Bill Text: NY S03392 | 2019-2020 | 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 23-1)
Status: (Passed) 2020-08-03 - approval memo.3 [S03392 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S03392-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3392 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 6, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MAY, KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conser- vation 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 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05496-01-9