Bill Text: NY S04842 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits high-volume hydraulic facturing in reforestation areas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S04842 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04842-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4842
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 26, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen. LATIMER -- 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
         prohibiting high-volume hydraulic fracturing in reforestation areas
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 9-0101 of the  environmental  conservation  law  is
    2  amended by adding a new subdivision 6-a to read as follows:
    3    6-A.  "HIGH-VOLUME  HYDRAULIC  FRACTURING"  MEANS  THE  FRACTURING  BY
    4  MAN-MADE FLUID-DRIVEN FRACTURING TECHNIQUES  THAT  UTILIZE  OVER  EIGHTY
    5  THOUSAND  GALLONS  OF  FRACTURING  FLUID  FOR THE PURPOSE OF STIMULATING
    6  NATURAL GAS OR OIL WELL PRODUCTION.
    7    S 2. Section 9-0507 of the environmental conservation law  is  amended
    8  to read as follows:
    9  S 9-0507. Leasing of oil and gas rights on reforestation areas.
   10    Notwithstanding  any  provisions of [Article VII] ARTICLE SEVEN of the
   11  [Public Lands Law] PUBLIC LANDS LAW to  the  contrary,  the  department,
   12  with  the approval of the state geologist, may, in any lands acquired by
   13  the state in accordance with section 9-0501 OF THIS  TITLE,  enter  into
   14  leases  for the purpose of aiding in discovering and removing any oil or
   15  gas upon such lands or storage of gas or oil thereon, under  such  terms
   16  as  may  be  prescribed by the department, and upon such conditions that
   17  the exercise of such leasehold rights shall not interfere with the oper-
   18  ation of such reforestation areas for the purposes for which  they  were
   19  acquired  and  as  defined in [Section 3] SECTION THREE of article [XIV]
   20  FOURTEEN of the [Constitution] STATE CONSTITUTION, EXCEPT  BY  MEANS  OF
   21  HIGH-VOLUME HYDRAULIC FRACTURING. Any lease made and entered into pursu-
   22  ant to this section shall be recorded in the [Office] OFFICE of [General
   23  Services] GENERAL SERVICES.
   24    S 3. 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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