A 880: Prohibits publicly owned treatment works from accepting wastewater associated with the exploration, delineation, development, or production of natural gas from high-volume hydraulic fracturing; provides exceptions.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 880 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT relating to wastewater treatment The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, no publicly 2 owned treatment works shall accept wastewater associated with the explo- 3 ration, delineation, development, or production of natural gas where 4 high-volume hydraulic fracturing is utilized. 5 § 2. A publicly owned treatment works may appeal to the department of 6 environmental conservation division of water for an exemption from 7 section one of this act if it can meet a standard of performance that 8 shall permit no discharge of pollutants, or if not feasible, shall 9 reflect the greatest degree of effluent reduction achievable through 10 application of the best available demonstrated control technology, proc- 11 esses, operating methods, or other alternatives. 12 § 3. For purposes of this act, "High-volume hydraulic fracturing" or 13 "(HVHF)" means hydraulic fracturing for natural gas extraction using 14 greater than 300,000 gallons of water regardless of whether the well is 15 vertical, directional or horizontal. 16 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03219-01-5