CHAPTER 107

SB 251 – FINAL VERSION

03/26/2015 1027s

2015 SESSION

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08/04

SENATE BILL 251

AN ACT relative to regulations for commercial composters.

SPONSORS: Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21

COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources

ANALYSIS

This bill permits composting facilities to use meat and dairy products in their composting operations.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/26/2015 1027s

15-1016

08/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

AN ACT relative to regulations for commercial composters.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

107:1 Rulemaking; Compost Facilities. Amend RSA 149-M:7, XV to read as follows:

XV. Requirements and best practices for facilities that compost organics, including vegetable matter, meat, meat byproducts, dairy products, or dairy product derivatives.

XVI. Such other rules as are deemed necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter.

107:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 5, 2015

Effective Date: August 4, 2015