Amendment 2024-0369h to HB1143 (2024)

Including control of cyanobacteria blooms under the New Hampshire clean lakes program.


Revision: Feb. 22, 2024, 1:36 p.m.

Rep. Rung, Hills. 12

January 31, 2024

2024-0369h

06/02

 

 

Amendment to HB 1143

 

Amend RSA 487:17, IV(b)(2) as inserted by section 1 of the bill by replacing it with the following:

 

(2)  The most environmentally sound treatment technique determined by water quality analysis shall be used, which also meets the requirements adopted in administrative rules, including rules adopted under RSA 430.  Notwithstanding any law or interagency agreement to the contrary, the department's recommendation to use chemical applications or physical treatments shall be made in consultation with the fish and game department.

 

Amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following and renumbering the original section 2 to read as 3:

 

2  New Paragraph; New Hampshire Clean Lakes Program; Rulemaking.  Amend RSA 487:24 by inserting after paragraph VII-c the following new paragraph:

VII-d.  The issuance of permits for in-lake management projects including but not limited to the use of chemical or physical in-lake treatments for the specific purposes of preventing or remediating cyanobacteria blooms.