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NH Rev Stat § 125-F:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-F - Radiological Health Program|Section 125-F:22 - Civil Penalties.

    125-F:22 Civil Penalties. –||I. Any person who violates any license or registration provision of this chapter or any rule or order issued thereunder, or any term, condition, or limitation of any license or registration certificate issued thereunder, or commits any violation for which a license or registration certificate may be revoked under rules adopted pursuant to this chapter, may be subject to a civil penalty, to be imposed by the department. The department, through its program, shall adopt by rule a schedule of civil penalties graduated by degree of severity of the violation. If any violation is a continuing one, each day of such violation shall constitute a separate violation for the purpose of computing the applicable civil penalty. The department shall have the power to compromise, mitigate, or remit such penalties.||II. Whenever the department through its program proposes to subject a person to the imposition of a civil penalty under the provisions of this section it shall notify such person in writing:||(a) Setting forth the date, facts, and nature of each act or omission for which the person is charged;||(b) Specifically identifying the particular provision or provisions of the law, rule, order, license, or registration certificate involved in the violation; and||(c) Advising the person of each penalty which the department imposes and its amount.||III. The written notice shall be sent by registered or certified mail by the program to the last known address of such person. The person so notified shall be granted an opportunity to show in writing within such reasonable period as the program by rule may prescribe, why such penalty should not be imposed. The notice shall also advise such person that upon failure to pay the civil penalty subsequently determined by the department, if any, the penalty may be collected by civil action.||IV. Upon request of the department of health and human services, the department of justice is authorized to institute civil action to collect a penalty imposed pursuant to this section. The attorney general shall have the exclusive power to compromise, mitigate, or remit such civil penalties as are referred to the attorney general for collection. All civil penalties collected under this section shall be forwarded to the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall deposit all moneys received under this section, and interest received on such money, to the public health services special fund,, established in RSA 143:11, from which the department of health and human services shall pay expenses incident to the administration of this chapter.|||Source. 1986, 169:1. 1995, 310:175, eff. Nov. 1, 1995. 2021, 122:7, eff. July 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-F:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-F - Radiological Health Program|Section 125-F:23 - Existing Remedies Unimpaired.

    125-F:23 Existing Remedies Unimpaired. –||No existing civil or criminal remedy for any wrongful action which is a violation of the rules adopted hereunder shall be excluded or impaired by this chapter.|||Source. 1986, 169:1, eff. July 27, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-F:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-F - Radiological Health Program|Section 125-F:24 - Protection of Powers.

    125-F:24 Protection of Powers. –||The powers and functions vested in the department of health and human services, under the provisions of this chapter, shall not be construed to affect, in any manner, powers, duties and functions vested in the department of health and human services under any other provisions of law.|||Source. 1986, 169:1. 1995, 310:181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-F:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-F - Radiological Health Program|Section 125-F:25 - Severability of Provisions.

    125-F:25 Severability of Provisions. –||If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.|||Source. 1986, 169:1, eff. July 27, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-H:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-H - Health Risk Assessments|Section 125-H:1 - Findings, Intent.

    125-H:1 Findings, Intent. –||The general court finds that protection of the public health and welfare demands a state-wide capacity to assess the nature of and risks to both humans and ecosystems associated with exposure to a variety of environmental contaminants. Recognizing that health risk assessment entails responding to situations where scientific data and exposure standards are often incomplete at best, the general court finds that the success of such a program requires flexible access to medical, scientific, and engineering expertise in all agencies of state government. The general court enacts this chapter in order to provide a mechanism for health risk assessment. The general court intends that the department of health and human services, which has primary state responsibility for protecting the public health, shall be the lead agency for health risk assessment. It further intends that other state agencies shall cooperate fully in making personnel with training experience in the disciplines necessary to accomplish such assessments available to the department of health and human services on a reasonable basis. In establishing this function, the general court intends to provide regulatory decision-makers who shall analyze, assess, and manage public and environmental health risks with the most timely and accurate information and analysis available.|||Source. 1986, 202:13. 1995, 310:181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-H:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-H - Health Risk Assessments|Section 125-H:2 - Definitions.

