CHAPTER 26
SB 47 – FINAL VERSION
2009 SESSION
06/05
SENATE BILL 47
COMMITTEE: Energy, Environment and Economic Development
This bill clarifies a requirement that surface water withdrawals or diversions comply with water quality standards.
This bill is a request of the department of environmental services.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
09-0922
06/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to surface water.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
26:1 Public Waters; Enforcement of Classification. Amend RSA 485-A:12, IV to read as follows:
IV. No activity that involves surface water withdrawal or diversion of surface water that requires registration under RSA 488:3, that does not otherwise require the certification required under paragraph III, and which was not in active operation as of the effective date of this paragraph, may commence unless the department certifies that the surface water withdrawal or diversion of surface water complies with state surface water quality standards applicable to the classification for the surface water body. The certification shall include any conditions on, modifications to, or monitoring of the proposed activity necessary to provide reasonable assurance that the proposed activity complies with applicable surface water quality standards. The department may enforce compliance with any such conditions, modifications, or monitoring requirements as provided in RSA 485-A:22.
26:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 8, 2009
Effective Date: July 7, 2009