Bill Text: NY S06778 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6778 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

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 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S06778 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06778-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6778

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    October 11, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        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.
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