Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to environmental conservation |
May 07, 2013 |
held for consideration in environmental conservation |
Jan 17, 2013 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A2741
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CROUCH
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
co-Sponsors
Michael Montesano
Gary Finch
Jane Corwin
multi-Sponsors
William A. Barclay
Stephen Hawley
Robert Oaks
2013-A2741 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A2741 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2741 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 17, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH, MONTESANO, FINCH, CORWIN -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, HAWLEY, OAKS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to requiring the department of environmental conservation to promulgate rules and regulations relating to gas flow meters at natural gas well sites THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 23-0305 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 15 to read as follows: 15. WITH RESPECT TO NATURAL GAS WELL SITES, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT: A. REQUIRE THAT ALL GAS WELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCTION BE EQUIPPED WITH AN ELECTRONIC FLOW METER ASSEMBLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF MONITORING SUCH PRODUCTION, THE FLOW METER ASSEMBLY SHALL CONSIST OF A METER TUBE CONTAINING TEST PORTS TO BE UTILIZED FOR MEASUREMENT AND TESTING OF EXTRACTED GAS, SHUTOFF VALVES TO BE UTILIZED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SHUTTING DOWN PORTIONS OF THE SYSTEM, AND A FLOW METERING ASSEMBLY, WHEREIN THE ORIFICE IS CAPABLE OF BEING REMOVED WITHOUT SHUTTING OFF THE SYSTEM. B. SHALL CAUSE TO BE COMPILED A LIST OF THIRD PARTY CONTRACTORS, FROM WHICH THE GAS COMPANIES AND WELL OPERATORS SHALL SELECT FOR THIS SERVICE, THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PURPOSE OF TESTING AND/OR CALIBRATING OF GAS FLOW METER ASSEMBLIES. C. PROVIDE THAT ANY OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A NATURAL GAS WELL SITE MAY, AT SUCH OWNER'S OR OPERATOR'S OWN COST, ENGAGE THE SERVICES OF A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR FROM THE APPROVED LIST COMPILED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CAUSING AN INDEPENDENT TEST OR CALIBRATION TO BE CONDUCTED UPON THE GAS FLOW METER OR METERS CONNECTED TO THE NATURAL GAS WELL SITE. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06278-01-3
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