Title L, Water Management and Protection

I. The department may issue an administrative order to any person who violates any provision of this chapter, any rule adopted under this chapter, or any license or approval issued under this chapter or who makes or certifies a material false statement relative to any document re…

Actions of the department under RSA 485:1-4; 8, II; 31; 41-44; 46-48, or 58, I may be appealed under RSA 21-O:14.

I. The department of environmental services shall: (a) Administer the cyanobacteria mitigation loan and grant program to assist municipalities; community and non-profit, lake and river watershed association; with the cost of reducing the number of chronic and extended cyanobacter…

Any Alliance municipality may elect to participate or subsequently to withdraw from participation in the Alliance by vote of its governing body.

The commissioner shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, after public hearing, relative to: I. The classification system required by RSA 485-A:9. II. Requirements under RSA 485-A:4, VI. III. Requirements under RSA 485-A:4, IX and establishing the methodology and review process for ap…

I. The commissioner shall establish and adopt ambient groundwater quality standards for regulated contaminants which adversely affect human health or the environment. Ambient groundwater standards shall apply to all regulated contaminants which result from human operations or act…

I. There is established a commission to plan for long-term goals and requirements for drinking water on the seacoast. II. The members of the commission shall be as follows: (a) Five members of the house of representatives, 3 appointed by the speaker of the house of representative…

I. Except as provided in paragraph I-a, following the reimbursement of the department of justice for legal expenses related to relevant litigation; the transfer of funds to the revenue stabilization reserve account pursuant to RSA 7:6-e; the redemption of bonds issued or debt inc…

Any public water supply system which utilizes any of the surface water of the state, as defined in RSA 485-A, as the source of supply, shall, as a minimum means of treatment, be provided with suitable chlorination or other disinfection facilities installed, operated and maintaine…

The owner of the land shall advertise all such logs and timber in September, annually, by posting notices describing the number thereof and the marks thereon at one of the most public places in the same and 2 adjoining towns, and by causing a like notice to be recorded by the tow…

I. For the purposes of this section, "mitigation" means actions or impact fees relative to coastal resources or uses, including wildlife, natural resources, ecosystems, and traditional or existing water dependent uses, including but not limited to, commercial and recreational fis…

The department may designate groundwater management zones as a component of the remediation of contaminated groundwater. The department shall issue permits or other similar controls for such zones that establish a time period and process for the remediation of the groundwater.

The department shall require a person to whom a groundwater management zone permit is issued to record notice of the existence of the groundwater management zone in a form approved by the department. Such notice shall be recorded in the registry of deeds in the chain of title for…

The department of environmental services shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to administering cyanobacteria loan and grant programs for eligible projects.

Nothing in this chapter shall repeal any special act applying to cities and towns.

There is hereby established in the department of environmental services the cyanobacteria mitigation loan and grant fund which shall be maintained by the state treasurer in distinct and separate custody from all other funds. The state treasurer may invest the fund in accordance w…

I. The department shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, for water conservation practices for water users. These rules shall strike a reasonable balance between environmental, energy, and economic impacts and be consistent with current industry standards and practices for diff…

I. There is established a task force to study developing a sustainable funding source for the cyanobacteria mitigation loan and grant fund established in RSA 485-A:58. II. Notwithstanding RSA 14:49, the members of the task force shall be as follows: (a) One member of the senate, …

Any municipality, corporation or person who shall fail to install or to operate and maintain disinfection facilities in accordance with the foregoing requirements shall be guilty of a violation for each day of failure to so install, operate or maintain such equipment. Said penalt…

I. The Southeast Watershed Alliance may engage in: (a) Intermunicipal and regional planning, coordination, and public education. (b) Intermunicipal implementation measures, including but not limited to, intermunicipal investments and the establishment of intermunicipal agreements…

I. Human activities or operations upon the land surface shall be considered potential contamination sources if the activity or operation poses a reasonable risk that regulated contaminants may be introduced into the environment in such quantities as to degrade the natural groundw…

In view of the general public benefits resulting from the elimination of pollution from the public waters of the state, the governor and council are authorized in the name of the state of New Hampshire to guarantee unconditionally, but at no time in excess of the total aggregate …

