NY State Assembly Bill 2017-A302B

Assembly Bill A302B

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting the acceptance of high volume hydraulic fracturing wastewater from oil or natural gas extraction activities at wastewater treatment facilities and solid waste management facilities

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Jun 18, 2018	ordered to third reading rules cal.270 rules report cal.270 reported reported referred to rules
Jun 13, 2018	reported referred to ways and means
Jun 07, 2018	reported referred to codes
Jun 06, 2018	print number 302b
Jun 06, 2018	amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation
Jan 03, 2018	referred to environmental conservation
Jun 13, 2017	print number 302a
Jun 13, 2017	amend and recommit to environmental conservation
Jan 05, 2017	referred to environmental conservation

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2017-A302 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S98
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§17-1905 & 27-0703, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: A7497, S5412
2015-2016: A130, S340
2019-2020: A101, S437

2017-A302 - Summary

2017-A302 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    302
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. BUCHWALD, ENGLEBRIGHT, LUPARDO, COLTON, MOSLEY,
   GUNTHER, BICHOTTE, LIFTON,  GOTTFRIED,  ROZIC,  RYAN,  MAYER,  TITONE,
   BARRETT,  OTIS, STECK, ZEBROWSKI, BLAKE, JAFFEE, BARRON, ARROYO, WALK-
   ER, QUART, CAHILL, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.  COOK,
   GLICK,  HEVESI,  KEARNS,  MAGEE, PEOPLES-STOKES, SIMON, THIELE -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   banning   the  acceptance  of  wastewater  from  oil  or  natural  gas
   extraction activities at wastewater treatment facilities and landfills
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  20  of  section 23-0101 of the environmental
 conservation law, as amended by chapter 846 of  the  laws  of  1981,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   20. "Waste" means
   a. Physical waste, as that term is generally understood in the oil and
 gas industry;
   b.  The  inefficient, excessive or improper use of, or the unnecessary
 dissipation of reservoir energy;
   c. The locating, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating, or producing
 of any oil or gas well or wells in a manner which  causes  or  tends  to
 cause  reduction  in  the  quantity of oil or gas ultimately recoverable
 from a pool under prudent and proper  operations,  or  which  causes  or
 tends  to  cause unnecessary or excessive surface loss or destruction of
 oil or gas;
   d. The inefficient storing of oil or gas; [and]
   e. The flaring of gas produced from an oil or  condensate  well  after
 the department has found that the use of the gas, on terms that are just
 and reasonable, is, or will be economically feasible within a reasonable
 time[.]; AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01587-01-7

 A. 302                              2
 
   F.  ANY  WASTE  THAT  IS  GENERATED  AS A RESULT OF OIL OR NATURAL GAS
 EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES, WHICH INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED  TO,  LEACHATE
 FROM  SOLID  WASTE  ASSOCIATED  WITH  NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES.
 THIS WASTE MAY CONSIST OF AMONG OTHER SUBSTANCES, WATER, CHEMICAL  ADDI-
 TIVES,  OR  NATURALLY  OCCURRING  RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS (NORM) AND HEAVY
 METALS.
   § 2. Section 23-0101 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
 by adding a new subdivision 21 to read as follows:
   21.  "NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES" MEANS ALL GEOLOGIC OR GEOPHY-
 SICAL ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE EXPLORATION FOR OR EXTRACTION OF NATURAL
 GAS OR OTHER SUBSURFACE HYDROCARBON DEPOSITS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO, CORE AND ROTARY DRILLING AND HYDRAULIC FRACTURING.
   § 3. Section 23-0305 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
 by adding a new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
   15. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROHIBIT THE APPLICATION OF WASTE FROM OIL OR
 NATURAL  GAS EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES ON ANY STATE-OWNED REAL PROPERTY, FOR
 ANY PURPOSE.
   § 4. Subdivision 4 of section 17-1905 of the  environmental  conserva-
 tion law is amended by adding a new paragraph f to read as follows:
   F.  ENSURE  THAT  THE  INTRODUCTION  OF  WASTE FROM OIL OR NATURAL GAS
 EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES INTO ANY WASTE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY WITHIN THE
 STATE IS PROHIBITED.
   § 5. Section 27-0703 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
 by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS PROHIBITING WASTE FROM OIL
 OR NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES, AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN ARTI-
 CLE TWENTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER, FROM BEING DEPOSITED IN A SOLID  WASTE
 MANAGEMENT FACILITY.
   §  6.  Subdivision 3 of section 71-1307 of the environmental conserva-
 tion law, as amended by chapter 99 of the laws of 2010,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   3.  Criminal  sanctions.  Any  person  who, having any of the culpable
 mental states defined in sections 15.05 and  20.20  of  the  penal  law,
 violates  any  provision  of  article  23 of this chapter or commits any
 offense described in section 71-1305 of this title shall be guilty of  a
 misdemeanor  and,  upon  conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine
 not to exceed one thousand  dollars  for  each  day  during  which  such
 violation  continues  or by imprisonment for a term of not more than one
 year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. If the conviction is for  a
 subsequent  offense  committed  after  a first conviction of such person
 under this subdivision, punishment shall be by  a  fine  not  to  exceed
 eight  thousand dollars for each day during which such violation contin-
 ues or by imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or by  both
 such  fine  and  imprisonment.    NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION, ANY PERSON  WHO  VIOLATES  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION
 FIFTEEN OF SECTION 23-0305 OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE
 NOT  TO  EXCEED  TWENTY-FIVE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  PER VIOLATION AND/OR BY
 IMPRISONMENT FOR A TERM OF NOT MORE THAN ONE YEAR.    EACH  INTRODUCTION
 AND/OR  APPLICATION  OF  WASTE FROM OIL OR NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION ACTIV-
 ITIES SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE AND DISTINCT VIOLATION.
   § 7. Section 71-1933 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
 by adding a new subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
   5-A.  ANY  PERSON  WHO  KNOWINGLY,  AS DEFINED IN SECTION 15.05 OF THE
 PENAL LAW, VIOLATES THE RULES OR  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  PURSUANT  TO
 PARAGRAPH F OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION 17-1905 OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL
 BE  PUNISHABLE  BY A FINE NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER

