Revision: Jan. 27, 2017, 8:51 a.m.
HB 485 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0286
08/04
HOUSE BILL 485
AN ACT relative to standards for emerging contaminants in drinking water.
SPONSORS: Rep. Messmer, Rock. 24; Rep. Bean, Rock. 21; Rep. Malloy, Rock. 23; Rep. T. Le, Rock. 31; Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. Berrien, Rock. 18; Rep. P. Gordon, Rock. 29; Rep. H. Marsh, Rock. 22; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Innis, Dist 24; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
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This bill requires the department of environmental services to use exposure scenarios in children and other vulnerable populations to determine criteria for emerging contaminants in drinking water.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0286
08/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to standards for emerging contaminants in drinking water.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Testing for Contaminants in Drinking Water. Amend RSA 485:3 by inserting after paragraph XIV the following new paragraph:
XV. The commissioner shall adopt rules relative to developing criteria for emerging contaminants in drinking water that focus on the most conservative approach to exposure for children and other vulnerable populations to determine emerging contaminant criteria in drinking water. The commissioner shall re-evaluate emerging contaminant criteria adopted on an annual basis to include new science and exposure scenarios.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.