLEBRIGHT, DINOWITZ,  MARKEY,  PAULIN,  MILLMAN,  JACOBS,
          COOK,  M. MILLER,  ROSENTHAL,  ROBINSON,  CASTELLI,  GALEF,  KAVANAGH,

          O'DONNELL,    CAHILL,     BRAUNSTEIN,     SCARBOROUGH,     CYMBROWITZ,
          PEOPLES-STOKES,  MOYA,  SIMOTAS, CLARK, PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by --
          M. of A. AUBRY, DenDEKKER,  GIBSON,  GLICK,  LATIMER,  LAVINE,  MAGEE,
          MAISEL,  McENENY,  SCHIMEL, THIELE, TITONE, WEINSTEIN -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- advanced to
          a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on
          the order of third reading
 
        AN ACT to suspend hydraulic fracturing; and providing for the repeal  of
          such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. There is hereby established a suspension of the issuance of
     2  new permits for the drilling of a well which utilizes  the  practice  of

     3  hydraulic  fracturing  for the purpose of stimulating natural gas or oil
     4  in low permeability natural gas reservoirs, such as  the  Marcellus  and
     5  Utica shale formations.
     6    The  purpose  of  such suspension shall be to afford the state and its
     7  residents the opportunity to continue the review  and  analysis  of  the
     8  effects  of hydraulic fracturing on water and air quality, environmental
     9  safety and public health.
    10    For the purposes of this section, "hydraulic  fracturing"  shall  mean
    11  the  fracturing  of rock by fluid for the purpose of stimulating natural
    12  gas or oil for any purpose.
    13    This section shall not apply to permits issued prior to the  effective
    14  date  of this act which utilize hydraulic fracturing that are subject to
    15  renewal.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire  and  be
    17  deemed repealed June 1, 2013.
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11076-03-2
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