Assembly Bill A2655

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the uniform treatment of waste from the exploration, development, extraction, or production of crude oil or natural gas

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S3392 - On Floor Calendar

  • 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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2019-A2655 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3392
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-0903, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7013, S4616
2013-2014: A1046, S674
2015-2016: A6859, S884
2017-2018: A2427, S1538

2019-A2655 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the uniform treatment of waste from the exploration, development, extraction, or production of crude oil or natural gas.

2019-A2655 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2655
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 24, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, COLTON, LIFTON, GOTTFRIED, GALEF,
   L. ROSENTHAL, ARROYO, BUCHWALD, COOK, SIMON, SEAWRIGHT, FAHY,  ABINAN-
   TI,   ORTIZ,   QUART,   CARROLL,   STECK,  PAULIN,  DINOWITZ,  TAYLOR,
   PEOPLES-STOKES, GLICK -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.  EPSTEIN,
   SOLAGES, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environ-
   mental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
   uniform treatment of waste
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.   Section 27-0903 of the environmental conservation law is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. UNIFORM TREATMENT OF WASTE.  ALL WASTE RESULTING FROM THE  EXPLORA-
 TION, DEVELOPMENT, EXTRACTION OR PRODUCTION OF CRUDE OIL OR NATURAL GAS,
 INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO DRILLING FLUIDS AND PRODUCED WATERS, SHALL
 BE CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS WASTE UNDER THE LAW OF THIS STATE AND SUBJECT TO
 ALL  PERTINENT  GENERATION,  TRANSPORTATION,  TREATMENT,  STORAGE,   AND
 DISPOSAL  LAWS  AND  REGULATIONS,  IF SUCH WASTE MEETS THE DEFINITION OF
 HAZARDOUS WASTE SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION THREE  OF  SECTION  27-0901  OF
 THIS CHAPTER. WITHIN SIX MONTHS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE ALL NECESSARY CHANGES TO BRING ITS REGU-
 LATIONS INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05496-01-9

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