Bill Text: NY A07013 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
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 48-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-02-13 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [A07013 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A07013-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7013 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 8, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SWEENEY -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee 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. LBD10766-01-1