 A. 302                              3
 
 VIOLATION AND/OR UP  TO  THIRTY  DAYS  IMPRISONMENT.  EACH  INTRODUCTION
 AND/OR  APPLICATION  OF  WASTE FROM OIL OR NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION ACTIV-
 ITIES SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE AND DISTINCT VIOLATION.
   §  8.  Subdivision 2 of section 71-2703 of the environmental conserva-
 tion law is amended by adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
   D. ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 15.05 OF THE  PENAL
 LAW,  VIOLATES THE RULES OR REGULATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
 SION SEVEN OF SECTION 27-0703 OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE PUNISHABLE  BY  A
 FINE  NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER VIOLATION AND/OR UP
 TO THIRTY DAYS IMPRISONMENT. EACH  INTRODUCTION  AND/OR  APPLICATION  OF
 WASTE  FROM  OIL OR NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES SHALL CONSTITUTE A
 SEPARATE AND DISTINCT VIOLATION.
   § 9. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

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2017-A302A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S98
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§17-1905 & 27-0703, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: A7497, S5412
2015-2016: A130, S340
2019-2020: A101, S437

2017-A302A - Summary

2017-A302A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  302--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. BUCHWALD, ENGLEBRIGHT, LUPARDO, COLTON, MOSLEY,
   GUNTHER, BICHOTTE, LIFTON,  GOTTFRIED,  ROZIC,  RYAN,  MAYER,  TITONE,
   BARRETT,  OTIS, STECK, ZEBROWSKI, BLAKE, JAFFEE, BARRON, ARROYO, WALK-
   ER, QUART, CAHILL, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.  COOK,
   GLICK,  HEVESI,  KEARNS,  MAGEE, PEOPLES-STOKES, SIMON, THIELE -- 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
   banning   the  acceptance  of  wastewater  from  oil  or  natural  gas
   extraction activities at wastewater treatment facilities and landfills
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  20  of  section 23-0101 of the environmental
 conservation law, as amended by chapter 846 of  the  laws  of  1981,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   20. "Waste" means
   a. Physical waste, as that term is generally understood in the oil and
 gas industry;
   b.  The  inefficient, excessive or improper use of, or the unnecessary
 dissipation of reservoir energy;
   c. The locating, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating, or producing
 of any oil or gas well or wells in a manner which  causes  or  tends  to
 cause  reduction  in  the  quantity of oil or gas ultimately recoverable
 from a pool under prudent and proper  operations,  or  which  causes  or
 tends  to  cause unnecessary or excessive surface loss or destruction of
 oil or gas;
   d. The inefficient storing of oil or gas; [and]
   e. The flaring of gas produced from an oil or  condensate  well  after
 the department has found that the use of the gas, on terms that are just
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01587-03-7

