En. Con. Committee to vote on fracking waste bill

By Kelly Fay

The Senate Committee on Environmental Conservation will consider a bill tomorrow that would ban waste from the controversial gas extraction process known as fracking from being dumped or disposed of in New York.

Senate sponsor of the bill (S.5123-a/A.07503) Cecilia Tkaczyk filed a motion to consider in March, a procedural maneuver that forces a vote on a piece of legislation. The bill was assigned to the Committee on Environmental Conservation after it was introduced in May of last year, where it has remained since.

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