CHAPTER 41
SB 368 – FINAL VERSION
2008 SESSION
08/10
SENATE BILL 368
AN ACT relative to exemptions for toxics reduction in packaging.
SPONSORS: Sen. DeVries, Dist 18; Rep. Messier, Hills 17; Rep. Beaulieu, Hills 17
COMMITTEE: Energy, Environment and Economic Development
This bill extends an exemption for vitrified labels in toxics reduction in packaging but excludes mercury.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
08-2627
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to exemptions for toxics reduction in packaging.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
41:1 Toxics in Packaging Exemptions; Mercury. Amend RSA 149-M:35, I(h) to read as follows:
(h) A package or packaging component that is glass or ceramic which has a vitrified label that, when tested in accordance with Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure, test Method 1311, published in “Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods,” EPA Publication SW-846, does not exceed one part per million for cadmium, 5 parts per million for lead, or 5 parts per million for total chromium[; and provided that an exemption under this subparagraph shall expire on January 1, 2005]. Mercury shall not be exempted by this provision.
41:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 12, 2008
Effective Date: July 11, 2008