Assembly Bill A4304

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to oil and gas extraction; repealer

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  • 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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2021-A4304 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §23-0301, rpld §23-0901, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A6594
2017-2018: A3107
2019-2020: A2302

2021-A4304 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to oil and gas extraction; repeals provisions related to compulsory integration and utilization in oil and natural gas pools and fields.

2021-A4304 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4304
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ENGLEBRIGHT, L. ROSENTHAL, COLTON, GOTTFRIED,
   STECK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, GLICK, J. RIVERA, THIELE
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental  Conserva-
   tion
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   extraction of oil and gas; and to repeal section 23-0901 of  such  law
   relating  to compulsory integration and utilization in oil and natural
   gas pools and fields
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 23-0301 of the environmental conservation law, as
 amended by chapter 410 of the laws  of  1987,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
 § 23-0301. Declaration of policy.
   [It]  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  THIS  ARTICLE TO THE
 CONTRARY, IT is hereby declared to be in the public interest to regulate
 the development, production and utilization of natural resources of  oil
 and  gas  in this state in such a manner as will [prevent waste] PROTECT
 THE ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE, PROVIDE
 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXTRACTION OF OIL AND GAS IN  A  SOUND  ENVIRON-
 MENTAL  MANNER  THAT PREVENTS CONTAMINATION OF LAND AND WATER RESOURCES,
 AND PROVIDE FOR THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND  MANAGEMENT  AND  DISPOSAL  OF
 WASTE  PRODUCTS RESULTING FROM THESE EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES; to authorize
 and to provide for the operation and development of oil and gas  proper-
 ties  in  such  a manner that a greater ultimate recovery of oil and gas
 may be had[, and] WITHOUT CREATING ADDITIONAL HARM OR  CONTAMINATION  TO
 THE ENVIRONMENT, AND that the correlative rights of all SURFACE LAND AND
 MINERAL RIGHTS owners and the rights of all persons including landowners
 and  the  general  public  may  be fully protected[,]; and to provide in
 similar fashion for the underground storage of gas, the solution  mining
 of salt and geothermal, stratigraphic and brine disposal wells.
   §  2.    Section  23-0901  of  the  environmental  conservation law is
 REPEALED.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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