    125-H:2 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Acute health effect" means an adverse health outcome or disease which manifests itself upon or shortly after exposure to an environmental hazard.||II. "Adverse health outcome" means any condition which results in human morbidity, mortality, impaired reproductive function, toxicity, teratogenic, carcinogenic, or mutagenic effects.||III. "Chronic health effect" means an adverse health outcome or disease which manifests itself over a long incubation or latency period. Chronic health effects can result from either a limited high-level or long-term, low-level exposure to an environmental hazard.||IV. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of health and human services.||V. "Department" means the department of health and human services.||VI. "Dose-response assessment" means the determination of the relation between the magnitude of exposure to environmental hazards and the probability of occurrence of adverse health effects.||VII. "Environmental hazard" means any biological, chemical, or physical agent present in the environment which has the potential of causing disease or adverse health outcome.||VIII. "Environmental health risk assessment" means the use of scientific and medical data to define potential health effects of exposure of individuals or populations to environmental hazards.||IX. "Exposure assessment" means the determination of the extent of human exposure to an environmental hazard.||X. "Hazard identification" means the scientific process of collecting and validating data to determine if biological, chemical or physical agents, man-made or naturally occurring, can be causally linked to particular chronic or acute health effects.||XI. "Imminent health hazard" means the immediate threat to the population of an adverse health outcome posed by an environmental hazard.||XII. "Risk characterization" means the description of the nature and, when possible, the magnitude of human risk from an environmental hazard, including its attendant uncertainty.||XIII. "Risk management" means the use of the results of environmental health risk assessments or other information in order to develop and evaluate regulatory options, within a statutory framework, to reduce the risk of harm to human health and ecosystems to the greatest possible degree.|||Source. 1986, 202:13. 1995, 310:75, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-H:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-H - Health Risk Assessments|Section 125-H:3 - Health Risk Assessment Bureau; Duties.

    125-H:3 Health Risk Assessment Bureau;  Duties. –||I. There is established within the department of health and human services a health risk assessment bureau under the direction of a classified administrator of health risk assessments. The bureau shall be responsible for administering the health risk assessment program.||II. The bureau shall provide completed health risk assessments to other state agencies for use in risk management activities. This includes human health risk assessment of known or suspected environmental hazards and on pending regulatory actions regarding environmental protection being considered by other state agencies. The health risk assessment shall consist of some or all of the following information: hazard identification, dose-response assessment, exposure assessment, and risk characterization.||III. The commissioner shall have the authority to establish and dissolve risk assessment teams as necessary, based upon the need for assessment of particular situations.||IV. The commissioner shall have responsibility for developing proposed environmental quality standards, criteria and guidelines to protect human health. These shall be presented to the commissioner of environmental services for consideration by him for inclusion in rules adopted by the commissioner of environmental services.||IV-a. The commissioner shall have responsibility for developing guidelines for risk assessments.||V. The commissioner shall have the authority to apply for and accept federal funds or other assistance available for the conduct of environmental health risk assessment activities or to carry out this chapter.|||Source. 1986, 202:13. 1990, 261:7. 1995, 310:181, 183. 1996, 241:9, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-H:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-H - Health Risk Assessments|Section 125-H:4 - Imminent Health Hazard.

    125-H:4 Imminent Health Hazard. –||The commissioner shall have the responsibility, upon the receipt and validation of information of an imminent health hazard, to inform the commissioner of environmental services who shall inform the governor of such threat and request that the state agencies responsible by statute take necessary and immediate action to abate the environmental hazard. The commissioner shall provide recommendations and advice as necessary, and shall determine when the imminent hazard has been abated.|||Source. 1986, 202:13. 1995, 310:183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-H:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-H - Health Risk Assessments|Section 125-H:5 - Interagency Cooperation.

