Assembly Bill A880

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits publicly owned treatment works from accepting wastewater associated with the exploration, delineation, development, or production of natural gas

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-A880 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Public Services
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10210
2013-2014: A7270, A8463
2015-2016: A750
2017-2018: A4217
2019-2020: A889
2021-2022: A1404
2023-2024: A486

2025-A880 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits publicly owned treatment works from accepting wastewater associated with the exploration, delineation, development, or production of natural gas from high-volume hydraulic fracturing; provides exceptions.

2025-A880 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    880
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT relating to wastewater treatment
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, no  publicly
 owned treatment works shall accept wastewater associated with the explo-
 ration,  delineation,  development,  or  production of natural gas where
 high-volume hydraulic fracturing is utilized.
   § 2.  A publicly owned treatment works may appeal to the department of
 environmental conservation division  of  water  for  an  exemption  from
 section  one  of  this act if it can meet a standard of performance that
 shall permit no discharge of  pollutants,  or  if  not  feasible,  shall
 reflect  the  greatest  degree  of effluent reduction achievable through
 application of the best available demonstrated control technology, proc-
 esses, operating methods, or other alternatives.
   § 3. For purposes of this act, "High-volume hydraulic  fracturing"  or
 "(HVHF)"  means  hydraulic  fracturing  for natural gas extraction using
 greater than 300,000 gallons of water regardless of whether the well  is
 vertical, directional or horizontal.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03219-01-5

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