HB 402-LOCAL – AS INTRODUCED
2011 SESSION
06/03
HOUSE BILL 402-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to the authority of the department of environmental services to determine whether outdoor wood-fired hydronic heaters violate air quality emission limits.
SPONSORS: Rep. Cloutier, Sull 4; Rep. Gile, Merr 10; Sen. Odell, Dist 8
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
This bill authorizes the department of environmental services to determine whether outdoor wood-fired hydronic heaters violate air quality emission limits.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11-0589
06/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT relative to the authority of the department of environmental services to determine whether outdoor wood-fired hydronic heaters violate air quality emission limits.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Outdoor Wood-Fired Hydronic Heaters. Amend RSA 147:16-b to read as follows:
147:16-b Outdoor Wood-Fired Hydronic Heaters. If the owner or operator of an outdoor wood-fired hydronic heater (OWHH), as defined under RSA 125-R, operates the OWHH in a manner which causes a nuisance or is injurious to the public health, the health officers may, in writing, order that use of the OWHH be discontinued. [The department of environmental services shall provide technical assistance to the department of health and human services for the purposes of enforcement of the nuisance provisions under this section.] If the OWHH is alleged to be in violation of air quality emission limits under federal or state law or regulation, upon written request by the health officer, the department of environmental services shall determine if such violation exists. If it is determined that such violation exists, the owner or operator of the OWHH shall reimburse the department for the cost of any testing or monitoring that may have been required in determining the existence of a violation.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.