 A. 302--A                           2
 
 and reasonable, is, or will be economically feasible within a reasonable
 time[.];
   F.  ANY  WASTE  THAT  IS  GENERATED  AS A RESULT OF OIL OR NATURAL GAS
 EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES, WHICH INCLUDES, BUT  IS  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  DRILL
 CUTTINGS AND DRILLING MUD FROM WELL CONSTRUCTION AND LEACHATE FROM SOLID
 WASTE ASSOCIATED WITH NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES.  THIS WASTE MAY
 CONSIST  OF  AMONG  OTHER  SUBSTANCES,  WATER,  CHEMICAL  ADDITIVES,  OR
 NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS (NORM) AND HEAVY METALS; AND
   G. ANY WASTE THAT IS GENERATED AS A RESULT OF OR IN  ASSOCIATION  WITH
 THE UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF GAS OR LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS.
   §  2. Section 23-0101 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 21 to read as follows:
   21. "NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES" MEANS ALL GEOLOGIC OR  GEOPHY-
 SICAL ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE EXPLORATION FOR OR EXTRACTION OF NATURAL
 GAS OR OTHER SUBSURFACE HYDROCARBON DEPOSITS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO, CORE AND ROTARY DRILLING AND HYDRAULIC FRACTURING.
   §  3. Section 23-0305 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding three new subdivisions 15, 16 and 17 to read as follows:
   15. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROHIBIT THE APPLICATION OF  WASTE  GENERATED
 FROM OIL OR NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES ON ANY HIGHWAY, AS DEFINED
 IN  SUBDIVISION  FOURTEEN  OF SECTION TWO OF THE TRANSPORTATION LAW, FOR
 ANY PURPOSE, INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  USE  FOR  DE-ICING,  DUST
 SUPPRESSION OR ANY OTHER USE. SUCH PROHIBITION SHALL EXTEND TO ALL WASTE
 FROM  OIL OR NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES WHETHER OR NOT SUCH WASTE
 RECEIVED A BENEFICIAL USE DETERMINATION PURSUANT TO 6 NYCRR PART 360.
   16. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROHIBIT THE USE  OF  WASTE  GENERATED  AS  A
 RESULT  OF  OR  IN  ASSOCIATION  WITH  THE UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF GAS OR
 LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS ON ANY HIGHWAY AS DEFINED IN  SUBDIVISION  FOUR-
 TEEN  OF  SECTION TWO OF THE TRANSPORTATION LAW, FOR ANY PURPOSE INCLUD-
 ING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DE-ICING, DUST SUPPRESSION OR  ANY  OTHER  USE.
 SUCH  PROHIBITION  SHALL EXTEND TO ALL WASTE FROM GENERATION AS A RESULT
 OF OR IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF  GAS  OR  LIQUEFIED
 PETROLEUM GAS WHETHER OR NOT SUCH WASTE RECEIVED A BENEFICIAL USE DETER-
 MINATION PURSUANT TO 6 NYCRR PART 360.
   17. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROHIBIT THE APPLICATION OF WASTE FROM OIL OR
 NATURAL  GAS  EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES OR WASTE GENERATED AS A RESULT OF OR
 IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF GAS OR LIQUEFIED PETROLE-
 UM GAS ON ANY STATE-OWNED REAL PROPERTY.
   § 4. Subdivision 4 of section 17-1905 of the  environmental  conserva-
 tion law is amended by adding a new paragraph f to read as follows:
   F. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS PROHIBITING THE INTRODUCTION
 OF  WASTE  FROM  OIL OR NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES, AS SUCH TERMS
 ARE DEFINED IN ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  INTO  ANY  WASTE
 WATER TREATMENT FACILITY WITHIN THE STATE.
   §  5. Section 27-0703 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS PROHIBITING WASTE  FROM  OIL
 OR NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES, AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN ARTI-
 CLE  TWENTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER, FROM BEING DEPOSITED IN A SOLID WASTE
 MANAGEMENT FACILITY.
   § 6. Subdivision 3 of section 71-1307 of the  environmental  conserva-
 tion  law,  as  amended by chapter 99 of the laws of 2010, is amended to
 read as follows:
   3. Criminal sanctions. Any person who,  having  any  of  the  culpable
 mental  states  defined  in  sections  15.05 and 20.20 of the penal law,
 violates any provision of article 23 of  this  chapter  or  commits  any

