Bill Text: NY S00674 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the uniform treatment of waste from the exploration, development, extraction, or production of crude oil or natural gas.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S00674 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S00674-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          674
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sens.  AVELLA,  ADAMS, ADDABBO, BALL, BRESLIN, CARLUCCI,
         DILAN,  ESPAILLAT,  GIANARIS,  GRISANTI,  HASSELL-THOMPSON,   KENNEDY,
         KLEIN, KRUEGER, MARTINS, MONTGOMERY, PARKER, PERALTA, PERKINS, RIVERA,
         SAMPSON,  SAVINO,  SERRANO,  SQUADRON, STAVISKY, VALESKY -- 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  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.
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