Relates to the regulation of the drilling of natural gas resources. / Sponsor: ESPAILLAT Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Establishes a moratorium on the issuance of permits for the drilling of wells and prohibits drilling within ten miles of the New York city water supply infrastructure. / Sponsor: ESPAILLAT Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Eliminates the requirement that hunters wear back tags during hunting season in the state. / Sponsor: GALLIVAN Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Requires the department of environmental conservation to issue documentation of hunter safety course completion. / Sponsor: GALLIVAN Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Regulates hunting and trapping of elk or moose in the same manner as deer hunting and trapping are currently regulated; takes effect on the first day of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law. / Sponsor: GALLIVAN Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Provides that the regulation of pesticides in New York State shall conform to the standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency. / Sponsor: GALLIVAN Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Provides for the establishment of a small business and household pollution prevention program, including collection events and grants therefor with matching funds required; offers pollution prevention assessments to small businesses; offers technical assistance to collection contractors; provides for educational materials. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Provides for the phase-out on varying time schedules of state use of various categories of pesticides on state property; provides that it does not apply to certain antimicrobial pesticides; requires the department of environmental conservation to adopt a pest management plan for every state department, agency, and public benefit corporation; provides for waivers and exemptions. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Declares a policy of equal treatment of people of all races, cultures, religions, incomes, education levels and sexual preference in the development and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Requires owners and operators of petroleum bulk storage facilities located in cities of one million or more to undertake comprehensive accident prevention plans for the prevention of spills and leaks of petroleum; further requires such owners or operators to hire an independent company to quarterly audit the implementation of such plan. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Prohibits idling by heavy-duty vehicles. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Requires automobile dealers display a fuel economy label on all new vehicles. / Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Authorizes the installation of water usage sub-meters by owners of multiple dwellings. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Requires environmental impact statements to consider cumulative effects of an action for projects in communities already experiencing the impact by polluting facilities; defines "cumulative environmental impacts". / Sponsor: AVELLA Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Requires a seismological impact study related to hydrofracking. / Sponsor: AVELLA Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Requires a health impact assessment for horizontal gas drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing; imposes a moratorium on such activities pending adoption and implementation of the final health impact assessment. / Sponsor: AVELLA Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Prohibits radioactive or hazardous waste disposal or transfer stations from being sited within one thousand five hundred feet of school property. / Sponsor: DILAN Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Assigns liability to a producer for actions leading to a public water system's failure to meet filtration avoidance criteria resulting in the loss of a filtration avoidance criteria waiver. / Sponsor: AVELLA Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Establishes a moratorium on the acceptance, disposal and/or processing of any fluid which was used in and drill cuttings from a hydraulic fracturing process performed outside of the state until 120 days after federal Environmental Protection Agency issues a report on the effects of hydraulic fracturing on water quality and public health, and submission of proof to the governor and legislature that the department of environmental conservation is capable of effectively regulating hydraulic fracturing drilling fluids, drill cutting and soil disposal. / Sponsor: AVELLA Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Establishes Haley's Act which prohibits direct contact between a big cat and a member of the public. / Sponsor: ESPAILLAT Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION