Bill Text: NY S06906 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6906 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-12-28 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S06906 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06906-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6906

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    December 13, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. METZGER -- 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
          prohibiting horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing

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

     1    Section 1. Article 23 of the environmental conservation law is amended
     2  by adding new title 29 to read as follows:
     3                                  TITLE 29
     4          HORIZONTAL DRILLING AND HIGH-VOLUME HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
     5  Section 23-2901. Prohibition  on  horizontal  drilling  and  high-volume
     6                     hydraulic fracturing.
     7  § 23-2901. Prohibition  on horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic
     8               fracturing.
     9    1. For the purposes of this section, the following  terms  shall  have
    10  the following meanings:
    11    (a) "High-volume hydraulic fracturing" means the stimulation of a well
    12  using  three hundred thousand or more gallons of water as the base fluid
    13  for hydraulic fracturing for all stages in a well completion, regardless
    14  of whether the well is vertical or  directional,  including  horizontal.
    15  The  three  hundred  thousand-gallon  threshold is the sum of all water,
    16  fresh and recycled, used for all stages in a well completion.
    17    (b) "Gelled propane hydraulic fracturing" means a  process  that  uses
    18  gelled  propane  or  liquified petroleum gas to fracture geologic forma-
    19  tions.
    20    2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,  high-volume  hydraulic
    21  fracturing  and  gelled  propane  hydraulic  fracturing  shall be deemed
    22  prohibited in the state.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14480-01-9