Bill > A00889

This bill prohibits publicly owned treatment works from accepting wastewater associated with the exploration, delineation, development, or production of natural gas from high-volume hydraulic fracturing, which is defined as using more than 300,000 gallons of water. However, the bill provides an exception where a treatment works can appeal to the Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Water for an exemption if it can meet certain performance standards to prevent or minimize pollutant discharge.