S6894-2011 Actions

• Apr 4, 2012: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

S6894-2011 Meetings

S6894-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S6894

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the creation
of a geographic information system-based display to provide high-volume
hydraulic
fracturing information

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To create a geographic information
system-based display to provide high-volume hydraulic fracturing
information.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 provides that the department shall establish a geographic
information system-based display, which shall indicate the locations
of permitted wells for high-volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF). the
location of public water supply wells and intakes, and the stage of
the HVHF operation for each permitted well; including, but not
limited�to, the approximate percentage of the required water for HFHV
fluid that has been accessed and stored on site, whether HVHF is in
progress, and whether gas is being collected. Such information shall
be updated weekly and shall be publicly accessible on the
department's website,

Section 2 provides the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:
High-volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF) operations in New York should
be transparent and subject to public scrutiny. The most effective way
to provide information to the public is through geographic
information systems (GIS), which presents geographically reference
data in a user-friendly format. The department already uses GIS to
provide certain information regarding oil and gas operations in New
York state. This bill would require the department to disclose
additional information concerning HVHF activities including the
location of drill sites and public water supply wells and intakes, as
well as the stage of the drilling process.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one
hundred
twentieth day after it shall have become a law. Effective
immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or

regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on it
effective date is authorized to be made on or before such date.

S6894-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         6894
 I N  SENATE
 April 4, 2012
 
 Introduced  by Sens. GRISANTI, SALAND -- 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
 creation of a geographic information system-based display  to  provide
 high-volume hydraulic fracturing information
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1.

Section 23-0309 of the environmental  conservation  law  is
 renumbered section 23-0315 and a new section 23-0309 is added to read as
 follows:

 

S 23-0309. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM-BASED DISPLAY.
 1.   THE   DEPARTMENT   SHALL   ESTABLISH   A  GEOGRAPHIC  INFORMATION
 SYSTEM-BASED DISPLAY, WHICH SHALL INDICATE THE  LOCATIONS  OF  PERMITTED
 WELLS FOR HIGH-VOLUME HYDRAULIC FRACTURING, THE LOCATION OF PUBLIC WATER
 SUPPLY  WELLS  AND  INTAKES,  AND THE STAGE OF THE HIGH-VOLUME HYDRAULIC
 FRACTURING OPERATION FOR EACH PERMITTED WELL; INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO, THE APPROXIMATE PERCENTAGE OF THE REQUIRED WATER FOR HYDRAULIC FRAC
 TURING FLUID THAT HAS BEEN ACCESSED AND STORED ON SITE, WHETHER HIGH-VO
 LUME HYDRAULIC FRACTURING IS IN  PROGRESS,  AND  WHETHER  GAS  IS  BEING
 COLLECTED.
 2.  SUCH  INFORMATION  SHALL  BE  UPDATED WEEKLY AND SHALL BE PUBLICLY
 ACCESSIBLE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
 3. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "HIGH-VOLUME HYDRAULIC FRACTURING" OR
 "(HVHF)" MEANS HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FOR  NATURAL  GAS  EXTRACTION  USING
 GREATER  THAN  THREE  HUNDRED  THOUSAND  GALLONS  OF WATER REGARDLESS OF
 WHETHER THE WELL IS VERTICAL, DIRECTIONAL OR HORIZONTAL.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or
 before such effective date.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14124-04-2

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