Bill Text: NH HB1620 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Identifying part of the Merrimack River as a protected river.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-06 - Interim Study Full Committee Work Session: 06/22/2022 10:00 am Legislative Office Building 305-307 [HB1620 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2022-HB1620-Introduced.html
HB 1620 - AS INTRODUCED
2022 SESSION
22-2705
08/10
HOUSE BILL 1620
AN ACT identifying part of the Merrimack River as a protected river.
SPONSORS: Rep. Berry, Hills. 44
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
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ANALYSIS
This bill identifies the part of the Merrimack River from the Manchester-Hooksett town line to the New Hampshire-Massachusetts state line as a community river.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-2705
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT identifying part of the Merrimack River as a protected river.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Rivers Designated for Protection; Merrimack River. Amend RSA 483:15, II to read as follows:
II. Merrimack River-main stem from the [Bedford-Merrimack] Manchester-Hooksett town line to the New Hampshire-Massachusetts state line as a "community river." Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit complete capacity utilization, not to exceed 30 million gallons per day, or any construction or repairs required to achieve such utilization of the existing intake facilities of Pennichuck Water Works situated on the western bank of the Merrimack River in the vicinity of Chase Brook, so-called. This paragraph shall not affect any private right in the Merrimack River and shall not relieve Pennichuck Water Works, or its successors and assigns, from compliance with other laws or rules under the state's police power. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to override or alter the consent decree entered into with the Environmental Protection Agency in the matter of United States of America and state of New Hampshire v. City of Manchester, New Hampshire signed in June 2020.
