Bill Text: NH HB1592 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requiring the commissioner of the department of environmental services to review ambient groundwater standards for arsenic.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Passed) 2018-06-12 - Signed by Governor Sununu 06/08/2018; Chapter 190; Eff. 6/8/2018 [HB1592 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2018-HB1592-Introduced.html

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HB 1592 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2378

08/04

 

HOUSE BILL 1592

 

AN ACT requiring the commissioner of the department of environmental services to revise rules relative to arsenic contamination in drinking water.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Messmer, Rock. 24; Rep. McConnell, Ches. 12; Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. Grassie, Straf. 11; Rep. Altschiller, Rock. 19; Rep. Fraser, Belk. 1

 

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires the commissioner of the department of environmental services to revise rules relative to arsenic contamination in drinking 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2378

08/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT requiring the commissioner of the department of environmental services to revise rules relative to arsenic contamination in drinking water.

 

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

 

1  New Paragraph; Ambient Groundwater Quality Standards.  Amend RSA 485-C:4 by inserting after paragraph XII the following new paragraph:

XIII.  The commissioner shall initiate rulemaking within 120 days of the effective date of this paragraph to revise the ambient groundwater quality standard for arsenic to 0.004 parts per billion.

2  New Paragraph; Contaminants in Drinking Water.  Amend RSA 485:3 by inserting after paragraph XIV the following new paragraph:

XV.  The commissioner shall initiate rulemaking within 120 days of the effective date of this paragraph to adopt a maximum contaminant limit for arsenic of 0.004 parts per billion for public water systems regulated by this chapter.

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 90 days after its passage.