HB318 (2007) Detail

Relative to large groundwater withdrawals.


CHAPTER 169

HB 318 – FINAL VERSION

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2007 SESSION

07-0802

08/03

HOUSE BILL 318

AN ACT relative to large groundwater withdrawals.

SPONSORS: Rep. Camm, Rock 8

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill limits the withdrawal of groundwater to the cumulative amount of 57,600 gallons from a single property or place of business, regardless of the number of wells on that property.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

05Apr2007… 0605h

07-0802

08/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven

AN ACT relative to large groundwater withdrawals.

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

169:1 Approval for Large Groundwater Withdrawals. Amend RSA 485-C:21, I to read as follows:

I. No person may withdraw more than a total of 57,600 gallons [or more] of water in any 24-hour period from [a well sited after the effective date of this section] a well or wells sited at a single property or place of business after the effective date of this section, regardless of the number of wells sited on the property or business, without the prior approval of the department.

169:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 18, 2007

Effective: August 17, 2007