    125-H:5 Interagency Cooperation. –||I. In order to carry out health risk assessment, the commissioner is authorized to request and receive, on a reasonable basis, the assistance of personnel in any agency of state government with training or experience in any of the following fields:||(a) Medicine.||(b) Toxicology.||(c) Epidemiology.||(d) Environmental epidemiology.||(e) Environmental health.||(f) Industrial hygiene.||(g) Occupational health nursing.||(h) Ecology.||(i) Environmental sanitation.||(j) Engineering.||(k) Radiological health.||(l) Biological sciences, including wildlife biology.||(m) Any other necessary discipline.||II. In order to assure cooperation among agencies in the health risk assessment process, the commissioner shall initiate the preparation of written memoranda of understanding with the executive head of any other agency of state government employing personnel needed for carrying out environmental health risk assessments. The memoranda shall include, at a minimum, the following:||(a) A procedure for identifying and agreeing upon the personnel, facilities, and equipment available for environmental health risk assessments.||(b) The contents and timing of a request for assistance.||III. The commissioner shall initiate the process of preparing memoranda of understanding with a written, dated request to undertake the process to the executive head of the agency concerned. If agreement between the commissioner and the concerned agency head is not reached within 90 days, the commissioner shall send written notification of the impasse to the governor. The governor shall cause a memorandum of understanding to be prepared and put into effect within 60 days of receiving the notification from the commissioner.||IV. If a dispute arises regarding the implementation of any memorandum of understanding under this section, the commissioner shall notify the governor with a written, dated document of the dispute. The governor shall resolve the dispute within 5 working days of receiving notification from the commissioner.|||Source. 1986, 202:13. 1995, 310:183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-H:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-H - Health Risk Assessments|Section 125-H:6 - Reports.

    125-H:6 Reports. –||I. The commissioner shall prepare written reports detailing the results of any environmental health risk assessment undertaken pursuant to this chapter.||II. The commissioner shall make these reports available to those state or local officials responsible for risk management decisions and activities.|||Source. 1986, 202:13. 1995, 310:183, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-H:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-H - Health Risk Assessments|Section 125-H:7 - Environmental Risk Analysis.

    125-H:7 Environmental Risk Analysis. –||Any environmental hazard assigned to the risk analysis and management unit in the office of the commissioner of environmental services shall be the direct responsibility of the assistant commissioner, who shall have the same duties and responsibilities relative to environmental hazards as the commissioner of the department of health and human services has relative to human health risks under this chapter. The assistant commissioner of environmental services and the commissioner of the department of health and human services shall consult regularly and shall work together to assure that the risk analysis and management unit and the health risk assessment bureau operate in a mutually efficient and cooperative fashion.|||Source. 1986, 202:13. 1995, 310:182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-I:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-I - Air Toxic Control Act|Section 125-I:1 - Purpose.

    125-I:1 Purpose. –||It is declared to be the public policy of the state of New Hampshire and the purpose of this chapter to promote the public health of the state by reducing human exposure to toxic chemicals by regulating releases of toxic chemicals into the ambient air.|||Source. 1987, 314:1. 1996, 279:1, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-I:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-I - Air Toxic Control Act|Section 125-I:3 - Toxic Air Pollutant Control; Exemptions.

    125-I:3 Toxic Air Pollutant Control;  Exemptions. –||I. The department shall establish a statewide permit system for stationary sources which release regulated toxic air pollutants into the ambient air.||II. The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the prevention, control, abatement, and limitation of regulated toxic air pollutant emissions.||III. The following shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter:||(a) Normal agricultural operations and the application of pesticides regulated pursuant to RSA 430:28 through RSA 430:48.||(b) Emissions of regulated toxic air pollutants resulting from mobile sources and the combustion of virgin petroleum products at stationary sources.||(c) Pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 541-A by the commissioner, those air contaminants and categories of stationary sources whose emissions of regulated toxic air pollutants are adequately regulated under other provisions of state or federal law or, based on available information, pose little risk to human health.|||Source. 1987, 314:1. 1996, 228:104, 106, eff. July 1, 1996; 279:3, eff. July 1, 1996 at 12:01 a.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-I:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-I - Air Toxic Control Act|Section 125-I:3-a - Administrative Fines.

