Revision: Dec. 28, 2018, 9 a.m.
HB 261 - AS INTRODUCED
2019 SESSION
19-0398
08/06
HOUSE BILL 261
SPONSORS: Rep. Grassie, Straf. 11; Rep. Adjutant, Graf. 17; Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. Murphy, Hills. 21
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the commissioner of the department of environmental services to revise rules relative to arsenic contamination 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19-0398
08/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Ambient Groundwater Quality Standards. Amend RSA 485-C:4 by inserting after paragraph XII the following new paragraph:
XIII. The commissioner shall initiate rulemaking within 120 days of the effective date of this paragraph to revise the ambient groundwater quality standard for arsenic not to exceed 0.5 parts per billion.
2 New Paragraph; Contaminants in Drinking Water. Amend RSA 485:3 by inserting after paragraph XIV the following new paragraph:
XV. The commissioner shall initiate rulemaking within 120 days of the effective date of this paragraph to adopt a maximum contaminant limit for arsenic not to exceed 0.5 parts per billion for public water systems regulated by this chapter.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 90 days after its passage.