S04656 Summary:

BILL NOS04656
 
SAME ASSAME AS A09039
 
SPONSORGRISANTI
 
COSPNSRAVELLA
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd S23-0101, add S23-0315, En Con L
 
Prohibits the use of wastewater from high-volume hydraulic fracturing for road and land spreading, for dust control or de-icing.
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S04656 Actions:

BILL NOS04656
 
04/17/2013REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
01/08/2014REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
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S04656 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4656
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     April 17, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. GRISANTI -- 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
          prohibiting the use of wastewater for road and land spreading
 

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 23-0101 of the environmental  conservation  law  is
     2  amended  by  adding  three new subdivisions 4-a, 7-a and 16-a to read as
     3  follows:
     4    4-a. "Flowback fluid" means liquids produced during initial completion
     5  and cleanup of the well or cleanup of a  well  following  refracture  or
     6  work over of a well.
     7    7-a.  "High-volume  hydraulic  fracturing"  or  "HVHF" means hydraulic
     8  fracturing for natural gas extraction using greater than  three  hundred
     9  thousand  gallons  of  water regardless of whether the well is vertical,
    10  directional or horizontal.
    11    16-a. "Production brine" or "produced water" means liquids co-produced

    12  during oil and gas production.
    13    § 2. The environmental conservation law is amended  by  adding  a  new
    14  section 23-0315 to read as follows:
    15  § 23-0315. Wastewater for road and land spreading; prohibited.
    16    Wastewater  associated  with the production of natural gas using high-
    17  volume hydraulic fracturing, including flowback fluid, production  brine
    18  or  produced  water, shall not be used for the purpose of road spreading
    19  for dust control or de-icing or land spreading.
    20    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04772-01-3
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