TITLE L
WATER MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION

CHAPTER 485-A
WATER POLLUTION AND WASTE DISPOSAL

Section 485-A:6

    485-A:6 Rulemaking. –
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 approval of innovative/alternative wastewater treatment systems.
IV. The fees and contract documents required under RSA 485-A:4, XII.
V. The prequalification and contract award procedures required under RSA 485-A:4, XIII.
VI. The standards required under RSA 485-A:4, XV.
VI-a. Procedures and criteria for requesting, reviewing, and acting on requests for certification under RSA 485-A:12, III and IV, including public notice and public hearing requirements of the department's proposed action on certification requests.
VII. The required information and prescribed conditions needed to implement the program described in RSA 485-A:13, I(a).
VIII. The requirements for a permit under RSA 485-A:17.
IX. [Repealed.]
X. The safety standards for swimming pools and bathing places required by RSA 485-A:26.
X-a. The requirements for permits under RSA 485-A:4, XVI-a and XVI-b.
XI. The minimum qualifications for and certification of operators of pollution control facilities.
XI-a. The contents of the written notification required in RSA 485-A:13, I(c).
XI-b. Certification of operators of wastewater treatment plants and revocation and suspension of such certificates as provided in RSA 485-A:7-d.
XI-c. The location, extent, and duration of the standards specified in RSA 485-A:8, III for the temporary partial use areas provided for in RSA 485-A:8, II.
XII. [Repealed.]
XIII. The disposal of dental office waste under RSA 485-A:4, XVIII.
XIV. Dissolved oxygen water quality standards under RSA 485-A:8, II and II-a.
XV. Water quality standards consistent with RSA 485-A:8 and as required by the Clean Water Act.

Source. 1989, 339:1. 1990, 197:5; 248:4; 252:13. 1991, 371:2. 1993, 172:4. 1996, 228:110. 1998, 102:5. 2002, 96:4. 2008, 337:3, eff. Sept. 5, 2008. 2017, 211:3, eff. Sept. 8, 2017. 2019, 346:136, I, eff. Jan. 1, 2020. 2020, 10:2, eff. July 14, 2020. 2023, 239:5, eff. Aug. 8, 2023.