    125-I:3-a Administrative Fines. –||The commissioner of the department of environmental services, after notice and hearing pursuant to RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $4,000 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of this chapter, any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter, or any permit or order issued pursuant to this chapter; or upon any person who makes or certifies a material false statement relative to any document or information which is required to be submitted to the department pursuant to this chapter or any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the commissioner under this section shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Any administrative fine imposed under this section shall not preclude the imposition of further penalties under this chapter. The proceeds of administrative fines imposed pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the general fund.||I. Notice and hearing prior to the imposition of an administrative fine shall be in accordance with RSA 541-A and procedural rules adopted by the commissioner pursuant to RSA 541-A:16.||II. The commissioner shall determine fines in accordance with RSA 125-C:15, I-b(b) and (d).||III. The commissioner may assess an additional fine for repeat violations.|||Source. 1996, 247:13, eff. Jan. 1, 1997. 2019, 263:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-I:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-I - Air Toxic Control Act|Section 125-I:6 - Rulemaking.

    125-I:6 Rulemaking. –||I. The commissioner shall adopt interim rules as expeditiously as possible but no later than August 31, 1996, relative to:||(a) Procedures and criteria for classifying regulated toxic air pollutants as Class I, II and III-regulated toxic air pollutants.||(b) Procedures and criteria for determining ambient air limits.||II. The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, in consultation with the council, as expeditiously as possible but no later than December 31, 1996, relative to:||(a) Procedures and criteria for classifying regulated toxic air pollutants as Class I, II and III-regulated toxic air pollutants.||(b) Procedures and criteria for determining ambient air limits.||(c) Establishment of a list of regulated toxic air pollutants including the classification under RSA 125-I:4, II and short-term and long-term ambient air limits for each regulated toxic air pollutant listed.||(d) Establishment of methodologies for determining by testing, calculation, or other methods without complete air dispersion modeling whether an existing or proposed emission of a regulated toxic air pollutant will exceed the applicable ambient air limit at the source's compliance boundary.||(e) Identification of the air contaminants and categories of stationary sources that are exempt from the provisions of this chapter.||III. The commissioner shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A, in consultation with the council, as expeditiously as possible but no later than June 30, 1997, relative to:||(a) Procedures and criteria for determining compliance with ambient air limits established pursuant to this chapter.||(b) Procedures for petitioning the department to revise the list of regulated toxic air pollutants in accordance with the provisions of RSA 125-I:4, V.||(c) Procedures and criteria for establishing an alternate compliance boundary for a stationary source.||IV. Rules adopted by the commissioner relative to the air toxic control program in effect on July 1, 1996, shall remain in effect until the rules expire, or are amended or repealed.|||Source. 1996, 279:4, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-I:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-I - Air Toxic Control Act|Section 125-I:7 - Inspection.

    125-I:7 Inspection. –||I. For the purpose of determining compliance with this chapter, any rule adopted by the commissioner relative to this chapter, or any condition of a permit issued under RSA 125-C relative to the emission of a regulated toxic air pollutant and any other air contaminant, an employee or authorized representative of the department may, upon presentation of appropriate credentials and at any reasonable time:||(a) Enter any stationary source.||(b) Inspect and photograph the device or source which produces or controls emissions of regulated toxic air pollutants and other air contaminants, and obtain samples of materials processed in and generated from the devices and sources at the facility.||(c) Inspect and copy records, information or test results relating to air pollution, air contaminants and devices or sources which produce or control emissions of regulated toxic air pollutants and other air contaminants.||II. For the purpose of determining the type and quantity of regulated toxic air pollutants and other air contaminants being emitted from any stationary source, the commissioner may require the stationary source to maintain and submit production data, material usage records, equipment manufacturer's specifications, material safety data sheets and such other similar records, data and information.||III. Any records, data, or information obtained by or submitted to the department or any other agency of the state under this chapter which, in the judgment of the department, constitutes a trade secret, shall not be disclosed to the public without notice to the owner of the trade secret and an opportunity for a hearing. The protection against unauthorized disclosure of trade secret information under this chapter shall not exceed that permitted under RSA 91-A. The department may provide information relating to trade secrets to the Environmental Protection Agency, provided that the Environmental Protection Agency guarantees the same degree of confidentiality afforded by the department.|||Source. 1996, 279:4, eff. July 1, 1996; 279:9, eff. July 1, 1996 at 12:02 a.m.|