Bill Text: NY A02601 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the provision of an assessment by a geologist prior to issuance of a permit for a hydraulic fracturing well.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-21 - enacting clause stricken [A02601 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A02601-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2601
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 20, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, GUNTHER, TITONE, JAFFEE, ROBERTS,
         ZEBROWSKI, ROSENTHAL, CAHILL, ABINANTI,  WEPRIN,  SCHIMEL,  COLTON  --
         Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M. of A.   BRENNAN, GOTTFRIED, THIELE -- read
         once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
         requiring  the  provision of an assessment by a geologist prior to the
         issuance of a well permit for  the  production  of  gas  by  means  of
         hydraulic fracturing
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 1  of  section  23-0501  of  the
    2  environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 4
    3  to read as follows:
    4    (4) "HYDRAULIC FRACTURING" MEANS THE USE OF CHEMICALS, WATER AND OTHER
    5  SUBSTANCES  INJECTED  OR  PUMPED  INTO  A  GAS  WELL  TO  STIMULATE  THE
    6  EXTRACTION OF GAS.
    7    S 2. Section 23-0501 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
    8  by adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
    9    2-A. EVERY PERSON WHO APPLIES FOR A PERMIT TO DRILL A GAS WELL FOR THE
   10  EXTRACTION  OF  GAS  BY  MEANS  OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING SHALL, UPON SUCH
   11  APPLICATION, PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT WITH AN ASSESSMENT AND  MAP  OF  THE
   12  WATER TABLES AT THE PROPOSED GAS WELL SITE, INCLUDING AN ANALYSIS OF THE
   13  CHEMISTRY  OF  THE  SUBTERRANEAN WATER. SUCH ASSESSMENT AND MAP SHALL BE
   14  COMPLETED BY A GEOLOGIST APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   15    S 3. 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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