CHAPTER 142
SB 32 – FINAL VERSION
02/23/11 0398s
2011 SESSION
06/09
SENATE BILL 32
AN ACT relative to water withdrawals for snow making.
COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources
This bill provides for measurement of water withdrawn for snowmaking and requires record keeping for such withdrawals.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/23/11 0398s
11-0984
06/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT relative to water withdrawals for snow making.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
142:1 New Section; Measurement of Withdrawals for Snowmaking. Amend RSA 488 by inserting after section 4 the following new section:
488:4-a Measurement of Withdrawals for Snowmaking. Notwithstanding RSA 488:4, water use associated with snowmaking shall be measured at the point water is withdrawn from any natural source of water for use by a snowmaking system and at the point that water is entering into the snowmaking system, and such water withdrawal and use shall be measured by an appropriate and calculable method such as a weir, stream gauge, meter, or a technically appropriate and calculable method utilizing the manufacturer’s plated specifications as they relate to gallons of water pumped per minute. Diversions from natural sources into storage reservoirs may be measured by using the measurement of the amount of water entering a snowmaking system and by calculating the change in the amount of water stored in the storage reservoir, provided separate records of the water withdrawn from each natural source are maintained.
142:2 New Section; Record Keeping for Snowmaking Withdrawals. Amend RSA 488 by inserting after section 6 the following new section:
488:6-a Record Keeping for Snowmaking Withdrawals. Notwithstanding RSA 488:6, water use records associated with snowmaking shall be maintained and documented monthly, and 24-hour maximum volumes of water withdrawn from each natural water source and the water entering the snowmaking system shall be maintained and documented monthly.
142:3 New Paragraph; Rulemaking. Amend RSA 488:9 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:
VII. Forms and frequency for reporting to the department the records required under RSA 488:6-a regarding snowmaking and water withdrawals for snowmaking.
142:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 7, 2011
Effective Date: August 6, 2011