Senate Bill S4314

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Prohibits the use of wastewater from high-volume hydraulic fracturing for road and land spreading

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S4314 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1043
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §23-0101, add §23-0315, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6895
2013-2014: S4656
2017-2018: S3910, A4745
2019-2020: S5826, A596
2021-2022: S4480, A1332
2023-2024: A536

2015-S4314 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of wastewater from high-volume hydraulic fracturing for road and land spreading, for dust control or de-icing.

2015-S4314 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4314 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4314

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 12, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conser-
  vation

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:

  Section 1. Section 23-0101 of the environmental  conservation  law  is
amended  by  adding  three new subdivisions 4-a, 7-a and 16-a to read as
follows:
  4-A. "FLOWBACK FLUID" MEANS LIQUIDS PRODUCED DURING INITIAL COMPLETION
AND CLEANUP OF THE WELL OR CLEANUP OF A  WELL  FOLLOWING  REFRACTURE  OR
WORK OVER OF A WELL.
  7-A.  "HIGH-VOLUME  HYDRAULIC  FRACTURING"  OR  "HVHF" MEANS HYDRAULIC
FRACTURING FOR NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION USING GREATER THAN  THREE  HUNDRED
THOUSAND  GALLONS  OF  WATER REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE WELL IS VERTICAL,
DIRECTIONAL OR HORIZONTAL.
  16-A. "PRODUCTION BRINE" OR "PRODUCED WATER" MEANS LIQUIDS CO-PRODUCED
DURING OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION.
  S 2. The environmental conservation law is amended  by  adding  a  new
section 23-0315 to read as follows:
S 23-0315. WASTEWATER FOR ROAD AND LAND SPREADING; PROHIBITED.
  WASTEWATER  ASSOCIATED  WITH  THE  PRODUCTION  OF  NATURAL  GAS  USING
HIGH-VOLUME HYDRAULIC FRACTURING, INCLUDING FLOWBACK  FLUID,  PRODUCTION
BRINE  OR  PRODUCED  WATER,  SHALL  NOT  BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ROAD
SPREADING FOR DUST CONTROL OR DE-ICING OR LAND SPREADING.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04296-01-5

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