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 EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck enck.judith@epa.gov 212-637-5000 (o) 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