Bill Text: NY A04304 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to oil and gas extraction; repeals provisions related to compulsory integration and utilization in oil and natural gas pools and fields.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to environmental conservation [A04304 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A04304-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4304

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 1, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ENGLEBRIGHT, L. ROSENTHAL, COLTON, GOTTFRIED,
          STECK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, GLICK, J. RIVERA, THIELE
          -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental  Conserva-
          tion

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
          extraction of oil and gas; and to repeal section 23-0901 of  such  law
          relating  to compulsory integration and utilization in oil and natural
          gas pools and fields

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

     1    Section  1.  Section 23-0301 of the environmental conservation law, as
     2  amended by chapter 410 of the laws  of  1987,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4  § 23-0301. Declaration of policy.
     5    [It]  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  this  article to the
     6  contrary, it is hereby declared to be in the public interest to regulate
     7  the development, production and utilization of natural resources of  oil
     8  and  gas  in this state in such a manner as will [prevent waste] protect
     9  the environment and public health of the residents of the state, provide
    10  for the development and extraction of oil and gas in  a  sound  environ-
    11  mental  manner  that prevents contamination of land and water resources,
    12  and provide for the environmentally sound  management  and  disposal  of
    13  waste  products resulting from these extraction activities; to authorize
    14  and to provide for the operation and development of oil and gas  proper-
    15  ties  in  such  a manner that a greater ultimate recovery of oil and gas
    16  may be had[, and] without creating additional harm or  contamination  to
    17  the environment, and that the correlative rights of all surface land and
    18  mineral rights owners and the rights of all persons including landowners
    19  and  the  general  public  may  be fully protected[,]; and to provide in
    20  similar fashion for the underground storage of gas, the solution  mining
    21  of salt and geothermal, stratigraphic and brine disposal wells.
    22    §  2.    Section  23-0901  of  the  environmental  conservation law is
    23  REPEALED.
    24    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04696-01-1