Bill Text: NH HB1472 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to the siting of certain new pipelines and storage vessels.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-09 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/09/2016 House Journal 23 P. 64 [HB1472 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1472-Introduced.html
HB 1472 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
16-2545
06/05
HOUSE BILL 1472
AN ACT relative to the siting of certain new pipelines and storage vessels.
SPONSORS: Rep. McConnell, Ches. 12; Rep. Emerson, Ches. 11; Rep. B. Tilton, Ches. 12; Rep. J. Belanger, Hills. 27; Rep. Abramson, Rock. 20; Rep. Edelblut, Hills. 38; Sen. Sanborn, Dist 9; Sen. Avard, Dist 12
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires new construction of certain underground pipelines and storage tanks to be below the frost line.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16-2545
06/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to the siting of certain new pipelines and storage vessels.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; New Construction of Underground Pipelines and Storage Tanks. Amend RSA 162-H by inserting after section 10-b the following new section:
162-H:10-c New Construction of Underground Pipelines and Storage Tanks. After the effective date of this section, any certificate issued for underground construction of a pipeline or tank that is used for the commercial transmission, distribution, or storage of explosive, flammable, contaminate, or hazardous gasses or liquids shall require such construction to be below the frost line.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
