New York S 9635: Prohibits the use of drilling fluids, brine and flowback water from gas or oil wells, pools, or fields on any highway

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S09635 Summary:

BILL NOS09635 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10930

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §23-0305, En Con L

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Prohibits the use of drilling fluids, brine and flowback water from gas or oil wells, pools, or fields on any highway for any purpose including but not limited to de-icing or dust suppression.

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BILL NOS09635 

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03/31/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

04/21/20261ST REPORT CAL.740

04/22/20262ND REPORT CAL.

04/27/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/03/2026PASSED SENATE

06/03/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/03/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9635

 IN SENATE

 March 31, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 prohibiting the use of drilling fluids, brine and flowback water from
 gas or oil wells, pools, or fields on any highway

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 23-0305 of the environmental conservation law is
 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
 3 16. The department shall prohibit the use of drilling fluids, brine,
 4 and flowback water from gas or oil wells, pools, or fields on any high-
 5 way, as defined in subdivision fourteen of section two of the transpor-
 6 tation law, for any purpose, including but not limited to use for de-ic-
 7 ing, dust suppression or any other use.
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 9 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06152-06-6

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