HB 1347 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2543
08/10
HOUSE BILL 1347
AN ACT addressing impacts to other water users from new sources of water for community water systems.
SPONSORS: Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34; Rep. Welch, Rock. 13; Rep. Weyler, Rock. 13; Rep. Green, Rock. 13; Rep. Guthrie, Rock. 13; Rep. Hobson, Rock. 35; Rep. Salloway, Straf. 5; Rep. Somssich, Rock. 27; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Morgan, Dist 23; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the department of environmental services to adopt rules concerning small groundwater withdrawals from new sources of 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2543
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT addressing impacts to other water users from new sources of water for community water systems.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Small Groundwater Withdrawals. Amend RSA 485-C by inserting after section 25 the following new section:
485-C:26 Groundwater Withdrawals Less than 57,600 Gallons Over Any 24-Hour Period for Community Water Systems. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A specifying criteria and procedures to ensure a groundwater withdrawal less than 57,600 gallons over any 24-hour period from a new source of water for a community water system as defined by RSA 485:1-a and subject to RSA 485:8 does not cause an unmitigated impact to an existing private water supply well in accordance with RSA 485-C:21, V-c(a) or RSA 485-C:21, V-c(c).
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 19, 2020 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 13, 2020 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 13, 2020 | House | Hearing |
| March 3, 2020 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| March 11, 2020 | House | Floor Vote |
June 16, 2020: No Pending Motion; 06/16/2020 SJ 8
June 16, 2020: Introduced 06/16/2020, and Laid on Table, MA, VV; 06/16/2020; SJ 8
March 11, 2020: Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/11/2020 HJ 7 P. 57
March 11, 2020: Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 03/11/2020 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 10 P. 26
: Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 20-0; CC)
March 3, 2020: Executive Session: 03/03/2020 10:00 am LOB 305
Feb. 13, 2020: Public Hearing: 02/13/2020 09:30 am LOB 305
Feb. 13, 2020: Public Hearing: 02/13/2020 01:00 pm LOB 305
Feb. 19, 2020: ==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 02/19/2020 01:00 pm LOB 305
Jan. 8, 2020: Introduced 01/08/2020 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development HJ 1 P. 19