Bill Text: NH SB381 | 2016 | Regular Session | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relative to the combustion of the wood component of construction and demolition debris.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)

Status: (Vetoed) 2016-06-13 - Vetoed by Governor 06/06/2016 [SB381 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2016-SB381-Enrolled.html

SB 381 - FINAL VERSION

03/17/2016   0959s

2016 SESSION

16-2915

08/09

 

SENATE BILL 381

 

AN ACT relative to the combustion of the wood component of construction and demolition debris.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Little, Dist 8; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Rep. Vadney, Belk. 2; Rep. Richardson, Coos 4

 

COMMITTEE: Energy And Natural Resources

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill excludes the combustion of wood residue from certain air pollution control regulations.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/17/2016   0959s 16-2915

08/09

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT relative to the combustion of the wood component of construction and demolition debris.

 

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

 

1  Combustion Ban.  RSA 125-C:10-c is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

125-C:10-c  Combustion Ban.

I.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no person shall combust the wood component of construction and demolition debris, as defined in RSA 149-M:4, IV-a, or any mixture or derivation from said component.

II.  This section shall not apply to:

(a)  The incidental combustion of such materials either by any municipal waste incinerator or a municipal combustor with a design capacity of less than 250 tons per day of municipal solid waste, that has been permitted by the department and was in operation on January 1, 2006;

(b)  The combustion of no more than 10,000 tons per year of wood residue at any municipal waste combustor from November 15 through April 15 from facilities that process construction and demolition debris in a manner no less stringent than the requirements of the Environmental Protection Agency's Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials Rule, 40 C.F.R section 241.4(a)(5) (Non-waste Determinations for Specific Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials When Used as a Fuel) dated February 8, 2016; or

(c)  The incidental combustion, under the supervision of a solid waste facility operator, of untreated wood at any municipal transfer station subject to regulation under RSA 149-M.

III.  For purposes of this section, a municipal waste combustor shall have the same definition as RSA 125-M:2, XI, have a design capacity of at least 250 tons per day of municipal solid waste before January 1, 2016, be subject to regulation by this chapter or RSA 149-M, and have been in operation on January 1, 2016 or, if a municipal incinerator, have been permitted by the department and in operation on January 1, 2006.

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

VETOED: June 6, 2016

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