Bill > S02914

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, a process that uses more than 300,000 gallons of water. However, the bill provides an exception that allows publicly owned treatment works to appeal to the Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Water for an exemption if they can meet certain performance standards to prevent or minimize the discharge of pollutants.