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