CHAPTER 222

HB 235 - FINAL VERSION

 

7Apr2021... 0580h

24Jun2021... 1997CofC

2021 SESSION

21-0222

08/06

 

HOUSE BILL 235

 

AN ACT addressing impacts to other water users from new sources of water for community water systems.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34; Rep. Guthrie, Rock. 13; Rep. Green, Rock. 13; Rep. Welch, Rock. 13; Rep. Hobson, Rock. 35; Rep. Weyler, Rock. 13; Rep. Salloway, Straf. 5; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19

 

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

 

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AMENDED 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

7Apr2021... 0580h

24Jun2021... 1997CofC 21-0222

08/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One

 

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:

 

222:1  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).

222:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: August 24, 2021

Effective Date: October 23, 2021