Bill Text: NY A01265 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 1265 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits the use of toxic fracing solutions during hydraulic fracturing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to environmental conservation [A01265 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A01265-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1265
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ, COLTON, ZEBROWSKI, LIFTON, GLICK, HOOPER,
         McENENY, WEISENBERG -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
         Environmental Conservation
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
         prohibiting the use of certain fracing solutions
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
    2  new section 23-0505 to read as follows:
    3  S 23-0505. HYDRAULIC  FRACTURING;   PROHIBITION   ON   CERTAIN   FRACING
    4               SOLUTIONS.
    5    1.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
    6  FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
    7    A. "FRACING SOLUTION" SHALL MEAN A  SUBSTANCE  USED  DURING  HYDRAULIC
    8  FRACTURING WHICH IS INJECTED INTO ROCK FORMATIONS SURROUNDING OIL OR GAS
    9  DEPOSITS  IN  ORDER  TO EXPAND THE ROCK AND FACILITATE THE EXTRACTION OF
   10  OIL OR GAS; AND
   11    B. "HYDRAULIC FRACTURING" SHALL MEAN A PROCESS USED  TO  CREATE  FRAC-
   12  TURES  THAT  EXTEND  FROM A BOREHOLE INTO ROCK FORMATIONS TO INCREASE OR
   13  RESTORE THE RATE AT WHICH OIL OR GAS MAY BE PRODUCED FROM A WELL.
   14    2. ON AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  EVERY  PERSON
   15  GRANTED  A  WELL PERMIT PURSUANT TO SECTION 23-0501 OF THIS TITLE SHALL,
   16  DURING HYDRAULIC FRACTURING,  USE  ONLY  FRACING  SOLUTION  COMPOSED  OF
   17  NATURAL  AND  ORGANIC  MATERIALS. NO FRACING SOLUTION CONTAINING DIESEL,
   18  BENZENE, ETHIBENZENE, TOLUENE, XYLENE, OR ANY OTHER SUBSTANCE DETERMINED
   19  BY THE COMMISSIONER TO BE TOXIC SHALL BE USED DURING HYDRAULIC  FRACTUR-
   20  ING ON OR AFTER SUCH DATE.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   22  it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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