21 CRR-NY 899.2NY-CRR
21 CRR-NY 899.2
21 CRR-NY 899.2
899.2 Definitions.
For purposes of this part, the following terms and phrases have the meanings provided. Some definitions differ from those provided in regulations of one or more agencies of the commission’s member states and the Federal government.
(a) Basin is the area of drainage into the Delaware River and its tributaries, including Delaware Bay.
(b) Commission is the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) created and constituted by the Delaware River Basin Compact.
(c) Fracturing fluid(s) is a mixture of water (whether fresh or recycled) and/or other fluids and chemicals or other additives, which are injected into the subsurface and which may include chemicals used to reduce friction, minimize biofouling of fractures, prevent corrosion of metal pipes or remove drilling mud damage within a wellbore area, and propping agents such as silica sand, which are deposited in the induced fractures.
(d) High volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF) is hydraulic fracturing using a combined total of 300,000 or more gallons of water during all stages in a well completion, whether the well is vertical or directional, including horizontal, and whether the water is fresh or recycled and regardless of the chemicals or other additives mixed with the water.
(e) Hydraulic fracturing is a technique used to stimulate the production of oil and natural gas from a well by injecting fracturing fluids down the wellbore under pressure to create and maintain induced fractures in the hydrocarbon-bearing rock of the target geologic formation.
(f) Person is any natural person, corporation, partnership, association, company, trust, Federal, State, or local governmental unit, agency, or authority, or other entity, public or private.
(g) Water resource(s) is water and related natural resources in, on, under, or above the ground, including related uses of land, which are subject to beneficial use, ownership, or control within the hydrologic boundary of the Delaware River Basin.
21 CRR-NY 899.2
Current through July 15, 2021
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