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CT HB05335

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/17/2013

Primary Sponsor

Environment Committee

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Origin

House of Representatives

2013 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Prohibits any person from possessing or storing waste by-products generated from hydraulic fracturing operations
  • Defines "waste by-product" to include wastewater, drilling mud, hydraulic oil, diesel fuel, drilling mud additives, hydraulic fracturing additives, and hydraulic fracturing flowback
  • Defines "hydraulic fracturing" as the process of pumping fluid into or under ground surface to create rock fractures for oil or gas production or recovery
  • Grants the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection authority to enforce the prohibition under chapter 439 of the general statutes
  • Takes effect upon passage

Legislative Description

An Act Prohibiting The Possession And Storage Of Fracking By-products.

Last Action

File Number 452

4/11/2013

Committee Referrals

Environment1/17/2013

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