 A. 302--A                           3
 
 offense  described in section 71-1305 of this title shall be guilty of a
 misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished  by  a  fine
 not  to  exceed  one  thousand  dollars  for  each day during which such
 violation  continues  or by imprisonment for a term of not more than one
 year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. If the conviction is for  a
 subsequent  offense  committed  after  a first conviction of such person
 under this subdivision, punishment shall be by  a  fine  not  to  exceed
 eight  thousand dollars for each day during which such violation contin-
 ues or by imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or by  both
 such  fine  and  imprisonment.    NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION, ANY PERSON  WHO  VIOLATES  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION
 FIFTEEN OF SECTION 23-0305 OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE
 NOT  TO  EXCEED  TWENTY-FIVE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  PER VIOLATION AND/OR BY
 IMPRISONMENT FOR A TERM OF NOT MORE THAN ONE YEAR.    EACH  INTRODUCTION
 AND/OR  APPLICATION  OF  WASTE FROM OIL OR NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION ACTIV-
 ITIES SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE AND DISTINCT VIOLATION.
   § 7. Section 71-1933 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
 by adding a new subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
   5-A.  ANY  PERSON  WHO  KNOWINGLY,  AS DEFINED IN SECTION 15.05 OF THE
 PENAL LAW, VIOLATES THE RULES OR  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  PURSUANT  TO
 PARAGRAPH F OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION 17-1905 OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL
 BE  PUNISHABLE  BY A FINE NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER
 VIOLATION AND/OR UP  TO  THIRTY  DAYS  IMPRISONMENT.  EACH  INTRODUCTION
 AND/OR  APPLICATION  OF  WASTE FROM OIL OR NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION ACTIV-
 ITIES SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE AND DISTINCT VIOLATION.
   § 8. Subdivision 2 of section 71-2703 of the  environmental  conserva-
 tion law is amended by adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
   D.  ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 15.05 OF THE PENAL
 LAW, VIOLATES THE RULES OR REGULATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVI-
 SION  SEVEN  OF SECTION 27-0703 OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A
 FINE NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER VIOLATION AND/OR  UP
 TO  THIRTY  DAYS  IMPRISONMENT.  EACH INTRODUCTION AND/OR APPLICATION OF
 WASTE FROM OIL OR NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES SHALL  CONSTITUTE  A
 SEPARATE AND DISTINCT VIOLATION.
   § 9. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

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2017-A302B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S98
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§17-1905 & 27-0703, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: A7497, S5412
2015-2016: A130, S340
2019-2020: A101, S437

2017-A302B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-A302B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  302--B
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. BUCHWALD, ENGLEBRIGHT, LUPARDO, COLTON, MOSLEY,
   GUNTHER, BICHOTTE, LIFTON, GOTTFRIED, ROZIC,  RYAN,  TITONE,  BARRETT,
   OTIS,  STECK, ZEBROWSKI, BLAKE, JAFFEE, BARRON, ARROYO, WALKER, QUART,
   CAHILL, GALEF, ABINANTI, L. ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of
   A.  COOK,  GLICK, HEVESI, MAGEE, PEOPLES-STOKES, SIMON, THIELE -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on  Environmental  Conservation  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Envi-
   ronmental Conservation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.  2  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   banning  the acceptance of high volume hydraulic fracturing wastewater
   from oil or natural gas extraction at wastewater treatment  facilities
   and solid waste management facilities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4  of  section  17-1905  of  the  environmental
 conservation  law  is  amended  by  adding  a new paragraph f to read as
 follows:
   F. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS PROHIBITING THE INTRODUCTION
 OF HIGH VOLUME HYDRAULIC  FRACTURING  WASTE  FROM  OIL  OR  NATURAL  GAS
 EXTRACTION  INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FLOWBACK WATER AND PRODUCTION
 WATER OR BRINE INTO ANY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY WITHIN THE STATE.
   § 2. Section 27-0703 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
 by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS PROHIBITING THE DISPOSAL OF
 HIGH  VOLUME  HYDRAULIC  FRACTURING  WASTE  FROM  OIL  OR  NATURAL   GAS
 EXTRACTION FROM BEING DEPOSITED IN A SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD01587-04-8

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Steven Englebright

Donna Lupardo

William Colton

Walter T. Mosley

multi-Sponsors

Vivian Cook

Deborah Glick

Andrew Hevesi

Mickey Kearns

2017-A302 - Details

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co-Sponsors

Steven Englebright

Donna Lupardo

William Colton

Walter T. Mosley

multi-Sponsors

Vivian Cook

Deborah Glick

Andrew Hevesi

William Magee

2017-A302A - Details

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co-Sponsors

Steven Englebright

Donna Lupardo

William Colton

Walter T. Mosley

multi-Sponsors

Vivian Cook

Deborah Glick

Andrew Hevesi

William Magee

2017-A302B (ACTIVE) - Details

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