Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Feb 25, 2013 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A5378
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BRENNAN
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
William Colton
Barbara Lifton
Matthew Titone
Ellen C. Jaffee
multi-Sponsors
Deborah Glick
Richard Gottfried
Joan Millman
Linda Rosenthal
2013-A5378 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A5378 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5378 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 25, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRENNAN, COLTON, LIFTON, TITONE, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK, GOTTFRIED, MILLMAN, ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to envi- ronmental protection related to the drilling of oil and gas wells, and providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 23-0501 of the environmental conservation law is renumbered subdivision 5 and two new subdivisions 3 and 4 are added to read as follows: 3. COMMENCING WITH THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THERE SHALL BE A MORATORIUM ON THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR THE DRILLING OF NEW WELLS. 4. (A) NO PERMIT TO DRILL AN OIL OR GAS WELL USING HYDRAULIC FRACTUR- ING SHALL BE ISSUED FOR THE DRILLING OF ANY OIL OR GAS WELL WITHIN TEN MILES OF: (I) THE NEW YORK CITY WATER SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURE; (II) THE NEW YORK CITY WATERSHED; OR (III) THE AREA AROUND AND INCLUDING ANY WATER SYSTEM THAT HAS RECEIVED, AT ANY POINT IN TIME, A FILTRATION AVOIDANCE DETERMINATION FROM THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; (B) NO PERMIT TO DRILL AN OIL OR GAS WELL USING HYDRAULIC FRACTURING SHALL BE ISSUED FOR THE DRILLING OF ANY OIL OR GAS WELL WITHIN AN APPRO- PRIATE DISTANCE, TO BE DETERMINED BY RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT, OF: (I) ANY AREA OVERLYING A SOLE SOURCE AQUIFER; (II) ANY OTHER AREA IDENTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS NECESSARY FOR THE PROTECTION OF DRINKING WATER RESOURCES; (III) ANY AREA IDENTIFIED AS A CRITICAL HABITAT FOR A THREATENED OR ENDANGERED SPECIES UNDER SECTION FOUR OF THE FEDERAL ENDANGERED SPECIES EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01826-01-3
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