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1 Combustion Ban. Amend RSA 125-C:10-c, II is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
II. This section shall not apply to:
(a) The incidental combustion of such materials either by any municipal waste incinerator or a municipal waste combustor with a design capacity of less than 250 tons per day of municipal solid waste, that has been permitted by the department and was in operation on January 1, 2006; or
(b) 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.
2 Powers and Duties of the Commissioner; Cross Reference Removed. Amend RSA 125-C:6, XIV-a to read as follows:
XIV-a. Establishing fuel quality standards and testing requirements for biomass other than round wood and wood chips derived from round wood or waste wood such as limbs, branches, brush, slash, bark, stumps, sawdust, saw mill trimmings, clean pallets, and untreated wood scraps from furniture and other manufacture and eligible biomass fuel related to the combustion of such materials at stationary sources, and clean processed wood residue for use in accordance with RSA 125-C:10-c, II(b). The commissioner may establish such standards as necessary to maintain statewide compliance with Clean Air Act standards and RSA 125-I.
3 Permit Required; Cross Reference Removed. Amend RSA 149-M:9, XIV to read as follows:
XIV. The department shall not certify as a waste-derived product the wood component of construction and demolition debris, or any mixture of or derivation therefrom, to be combusted in any manner, except* :
(a) methane gas collected from the decomposition of waste at a facility authorized pursuant to this chapter as a landfill for the disposal of solid waste may be certified as a waste-derived product for distribution and use as a fuel, provided that it meets market fuel standards;
(b) As allowed under RSA 125-C:10-c, II(d)*.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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1 Combustion Ban. Amend RSA 125-C:10-c, II is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
II. This section shall not apply to:
(a) The incidental combustion of such materials either by any municipal waste incinerator or a municipal waste combustor with a design capacity of less than 250 tons per day of municipal solid waste, that has been permitted by the department and was in operation on January 1, 2006; or
(b) 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.
2 Powers and Duties of the Commissioner; Cross Reference Removed. Amend RSA 125-C:6, XIV-a to read as follows:
XIV-a. Establishing fuel quality standards and testing requirements for biomass other than round wood and wood chips derived from round wood or waste wood such as limbs, branches, brush, slash, bark, stumps, sawdust, saw mill trimmings, clean pallets, and untreated wood scraps from furniture and other manufacture and eligible biomass fuel related to the combustion of such materials at stationary sources. The commissioner may establish such standards as necessary to maintain statewide compliance with Clean Air Act standards and RSA 125-I.
3 Permit Required; Cross Reference Removed. Amend RSA 149-M:9, XIV to read as follows:
XIV. The department shall not certify as a waste-derived product the wood component of construction and demolition debris, or any mixture of or derivation therefrom, to be combusted in any manner, except methane gas collected from the decomposition of waste at a facility authorized pursuant to this chapter as a landfill for the disposal of solid waste may be certified as a waste-derived product for distribution and use as a fuel, provided that it meets market fuel standards.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.