STATE OF NEW YORK
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4943
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 9, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL, LIFTON, LUPARDO, MOSLEY -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
prohibiting the transportation or shipment of any waste product or
byproduct from hydraulic fracturing operations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
2 new section 23-1712 to read as follows:
3 § 23-1712. Prohibition on the transportation or shipment for the purpose
4 of treatment, discharge, disposal or storage of high volume
5 hydraulic fracturing waste product or by-product in New
6 York state.
7 No person, firm, partnership or corporation shall transport or ship
8 for the purpose of treatment, discharge, disposal or storage, any high
9 volume hydraulic fracturing waste product and/or by-product resulting
10 from high volume hydraulic fracturing oil and/or gas exploration or
11 production.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01399-01-5
