Bill Text: NJ A4231 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits treatment, discharge, disposal, or storage, in the State, of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing.*
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-11-28 - Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading [A4231 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A4231-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman CONNIE WAGNER
District 38 (Bergen)
Assemblyman REED GUSCIORA
District 15 (Mercer)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Diegnan
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits shipping or transporting into, or treatment in, the State, of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning wastewater from certain drilling techniques and supplementing P.L.1985, c.432 (C.13:1M-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. As used in this act, "hydraulic fracturing" means the drilling technique of expanding existing fractures or creating new fractures in rock by injecting water, often with chemicals, sand, or other substances, and often under pressure, into or underneath the surface of the rock for purposes including, but not necessarily limited to, well drilling and natural gas exploration and production. The term "hydraulic fracturing" shall include "fracking," "hydrofracking," "hydrofracturing," and other colloquial terms for this drilling technique.
2. No wastewater resulting from hydraulic fracturing for the purpose of natural gas exploration or production in any state may be shipped or transported into, or treated in, the State.
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill prohibits any wastewater resulting from hydraulic fracturing to be shipped or transported from any other state or treated in the State.
