CHAPTER 97

SB 396-FN - FINAL VERSION

02/16/2022   0659s

2022 SESSION

22-3077

08/04

SENATE BILL 396-FN

AN ACT relative to solid waste management.

SPONSORS: Sen. Cavanaugh, Dist 16; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 1; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Rep. Amanda Bouldin, Hills. 12; Rep. Andrew Bouldin, Hills. 12; Rep. Bixby, Straf. 17; Rep. Merner, Coos 7; Rep. Egan, Graf. 2

COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources

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ANALYSIS

This bill requires the department of environmental services to contract with an engineer or hydrogeologist when evaluating a permit for a landfill.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/16/2022   0659s 22-3077

08/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to solid waste management.

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

97:1  New Paragraph; Solid Waste Management; Permit Required for Landfill.  Amend RSA 149-M:9 by inserting after paragraph XIV the following new paragraph:

XV.  The department may enter into a written agreement with the applicant for the department to retain, at the applicant’s expense, an independent licensed professional engineer or hydrogeologist to assist the department in determining what information is necessary to render the application technically complete, assessing during the technical review of the application whether it meets the requirements for approval in this chapter and the rules adopted under RSA 149-M:7, and ensuring that the department processes the application in a timely manner as required by this section.  The applicant’s failure to enter into such an agreement may be grounds to deny the application.

97:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 20, 2022

Effective Date: July 19, 2022