Bill Text: NY A04918 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4918 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to environmental conservation [A04918 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A04918-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          4918

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 9, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of A. EPSTEIN, COLTON, ZEBROWSKI, GLICK -- 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 fracking 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  § 23-0505. Hydraulic   fracturing;   prohibition   on  certain  fracking
     4               solutions.
     5    1. For purposes of this section, the following terms  shall  have  the
     6  following meanings:
     7    a.  "fracking  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  fracking solution composed of
    17  natural and organic materials. No fracking 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    § 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.
                                                                   LBD08996-01-1