Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to environmental conservation |
May 02, 2011 |
print number 7283a |
May 02, 2011 |
amend and recommit to environmental conservation |
Apr 27, 2011 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A7283
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
NOLAN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
2011-A7283 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §17-0833, En Con L
2011-A7283 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7283 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 27, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to requiring treatment works to test waste from hydraulic fracturing operations to test for radioactivity THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new section 17-0833 to read as follows: S 17-0833. INDUSTRIAL WASTE FROM HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OPERATIONS. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, AFTER HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING WITH DUE NOTICE, PROMULGATE REGULATIONS REQUIRING TREATMENT WORKS WHICH TREAT INDUSTRIAL WASTE FROM HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OPERATIONS CONDUCTED BY A PERMIT HOLDER UNDER TITLE FIVE OF ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER TO CAUSE TESTS TO BE PERFORMED ON THE WATER DISCHARGED THEREFROM. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, TESTS TO BE PERFORMED ON THE WATER SHALL MEAN WATER SAMPLING TO IDENTIFY COMPOUNDS OR CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN. COMPOUNDS OR CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN SHALL INCLUDE INGREDIENTS CONTAINED IN HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FLUIDS AND CHEMICAL TREATMENTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINANTS SUCH AS RADIUM AND ANY OTHER CONTAMINANTS IDENTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION" HYDRAULIC FRACTURING" MEANS A PROCESS USED TO CREATE FRACTURES IN ROCK BY MAN-MADE FRACTURING TECHNIQUES FOR THE PURPOSES OF STIMULATING NATURAL GAS OR OIL WELL PRODUCTION. S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10281-01-1
co-Sponsors
Linda Rosenthal
2011-A7283A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §17-0833, En Con L
2011-A7283A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7283--A 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 27, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to requiring treatment works to test waste from hydraulic fracturing operations to test for radioactivity THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new section 17-0833 to read as follows: S 17-0833. INDUSTRIAL WASTE FROM HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OPERATIONS. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, AFTER HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING WITH DUE NOTICE, PROMULGATE REGULATIONS REQUIRING TREATMENT WORKS WHICH TREAT INDUSTRIAL WASTE FROM HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OPERATIONS CONDUCTED BY A PERMIT HOLDER UNDER TITLE FIVE OF ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER TO CAUSE TESTS TO BE PERFORMED ON THE WATER DISCHARGED THEREFROM. 2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, TESTS TO BE PERFORMED ON THE WATER SHALL MEAN WATER SAMPLING TO IDENTIFY COMPOUNDS OR CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN. COMPOUNDS OR CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN SHALL INCLUDE INGREDIENTS CONTAINED IN HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FLUIDS AND CHEMICAL TREATMENTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINANTS SUCH AS RADIUM AND ANY OTHER CONTAMINANTS IDENTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT. 3. NO WASTE FROM HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OPERATIONS OUTSIDE THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL BE ACCEPTED, TREATED OR DISCHARGED BY ANY PERMIT HOLDER PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE. 4. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "HYDRAULIC FRACTURING" MEANS A PROCESS USED TO CREATE FRACTURES IN ROCK BY MAN-MADE FRACTURING TECHNIQUES FOR THE PURPOSES OF STIMULATING NATURAL GAS OR OIL WELL PRODUCTION. S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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