Bill Text: NY A10209 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the creation of a geographic information system-based display to provide high-volume hydraulic fracturing information to the public; indicates the locations of permitted wells for hydraulic fracturing, the location of public water supply wells and intakes, and the stage of the hydraulic fracturing operation for each permitted well.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-11 - referred to environmental conservation [A10209 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A10209-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         10209
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 11, 2012
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       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
         creation  of  a geographic information system-based display to provide
         high-volume hydraulic fracturing information
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  23-0309 of the environmental conservation law is
    2  renumbered section 23-0315 and a new section 23-0309 is added to read as
    3  follows:
    4  S 23-0309. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM-BASED DISPLAY.
    5    1.  THE  DEPARTMENT   SHALL   ESTABLISH   A   GEOGRAPHIC   INFORMATION
    6  SYSTEM-BASED  DISPLAY,  WHICH  SHALL INDICATE THE LOCATIONS OF PERMITTED
    7  WELLS FOR HIGH-VOLUME HYDRAULIC FRACTURING, THE LOCATION OF PUBLIC WATER
    8  SUPPLY WELLS AND INTAKES, AND THE STAGE  OF  THE  HIGH-VOLUME  HYDRAULIC
    9  FRACTURING OPERATION FOR EACH PERMITTED WELL; INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
   10  TO, THE APPROXIMATE PERCENTAGE OF THE REQUIRED WATER FOR HYDRAULIC FRAC-
   11  TURING FLUID THAT HAS BEEN ACCESSED AND STORED ON SITE, WHETHER HIGH-VO-
   12  LUME  HYDRAULIC  FRACTURING  IS  IN  PROGRESS,  AND WHETHER GAS IS BEING
   13  COLLECTED.
   14    2. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE UPDATED  WEEKLY  AND  SHALL  BE  PUBLICLY
   15  ACCESSIBLE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
   16    3. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "HIGH-VOLUME HYDRAULIC FRACTURING" OR
   17  "(HVHF)"  MEANS  HYDRAULIC  FRACTURING  FOR NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION USING
   18  GREATER THAN THREE HUNDRED  THOUSAND  GALLONS  OF  WATER  REGARDLESS  OF
   19  WHETHER THE WELL IS VERTICAL, DIRECTIONAL OR HORIZONTAL.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   21  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
   22  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
   23  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or
   24  before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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