NY State Senate Bill 2017-S568A

Senate Bill S568A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts the "oil and gas waste management act of 2018" to require solid waste management facilities accepting waste from oil and gas drilling operations to screen such waste for radioactivity

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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- Passed Assembly
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 25, 2018	print number 568a
Jan 25, 2018	amend and recommit to environmental conservation
Jan 03, 2018	referred to environmental conservation
Jun 07, 2017	reported and committed to rules
Jan 04, 2017	referred to environmental conservation

Votes

- Jun 7, 2017 - Environmental Conservation Committee Vote
  S568A
  
  11
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Environmental Conservation Committee Vote: Jun 7, 2017
      
      aye (11)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Avella
      
      Funke
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Latimer
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Phillips
      
      Tedisco
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      excused (1)
      
      LaValle

Bill Amendments

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2017-S568 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §27-0707, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S7311
2015-2016: S3060
2019-2020: S1005

2017-S568 - Summary

Enacts the "oil and gas waste management act" to require solid waste management facilities accepting waste from oil and gas drilling operations to screen such waste for radioactivity.

2017-S568 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S568

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
proper screening of waste derived from oil and gas drilling operations
for radioactivity prior to disposal at regulated solid waste
management facilities

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

This bill is intended to ensure that the disposal of potentially
radioactive materials from oil and gas drilling operations do not
constitute an environmental hazard when deposited in a landfill within
New York.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1: Provides legislative findings such that solid waste
management facilities that receive waste generated from oil and gas
drilling activities should be required to implement screening and
rejection criteria for radioactivity as a condition to obtaining a
permit to operate such a solid waste management facility.

Section 2: Provides that this act shall be known as "the oil and gas
waste management act of 2017".

Section 3: Directs the Commissioner of Environmental Conservation to
incorporate screening and rejection criteria for radioactivity when
issuing a permit for any solid waste management facility that intends
to accept waste from oil and gas drilling.

Section 4: Provides for an immediate effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Lately there has been an increasing amount of concern over the
potential threats to safety from radioactive drill cuttings generated
by oil and gas operations in other states which enter into the New
York waste stream.

This legislation will mitigate the threats posed to the public under
the current system of high volume fracturing waste transport and
disposal in New York. The bill requires the incorporation of
radioactive screening and rejection criteria in solid waste facility
permits for any solid waste facility that accepts waste from oil and
gas drilling activities. It will result in the rejection of drilling
wastes which do not meet the standards imposed by the department of
environmental conservation for acceptance at a landfill in New York.
Screening criteria will also provide a clearer picture of the amount
of potentially hazardous radioactive materials which may be entering
New York's waste stream.

This bill is intended to ensure that oil and waste products do not
pose an environmental danger when they come to ultimately rest in New
York.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2016: S.3060-A Passed Senate
2015: S.3060 Passed Senate
2014: S.7311 Reported and Committed to Finance

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

Minimal.
 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S568 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    568
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  YOUNG, LITTLE, MARCELLINO, MURPHY, O'MARA -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
   proper screening of waste derived from oil and gas drilling operations
   for radioactivity prior to disposal at regulated solid  waste  manage-
   ment facilities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds that the
 environmental  conservation  law  provides  for  the  establishment  and
 permitting  of  solid waste management facilities. Given the significant
 increase in oil and gas drilling  activity  in  Pennsylvania  and  other
 states,  which  has  resulted  in  the  disposal in this state of wastes
 generated from drilling activities in other states, and to  address  any
 oil  and  gas drilling wastes that may be generated by operations in the
 state, the legislature hereby finds that solid waste management  facili-
 ties  that  receive waste generated from oil and gas drilling activities
 should be required to implement screening  and  rejection  criteria  for
 radioactivity  as  a  condition  to obtaining a permit to operate such a
 solid waste management facility.
   § 2. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "oil
 and gas waste management act of 2017".
   § 3. Section 27-0707 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
 by adding a new subdivision 2-d to read as follows:
   2-D.  ANY  PERMIT  ISSUED  TO  A  SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY THAT
 INTENDS TO ACCEPT WASTE FROM  OIL  AND  GAS  DRILLING  ACTIVITIES  SHALL
 INCLUDE  SCREENING  AND  REJECTION  CRITERIA  FOR  RADIOACTIVITY IN SUCH
 WASTES.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05924-01-7

co-Sponsors

2017-S568A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §27-0707, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S7311
2015-2016: S3060
2019-2020: S1005

2017-S568A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "oil and gas waste management act" to require solid waste management facilities accepting waste from oil and gas drilling operations to screen such waste for radioactivity.

