Bill Text: NH HB1467 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to large groundwater withdrawal permits.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-25 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Div 282-9 (Consent Calendar) [HB1467 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2014-HB1467-Introduced.html

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HB 1467 – AS INTRODUCED

2014 SESSION

14-2251

06/03

HOUSE BILL 1467

AN ACT relative to large groundwater withdrawal permits.

SPONSORS: Rep. M. Mann, Rock 32; Rep. Danais, Rock 2; Rep. Ebel, Merr 5; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

ANALYSIS

This bill requires the department of environmental services to terminate certain large groundwater withdrawal permits when required local building permits become null and void.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14-2251

06/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to large groundwater withdrawal permits.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Large Groundwater Withdrawals; Permit Terminated. Amend RSA 485-C:21, VIII to read as follows:

VIII. Before the department issues a large groundwater withdrawal permit, any municipality in which a well is sited or proposed to be sited, or any municipality within the potential impact area of the proposed withdrawal pursuant to paragraph V-e, may require the department to determine that the withdrawal will not infringe on the public’s use of groundwater, including any contribution to wetlands and surface waters, by ensuring that the requirements of paragraph V-c are met. The department’s determination shall be based on substantial evidence and shall include the methods, evidence, and data it used to support its judgment. After the department issues a large groundwater withdrawal permit, such municipality may require the department to provide a written finding describing the status of a decision issued by the department on an application submitted under this section. When a local building permit directly related to a large groundwater withdrawal activity expires or becomes null and void, or both, the department shall terminate such large groundwater withdrawal permit immediately provided no construction activities have commenced, or no rights have vested under RSA 674:39. [The department shall determine if the change in status of such local permit affects the decision the department made on the application.]

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 30 days after its passage.