MAJOR DRILLING AND WATER LEGISLATION
PROHIBITS THE USE OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING IN THE EXTRACTION OF OIL AND
GAS (BAN)
SENATE BILL NUMBER: S4220
CO-SPONSORS
SPONSOR
AVELLA,Tony
ADDABBO, KRUEGER, MONTGOMERY, SERRANO
03/23/2011 REFERRED TO SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
ASSEMBLY BILL NUMBER: A7218
CO-SPONSORS: NONE AS YET
SPONSOR
COLTON, William
04/19/2011 REFERRED TO ASSEMBLY ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
HOME RULE
STRENGTHEN THE RIGHTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT
GAS DRILLING IN THEIR LOCALITIES.
BILL NUMBER: S3472
SPONSORS
OPPENHEIMER (Suzi) /BONACIC (John J)
02/23/2011 REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
BILL NUMBER: A3245
SPONSOR
LIFTON (Barbara)
Co-Sponsors Colton, Gunther, Kellner, O'Donnell, Weisenberg, Kavanagh, Maisel, Castro,
Dinowitz, Magnarelli, Schimel, Rosenthal, Galef
Brennan, Crespo, Gottfried, Jeffries, Magee, Millman, Nolan, Thiele
01/24/2011 REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
TREAT FRACK WASTE AS HAZARDOUS WASTE S4616 A7013
RELATES TO THE UNIFORM TREATMENT OF WASTE FROM THE EXPLORATION,
DEVELOPMENT,EXTRACTION, OR PRODUCTION OF CRUDE OIL OR NATURAL GAS.
BILL NO
S4616 SPONSOR
Co-Sponsors
AVELLA
NONE AS YET
04/13/2011 REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
BILL NO A7013
SPONSOR SWEENEY (Robert)
Co-Sponsors Maisel, Paulin, Rivera P, Dinowitz, Millman, Zebrowski, Schimel, Benedetto,
Gottfried, Englebright, Galef, Colton, Barron, Jaffee, Abinati, Braunstein, Glick,Markey,
McEneny, Nolan, Peoples-Stokes,Pheffer, Thiele, Titone
04/08/2011 REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP ACT OF 2011- 5-YEAR MORATORIUM ON HYDROFRACKING
IN NYS
BILL NUMBER: A6541
SPONSOR ENGLEBRIGHT (Steven)
Co-Sponsors NONE AS YET
03/21/2011 REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NO SENATE BILL AS YET
WATER WITHDRAWAL BILLS
CALL FOR HEARINGS ON THESE QUESTIONABLE WATER WITHDRAWAL BILLS THAT
LOOK GOOD ON THE SURFACE BUT DO NOT ADDRESS KEY ISSUES
The Water Withdrawal Permitting bills A5318A and S3798 do not address key issues relating to highvolume hydraulic fracturing or how to equitably allocate water among competing water users. The
Citizens Coalition To Protect NY and the Atlantic Chapter of the Sierra Club calling for hearings on the
proposed legislation to address these and other issues.
Further proof that these bills allow way too much latitude is that there has been NO organized opposition
from the oil and gas industry.
The bills would require that, once DEC adopts regulations, all persons that operate or propose to operate
a water withdrawal system with a capacity equal to or greater than the "threshold volume" of 100,000
gallons per day obtain a permit from DEC,
BILL NO
SPONSOR
S3798 A5318
GRISANTI (Mark)
Co-Sponsors
Avella, Duane, Perkins
03/04/2011 REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
03/10/2011 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
BILL NO
A5318
SPONSOR
SWEENEY
Co-Sponsors Peoples-Stokes, Zebrowski, Gunther, Titone, Reilly, Spano, Jacobs, Paulin,
Schinel, Englebright, Hoyt, Russell, Lifton, Jaffee, Rosenthal, Brennan,Gabryszak,Goodell,
Markey, McEneny, Miller M, Millman, Pheffer, Robinson
BILL NO
A5318
02/15/2011 REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
03/15/2011 REFERRED TO CODES 03/30/2011 REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
04/11/2011 REPORTED OUT FOR FLOOR VOTE
LATEST NEWS—PLANS ARE TO VOTE ON IT IN THE BEGINNING OF MAY; SENATE BILL
WILL FOLLOW SUIT. SENATE AND ASSEMBLY BOTH RECONVENE MIDAFTERNOON
MONDAY MAY 2
FULL DISCLOSURE OF CHEMICALS IN FRACK FLUIDBILL DEFEATED IN COMMITTEE BUT THERE IS A MOVE TO REPLACE WITH SIMILAR
BILL
RELATES TO THE REGULATION OF THE USE OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FLUIDS.
