Revision: Nov. 6, 2017, 1:38 p.m.
HB 1515 - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2192
06/10
HOUSE BILL 1515
AN ACT relative to an exemption from the combustion ban on construction and demolition debris.
SPONSORS: Rep. Vose, Rock. 9; Rep. Morrison, Rock. 9
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
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ANALYSIS
This bill exempts bio-oil and bio-synthetic gas from the ban on combustion of the wood component of construction and demolition debris.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2192
06/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to an exemption from the combustion ban on construction and demolition debris.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Combustion Ban; Bio-oil and Bio-synthetic Gas. Amend RSA 125-C:10-c, II(b) and (c) to read as follows:
(b) The combustion of no more than 10,000 tons per year of wood residue at any municipal waste combustor from November 15 through April 15 from facilities that process construction and demolition debris in a manner no less stringent than the requirements of the Environmental Protection Agency's Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials Rule, 40 C.F.R. section 241.4(a)(5) (Non-waste Determinations for Specific Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials When Used as a Fuel) dated February 8, 2016. No such combustion shall occur until the department adopts rules regarding fuel quality standards and test methods in accordance with RSA 125-C:6, XIV-a and the department has taken final action on a permit revision for the facility utilizing such fuel; [or]
(c) The incidental combustion, under the supervision of a solid waste facility operator of untreated wood at any municipal transfer station subject to regulation under RSA 149-M[.]; or
(d) The combustion of bio-oil, bio-synthetic gas, or bio-diesel produced from the wood component of construction and demolition debris using non-combustion thermal or chemical processes including, but not limited to, pyrolysis or gasification. The non-combustion thermal or chemical processes proposed shall be subject to the review requirements of this chapter, RSA 125-I, and the administrative rules of the air resources division of the department of environmental services. The wood derived from construction and demolition debris shall be processed in a manner no less stringent than the requirements referenced in subparagraph (c).
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.