Bill Text: NY A06099 | 2013-2014 | 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 16-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to environmental conservation [A06099 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A06099-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6099
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 15, 2013
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       Introduced  by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, GUNTHER, STEVENSON, TITONE, JAFFEE,
         ROBERTS, ZEBROWSKI,  ROSENTHAL,  CAHILL,  ABINANTI,  MILLMAN,  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.
                                                                  LBD09716-01-3