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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Jan 10, 2017 |
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Senate Bill S1548
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation 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
2017-S1548 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S6903
2013-2014: S326
2015-2016: S681
2017-S1548 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1548 TITLE OF BILL : An act to require a seismological impact study related to hydrofracking PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL : The purpose of this legislation is to inform the people of the State of New York of any and all potential seismological impacts posed by the extraction of natural gas using horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing and to provide an analysis of those impacts. Such analysis and information shall help facilitate informed decisions regarding actions to be taken with respect to such activities in the state. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 of the bill sets forth the legislative findings of the bill as described above. Section 2 of the bill requires that pursuant to appropriation, a school of geological sciences within the state university of New York ("the school of geological sciences") shall conduct a comprehensive seismological impact assessment to examine potential geophysical
2017-S1548 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1548 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 10, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to require a seismological impact study related to hydrofracking THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The purpose of this legislation is to inform the people of the state of New York of any and all potential seismological impacts posed by the extraction of natural gas using horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing and to provide an analysis of those impacts. Such analysis and information shall help facilitate informed decisions regarding actions to be taken with respect to such activities in the state. § 2. Pursuant to appropriation, a school of geological sciences within the state university of New York (hereinafter "the school of geological sciences") shall conduct a comprehensive seismological impact assessment to examine potential geophysical impacts that may be caused by the extraction of natural gas using horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing. For the purposes of this act, a "seismological impact assessment" shall mean a combination of procedures, methods, and tools by which a policy, program, or project may be judged as to its potential effects on the seismic activity in the surrounding area, and the potential impact in New York state. § 3. Prior to the commencement of such assessment, the school of geological sciences conducting such assessment shall prepare a scoping document that will establish the parameters of the seismological impact assessment. The scoping document shall include the analyses required by this act, as well as any other analyses conducted, and shall be subject to public review, comment and revision. § 4. Such seismological assessment of the extraction of natural gas using horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing shall include, at a minimum, the following analyses: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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