Senate Bill S5826

2019-2020 Legislative Session

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

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

  • 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-S5826 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A596
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
2015-2016: S4314, A1043
2017-2018: S3910, A4745
2021-2022: S4480, A1332
2023-2024: A536

2019-S5826 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2019-S5826 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5826 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5826
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  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
   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.
   § 2. The environmental conservation law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 23-0315 to read as follows:
 § 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.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03319-01-9

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