REQUIRING FULL DISCLOSURE OF THE CHEMICALS IN FRAK FLUID AND BANNING THE USE
OF ANY CARCINOGENIC MATERIALS IN THE FLUID
BILL NO
S425
SPONSOR
KRUEGER (Liz)
01/05/2011 REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
04/12/2011 DEFEATED IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
The Senate Environmental Conservation Committee vote was 7-for…6-against…1-excused vote
(Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer was in surgery). Needed 8 votes to be reported out of committee. A
similar bill can be reintroduced into the Environmental Conservation Committee again before
early May. Let the six below, especially if one is your Senator, to let them know you disagree.
JOHNSON (518) 455-3411
MARCELLINO (518) 455-2390
MAZIARZ (518) 455-2024
O’MARA 518-455-2091
LITTLE (518) 455-2811
YOUNG (518) 455-3563
Call YES voters and ask them to reintroduce a similar bill to this one before the early May
deadline, especially if one is your Senator.
Avella 718 747 2137, Perkins 212 222 7315, Espaillat 212 544 0173, Serrano 212 828
5829, Stuart-Cousins 914 423 4031,Grisanti 716 854 8705, LaValle 631 696 6900
BILL NO
SPONSOR
A2922
SWEENEY
COSPONSORS Zebrowski, Lifton, Jaffee, Magnarelli, Kavanagh, Titone, Cymbrowitz, Reilly,
Spano, Castro, Rivera N, Rivera P, Rosenthal, Maisel, Perry,Ortiz, Brennan, Cook, Pheffer,
Weisenberg, Schimel, Colton, Barron, Paulin, Dinowitz, Galef, LatimerMLTSPNSR Castelli,
Destito, Gottfried, Lentol, Magee, Markey, McEneny, Miller J, Millman, O'Donnell, Thiele
01/21/2011 REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION-NO ACTION TAKEN
KEY CONTACT NUMBERS
Governor Andrew Cuomo
518-474-8390
http://www.governor.ny.gov/contact/GovernorContactForm.php
NYS ASSEMBLY
http://assembly.state.ny.us/
Speaker Sheldon Silver
LOB 932 Albany, NY 12248
518-455-3791 Speaker@assembly.state.ny.us
Robert K. Sweeney, Chair, Committee on Environmental Conservation
LOB 625 Albany, NY 12248
518-455-5787 Sweeney@assembly.state.ny.us
Steven Englebright Chairs Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development;
Member, Energy Committee
LOB 712 Albany, NY 12248
518-455-4804
EngleS@assembly.state.ny.us
NYS SENATE
http://www.nysenate.gov/
Dean G. Skelos –Senate Majority Leader
Legislative Office Building, Room 909
Albany, NY 12247 Phone: (518) 455-3171
Email address: skelos@nysenate.gov
Environmental Conservation
Committee Chair: Sen. Mark Grisanti
Room 902 Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12247 Phone: 518-455-3240 Fax: 518-426-6738
Email address grisanti@nysenate.gov
Tony Avella Phone: 718-357-3094
John J. Bonacic
Phone: (518) 455-3181
BILL LOOK UP NUMBER FOR BOTH HOUSES OF THE NYS LEGISLATURE ON THE ASSEMBLY’S
SITE http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/
BILL HOTLINE NUMBER (518) 455-7545 or (800) 342-9860
OTHER
 DEC Commissioner Joseph Martens
518-402-8545 (o)
joemartens@gw.dec.state.ny.us
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EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck
enck.judith@epa.gov
212-637-5000 (o)
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
City Hall New York, NY 10007 Phone 311 (or 212-639-9675 outside NYC)
Fax (212) 312-0700 E-mail: http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/mayor.html
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