HB314 (2010) Detail

(New Title) relative to the assessment of certain costs associated with proposed large groundwater withdrawals from wells.


HB 314-LOCAL – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

24Mar2009… 0750h

2009 SESSION

09-0496

06/05

HOUSE BILL 314-LOCAL

AN ACT relative to the assessment of certain costs associated with proposed large groundwater withdrawals from wells.

SPONSORS: Rep. M. Allen, Rock 11; Rep. DiFruscia, Rock 4; Rep. Major, Rock 8; Rep. Rodeschin, Sull 2; Rep. Sedensky, Rock 8

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill permits a municipality in which a well associated with a proposed large groundwater withdrawal is located to assess the applicant certain costs.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24Mar2009… 0750h

09-0496

06/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT relative to the assessment of certain costs associated with proposed large groundwater withdrawals from wells.

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

1 New Paragraph; Approval for Large Groundwater Withdrawals. Amend RSA 485-C:21 by inserting after paragraph IX the following new paragraph:

X. Each municipality in which a well associated with a proposed withdrawal is or will be located may assess the applicant all reasonable costs associated with obtaining the services of a New Hampshire licensed engineer or geologist to review and comment on documents submitted by the applicant to the department that are associated with requirements of this section and RSA 485-C:4, XII. Community water systems, as defined in RSA 485:1-a, I, are exempt from the provisions of this paragraph.

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