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any funds deposited into the drinking water and groundwater trust fund established in RSA 6-D:1 as a result of this chapter may be transferred to the department to be used for funding PFAS remediation projects, including those at wastewate…

Any money received by the state related to the contamination of drinking water or groundwater, other than fees, fines, penalties, oil or hazardous waste cost recovery, or any other money already allocated to a specified fund, shall be deposited into the drinking water and groundw…

On payment or tender of the damages and expenses agreed upon or assessed, or upon giving bond as provided in RSA 485-B:1, the owner of the logs or timber may remove the same at any time within 5 months after notice is posted and recorded as provided in RSA 485-B:6.

I. Any operator of a wastewater treatment plant seeking certification or to increase his level of certification shall file an application with the department at least 6 weeks prior to the next examination date on a form provided by the department. II. All applications shall be ac…

The department shall prepare written examinations to determine the knowledge, ability, and judgment of operators. Such examinations shall be administered in accordance with rules adopted by the department pursuant to RSA 485-A:6.

I. Upon satisfactory completion by an applicant of the established requirements, the department shall issue to the applicant a suitable certificate designating the applicant's competency. The certificate shall indicate the level of operation for which the operator is qualified. T…

The department may suspend or revoke the certificate of an operator under rules adopted pursuant to RSA 485-A:6.

It shall be the overall goal that all surface waters attain and maintain specified standards of water quality to achieve the purposes of the legislative classification. For purposes of classification there shall be 2 classes or grades of surface waters as follows: I. Class A wate…

I. The department shall perform the following duties to the limit of available funding: (a) Establishing and administrating the PFAS remediation loan and grant program to assist municipalities; community and non-profit, non-transient non-community water systems; and publicly owne…

I. Inventory and management under this section shall be performed in GAA or GA1 contributing areas by the department or, by the local entity requesting reclassification under RSA 485-C:9, II(a) or III(a). II. The inventory of potential contamination sources required in contributi…

If such logs or timber are not removed within 5 months, they shall be forfeited to the owner of the land, and he may convert them to his own use if they have been advertised as provided in RSA 485-B:6, and the owner of the land may recover his damages and expenses in an action on…

I. No person, proposing to supply water for domestic uses through a public water system or privately owned redistribution system, shall construct any new system, or enlarge any existing system, for supplying water to the public without first submitting detailed plans of the propo…

The department shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to administering this chapter.

The department shall follow the procedures provided in this section and recommend to the legislature a classification for all streams, lakes, ponds, and tidal waters or section of such water. I. A notice setting forth the contemplated classification of any stream, lake, pond, tid…

No public highway, access roads, or private ways of any sort, shall be constructed so as to traverse any watershed tributary to a lake, pond or reservoir used for the storage of public drinking water without first obtaining the approval of the department.

If any logs or timber are lodged on the unimproved land of a person, he may detain the same until the damages occasioned thereby, and costs, are paid.

I. Within 180 days of June 28, 1991, the commissioner shall assign all groundwater within the state to class GB or class GA2. II. Procedures for Reclassification to Class GAA. (a) A local entity may request reclassification of a wellhead protection area to class GAA by submitting…

The Alliance shall not construct a regional outfall that transfers water out of the Great Bay estuary watershed directly into the Gulf of Maine absent legislation specifically authorizing it to do so.

I. (a) The state of New Hampshire shall pay annually 20 percent of the annual amortization charges, meaning principal and interest, on the eligible costs resulting from the acquisition and construction of sewage disposal facilities by municipalities (meaning counties, cities, tow…

The purpose of this chapter is to provide a state contribution to aid all public water systems in achieving compliance with the requirements of the surface water treatment rules of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, to provide a state contribution to aid public water systems in…

In this chapter: I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of environmental services. II. "Department" means the department of environmental services.

Any public water system regulated by the public utilities commission shall notify the public utilities commission when it receives funds under the provisions of this chapter, to ensure that the money received is not used in calculating rate setting.

The commissioner may adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to treatment of wastes by or from industrial and nonindustrial recipients of waste treatment services to establish: I. Classes of users of such services, including categories of industrial users. II. Criteria against which…