Bill Text: NY A01046 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 39-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-08 - advanced to third reading cal.636 [A01046 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A01046-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1046
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. SWEENEY, PAULIN, DINOWITZ, ZEBROWSKI, SCHIMEL,
         GOTTFRIED,  GALEF,  COLTON,  JAFFEE,  WEISENBERG,   JACOBS,   ROBERTS,
         PEOPLES-STOKES,  BRAUNSTEIN,  ORTIZ, KAVANAGH -- Multi-Sponsored by --
         M. of A. ABINANTI, BRENNAN, CYMBROWITZ, GLICK, MARKEY, PERRY, SIMANOW-
         ITZ, THIELE, TITONE -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
         Environmental 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:
    1    Section  1.   Section 27-0903 of the environmental conservation law is
    2  amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
    3    4. UNIFORM TREATMENT OF WASTE.  ALL WASTE RESULTING FROM THE  EXPLORA-
    4  TION, DEVELOPMENT, EXTRACTION OR PRODUCTION OF CRUDE OIL OR NATURAL GAS,
    5  INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO DRILLING FLUIDS AND PRODUCED WATERS, SHALL
    6  BE CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS WASTE UNDER THE LAW OF THIS STATE AND SUBJECT TO
    7  ALL  PERTINENT  GENERATION,  TRANSPORTATION,  TREATMENT,  STORAGE,   AND
    8  DISPOSAL  LAWS  AND  REGULATIONS,  IF SUCH WASTE MEETS THE DEFINITION OF
    9  HAZARDOUS WASTE SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION THREE  OF  SECTION  27-0901  OF
   10  THIS CHAPTER. WITHIN SIX MONTHS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVI-
   11  SION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE ALL NECESSARY CHANGES TO BRING ITS REGU-
   12  LATIONS INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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