HB1541 (2006) Detail

Requiring applicants for large groundwater withdrawal permits to comply with local ordinances.


HB 1541 – AS INTRODUCED

2006 SESSION

06-2780

06/03

HOUSE BILL 1541

AN ACT requiring applicants for large groundwater withdrawal permits to comply with local ordinances.

SPONSORS: Rep. Cilley, Straf 3; Rep. Keans, Straf 1; Rep. Cataldo, Straf 3; Rep. Spang, Straf 7; Sen. Estabrook, Dist 21; Sen. Hassan, Dist 23

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

ANALYSIS

This bill requires an applicant for a large groundwater withdrawal permit to provide the department of environmental services with evidence of compliance with all applicable local ordinances before the department may issue a large groundwater withdrawal permit.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

06-2780

06/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six

AN ACT requiring applicants for large groundwater withdrawal permits to comply with local ordinances.

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

1 New Paragraph; Approval for Large Groundwater Withdrawals; Compliance with Local Ordinances Required. Amend RSA 485-C:21 by inserting after paragraph VII the following new paragraph:

VIII. An applicant for a large groundwater withdrawal permit shall provide the department with evidence of compliance with all applicable local ordinances before the department may issue a permit for a large groundwater withdrawal.

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