Bill Text: NY S04099 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S04099 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S04099-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4099

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 2, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER,  ADDABBO, BIAGGI, BROOKS, KRUEGER -- read
          twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
          Committee on Environmental Conservation

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
          prohibiting horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Article 23 of the environmental conservation law is amended
     2  by adding new title 29 to read as follows:
     3                                  TITLE 29
     4          HORIZONTAL DRILLING AND HIGH-VOLUME HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
     5  Section 23-2901. Prohibition  on  horizontal  drilling  and  high-volume
     6                     hydraulic fracturing.
     7  § 23-2901. Prohibition on horizontal drilling and high-volume  hydraulic
     8               fracturing.
     9    1.  For  the  purposes of this section, the following terms shall have
    10  the following meanings:
    11    (a) "High-volume hydraulic fracturing" means the stimulation of a well
    12  using three hundred thousand or more gallons of water as the base  fluid
    13  for hydraulic fracturing for all stages in a well completion, regardless
    14  of  whether  the  well is vertical or directional, including horizontal.
    15  The three hundred thousand-gallon threshold is the  sum  of  all  water,
    16  fresh and recycled, used for all stages in a well completion.
    17    (b)  "Gelled  propane  hydraulic fracturing" means a process that uses
    18  gelled propane or liquified petroleum gas to  fracture  geologic  forma-
    19  tions.
    20    2.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law, high-volume hydraulic
    21  fracturing and gelled  propane  hydraulic  fracturing  shall  be  deemed
    22  prohibited in the state.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08318-01-1