Bill Text: NY S03060 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts the "oil and gas waste management act of 2016" to require solid waste management facilities accepting waste from oil and gas drilling operations to screen such waste for radioactivity.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-22 - referred to environmental conservation [S03060 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3060
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 2, 2015
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       Introduced  by Sens. YOUNG, LITTLE, MARCELLINO, O'MARA -- 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
         proper screening of waste derived from oil and gas drilling operations
         for radioactivity prior to disposal at regulated solid  waste  manage-
         ment facilities
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds that the
    2  environmental  conservation  law  provides  for  the  establishment  and
    3  permitting  of  solid waste management facilities. Given the significant
    4  increase in oil and gas drilling  activity  in  Pennsylvania  and  other
    5  states,  which  has  resulted  in  the  disposal in this state of wastes
    6  generated from drilling activities in other states, and to  address  any
    7  oil  and  gas drilling wastes that may be generated by operations in the
    8  state, the legislature hereby finds that solid waste management  facili-
    9  ties  that  receive waste generated from oil and gas drilling activities
   10  should be required to implement screening  and  rejection  criteria  for
   11  radioactivity  as  a  condition  to obtaining a permit to operate such a
   12  solid waste management facility.
   13    S 2. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "oil
   14  and gas waste management act of 2015".
   15    S 3. Section 27-0707 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
   16  by adding a new subdivision 2-d to read as follows:
   17    2-D.  ANY  PERMIT  ISSUED  TO  A  SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY THAT
   18  INTENDS TO ACCEPT WASTE FROM  OIL  AND  GAS  DRILLING  ACTIVITIES  SHALL
   19  INCLUDE  SCREENING  AND  REJECTION  CRITERIA  FOR  RADIOACTIVITY IN SUCH
   20  WASTES.
   21    S 4. 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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