SB 56 – AS INTRODUCED
2009 SESSION
06/01
SENATE BILL 56
COMMITTEE: Energy, Environment and Economic Development
This bill requires a demonstration of financial responsibility for department of environmental services approval of large groundwater withdrawals.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
09-0968
06/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to financial responsibility for large groundwater withdrawals.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Approval for Large Groundwater Withdrawals; Financial Responsibility Required. Amend RSA 485-C:21 by inserting after paragraph I the following new paragraph:
I-a. The department shall not approve a commercial groundwater withdrawal of 57,600 gallons or more of water in any 24-hour period unless the person seeking approval successfully demonstrates financial responsibility for a minimum of $1,000,000, including bonding and insurance, for potential damages to the environment and nearby wells, including but not limited to, unreasonable reductions in well capacity or contaminant migration from off-site contamination sources which impact water quality. This level of financial responsibility shall be maintained at all times while the facility is operating and for 2 years after the facility ceases to operate.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.