2017-S568A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S568A

SPONSOR: YOUNG
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
proper screening of waste derived from oil and gas drilling operations
for radioactivity prior to disposal at regulated solid waste management
facilities

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill is intended to ensure that the disposal of potentially radio-
active materials from oil and gas drilling operations do not constitute
an environmental hazard when deposited in a landfill within New York.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Provides legislative findings such that solid waste manage-
ment facilities that receive waste generated from oil and gas drilling
activities should be required to implement screening and rejection

criteria for radioactivity as a condition to obtaining a permit to oper-
ate such a solid waste management facility.

Section 2: Provides that this act shall be known as "the oil and gas
waste management act of 2018".

Section 3: Directs the Commissioner of Environmental Conservation to
incorporate screening and rejection criteria for radioactivity when
issuing a permit for any solid waste management facility that intends to
accept waste from oil and gas drilling.

Section 4: Provides for an immediate effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Lately there has been an increasing amount of concern over the potential
threats to safety from radioactive drill cuttings generated by oil and
gas operations in other states which enter into the New York waste
stream.

This legislation will mitigate the threats posed to the public under the
current system of high volume fracturing waste transport and disposal in
New York. The bill requires the incorporation of radioactive screening
and rejection criteria in solid waste facility permits for any solid
waste facility that accepts waste from oil and gas drilling activities.
It will result in the rejection of drilling wastes which do not meet the
standards imposed by the department of environmental conservation for
acceptance at a landfill in New York. Screening criteria will also
provide a clearer picture of the amount of potentially hazardous radio-
active materials which may be entering New York's waste stream.

This bill is intended to ensure that oil and waste products do not pose
an environmental danger when they come to ultimately rest in New York.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017: S.568 Reported and Committed to Rules
2016: S.3060-A Passed Senate
2015: S.3060 Passed Senate
2014: S.7311 Reported and Committed to Finance

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Minimal.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S568A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  568--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  YOUNG, LITTLE, MARCELLINO, MURPHY, O'MARA -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee  on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted to the Commit-
   tee on Environmental Conservation in accordance with  Senate  Rule  6,
   sec.  8  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
   proper screening of waste derived from oil and gas drilling operations
   for  radioactivity  prior to disposal at regulated solid waste manage-
   ment facilities
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds that the
 environmental  conservation  law  provides  for  the  establishment  and
 permitting of solid waste management facilities. Given  the  significant
 increase  in  oil  and  gas  drilling activity in Pennsylvania and other
 states, which has resulted in the  disposal  in  this  state  of  wastes
 generated  from  drilling activities in other states, and to address any
 oil and gas drilling wastes that may be generated by operations  in  the
 state,  the legislature hereby finds that solid waste management facili-
 ties that receive waste generated from oil and gas  drilling  activities
 should  be  required  to  implement screening and rejection criteria for
 radioactivity as a condition to obtaining a permit  to  operate  such  a
 solid waste management facility.
   § 2. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "oil
 and gas waste management act of 2018".
   §  3. Section 27-0707 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 2-d to read as follows:
   2-D. ANY PERMIT ISSUED TO  A  SOLID  WASTE  MANAGEMENT  FACILITY  THAT
 INTENDS  TO  ACCEPT  WASTE  FROM  OIL  AND GAS DRILLING ACTIVITIES SHALL
 INCLUDE SCREENING AND  REJECTION  CRITERIA  FOR  RADIOACTIVITY  IN  SUCH
 WASTES.

   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05924-02-8

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

Bill Amendments

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2017-S568 - Details

2017-S568 - Summary

2017-S568 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S568 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2017-S568A (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S568A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S568A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S568A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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