STATE OF NEW JERSEY
215th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator ROBERT M. GORDON
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
Senator JENNIFER BECK
District 11 (Monmouth)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Greenstein, Cunningham, Lesniak, Weinberg and Bateman
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits shipping or transporting into, or treatment in, the State, of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning wastewater from certain drilling techniques and supplementing P.L.1985, c.432 (C.13:1M-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. As used in this act, “hydraulic fracturing” means the drilling technique of expanding existing fractures or creating new fractures in rock by injecting water, often with chemicals, sand, or other substances, and often under pressure, into or underneath the surface of the rock for purposes including, but not necessarily limited to, well drilling and natural gas exploration and production. The term “hydraulic fracturing” shall include “fracking,” “hydrofracking,” “hydrofracturing,” and other colloquial terms for this drilling technique.
2. No wastewater resulting from hydraulic fracturing for the purpose of natural gas exploration or production in any state may be shipped or transported into, or treated in, the State.
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill prohibits any wastewater resulting from hydraulic fracturing to be shipped or transported from any other state or treated in the State.