Revision: Jan. 4, 2023, 4:36 p.m.
2023 SESSION
23-0966.0
08/04
SENATE BILL [bill number]
SPONSORS: [sponsors]
COMMITTEE: [committee]
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the department of environmental services to contract for an assessment of solid waste facility setback requirements and makes an appropriation therefor.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0966.0
08/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Solid Waste Facility Setback Requirements Assessment. The department of environmental services shall contract for an assessment of the current set-back requirements that are applicable to the permitting of new solid waste facilities. The department shall prepare by October 1, 2023 a draft request for proposals seeking qualified firms or individuals to conduct the assessment. The department shall accept public comment on the draft for a period of no less than 30 days, and shall issue the final request for proposals by December 1, 2023, with a submission deadline of January 31, 2024. The scope of the proposals shall include an assessment of the environmental, safety, and technical aspects of set-back requirements and related protections in current state law and administrative rules that are applicable to the permitting of new solid waste facilities, and any recommendations for changes if determined to be needed. The selected contractor shall complete the assessment and submit a final report to the department within 180 days after contract approval. The department shall make the final report available to the public and accept public comment on the report for no less than 45 days.
2 Appropriation; Department of Environmental Services. The sum of $150,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023 is hereby appropriated to the department of environmental services to fund a contract for assessment of solid waste facility setback requirements. Such appropriation shall be nonlapsing. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect June 30, 2023.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.