City of Baltimore - File #: 16-0758

• File #: 16-0758
• Version: 0
• Name: Health - Hydraulic Fracturing Ban
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 9/19/2016
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 12/5/2016
• Enactment #: 16-591
• Title: Health - Hydraulic Fracturing Ban For the purpose of prohibiting hydraulic fracturing in Baltimore City; setting certain penalties; and generally relating to the regulation of hydraulic fracturing and its byproducts.
• Sponsors: Robert Curran, Carl Stokes, Helen L. Holton, Bill Henry, Sharon Green Middleton, Mary Pat Clarke, Rochelle Spector, James B. Kraft
• Indexes: Health, Hydraulic Fracturing

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/8/2016	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
12/5/2016	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
11/14/2016	0	City Council	3rd Reader, for final passage
11/14/2016	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably
11/1/2016	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably	Pass
9/22/2016	0	The City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
9/22/2016	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Health
9/22/2016	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Public Works
9/19/2016	0	City Council	Assigned
9/19/2016	0	City Council	Introduced
9/19/2016	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing

Introduced by: Councilmember Curran                                                                                              

                     A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning

title

Health - Hydraulic Fracturing Ban

For the purpose of prohibiting hydraulic fracturing in Baltimore City; setting certain penalties; and generally relating to the regulation of hydraulic fracturing and its byproducts.

body

By renaming

Article - Health

Title 7, Subtitle 5.  Wastewater from Hydraulic Fracturing

to be

Title 7, Subtitle 5.  Hydraulic Fracturing

Baltimore City Revised Code

(Edition 2000)

By adding

Article - Health

Section(s) 7-502

Baltimore City Revised Code

(Edition 2000)

By renumbering

Article - Health

Section(s) 7-502 and 7-503

to be

Article - Health

Section(s) 7-503 and 7-504

Baltimore City Revised Code

(Edition 2000)

Section 1.  Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:

                     Baltimore City Revised Code

                     Article - Health

                     Title 7.  Waste Control

                     Subtitle 5. [Wastewater from] Hydraulic Fracturing

§ 7-502.  Hydraulic fracturing prohibited

No person may make use of hydraulic fracturing to extract oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons within the City of Baltimore.

§ 7-503. [§ 7-502.]  Storing, treating, disposing, etc., wastewater prohibited.

No person may store, treat, discharge, or dispose of in the City or in or on any City-owned facility or property, wherever situated, any flow back or other wastewater resulting from hydraulic fracturing.

§ 7-504. [§ 7-503.] Penalties: $1,000 and 90 days.

(a)  In general.

Any person who violates any provision of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine of not more than $1,000, imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both fine and imprisonment for each offense.

(b)  Each day a separate offense.

Each day that a violation continues is a separate offense.

Section 2.  And be it further ordained, That the catchlines contained in this Ordinance are not law and may not be considered to have been enacted as a part of this or any prior Ordinance.

Section 3.  And be it further ordained, That this Ordinance takes effect on the 30^th day after the date it is enacted.