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NH Rev Stat § 125-C:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-C - Air Pollution Control|Section 125-C:10 - Devices Contributing to Air Pollution.

    125-C:10 Devices Contributing to Air Pollution. –||I. No person shall install, construct, operate, or modify any device or non-Title V source which contributes to air pollution except as prescribed by this chapter.||II. No person shall construct, operate or modify an affected source which contributes to air pollution except as prescribed by this chapter.|||Source. 1979, 359:2. 1993, 329:4. 1996, 278:4, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-C:10-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-C - Air Pollution Control|Section 125-C:10-a - Municipal Waste Combustion Units.

    125-C:10-a Municipal Waste Combustion Units. –||Any municipal waste combustor, as defined in RSA 125-M:2, XI, with a design capacity of at least 35 tons per day but no more than 250 tons per day of municipal solid waste, as defined in RSA 125-M:2, X, shall be limited to the following levels of emissions, unless otherwise provided for by a more stringent federal regulation, or by other state statute:||I. Particulate matter: 25 milligrams/dry standard cubic meter, corrected to 7 percent oxygen, 3-run average (run duration specified in test method).||II. Opacity: 10 percent (6-minute average), 30 6-minute averages.||III. Cadmium: 0.035 milligrams/dry standard cubic meter, corrected to 7 percent oxygen, 3-run average (run duration specified in test method).||IV. Lead: 0.4 milligrams/dry standard cubic meter, corrected to 7 percent oxygen, 3-run average (run duration specified in test method).||V. Mercury: 0.028 milligrams/dry standard cubic meter, corrected to 7 percent oxygen, or 85 percent control efficiency, 3-run average (run duration specified in test method).||VI. Sulfur dioxide: 29 parts per million by volume, or 25 percent of the potential sulfur dioxide emission concentration, corrected to 7 percent oxygen (dry basis), monthly block geometric average concentration or percent reduction.||VII. Hydrogen chloride: 29 parts per million by volume, or 5 percent of the potential hydrogen chloride emission concentration, corrected to 7 percent oxygen (dry basis), 3-run average (minimum run duration is 1 hour).||VIII. Dioxins/furans: 35 nanograms/dry standard cubic meter (total mass), corrected to 7 percent oxygen, where an electrostatic precipitator-based emission control system is employed; or 30 nanograms/dry standard cubic meter (total mass) corrected to 7 percent oxygen, where an electrostatic precipitator-based emission control system is not employed, 3-run average (minimum run duration is 4 hours).|||Source. 2005, 72:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006. 2016, 100:1, eff. July 18, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-C:10-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-C - Air Pollution Control|Section 125-C:10-c - Combustion Ban.

    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 waste 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. No such combustion shall occur until the department adopts rules regarding fuel quality standards and test methods in accordance with RSA 125-C:6, XIV-a and the department has taken final action on a permit revision for the facility utilizing such fuel;||(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; or||(d) The combustion of bio-oil or bio-synthetic gas produced from the wood component of construction and demolition debris using non-combustion thermal or chemical processes including, but not limited to, pyrolysis or gasification. The non-combustion thermal or chemical processes proposed shall be subject to the review requirements of this chapter, RSA 125-I, and the administrative rules of the air resources division of the department of environmental services. The wood derived from construction and demolition debris shall be processed in a manner no less stringent than the requirements referenced in subparagraph (b).||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.|||Source. 2007, 128:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2008. 2016, 319:18, eff. Aug. 23, 2016. 2018, 249:1, eff. Aug. 11, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-C:10-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-C - Air Pollution Control|Section 125-C:10-d - Sulfur Limits of Certain Liquid Fuels.

    125-C:10-d Sulfur Limits of Certain Liquid Fuels. –||I. No person shall import into the state any of the following liquid fuels:||(a) No. 2 oil, also referred to as distillate oil, with a sulfur content greater than 0.0015 percent by weight;||(b) No. 4 oil with a sulfur content greater than 0.25 percent by weight; or||(c) Nos. 5 or 6 oil, also referred to as residual oil, with a sulfur content greater than 0.5 percent by weight.||II. Beginning on February 1, 2019 and continuing thereafter, no person shall sell, offer for sale, supply, distribute for sale or use, except for fuel remaining in storage for a device not requiring a permit pursuant to RSA 125-C:11, any of the following liquid fuels:||(a) No. 2 oil, also referred to as distillate oil, with a sulfur content greater than 0.0015 percent by weight;||(b) No. 4 oil with a sulfur content greater than 0.25 percent by weight; or||(c) Nos. 5 or 6 oil, also referred to as residual oil, with a sulfur content greater than 0.5 percent by weight.||III. The commissioner may temporarily allow the use of non-conforming fuels with respect to paragraph II if there is a demonstrated need to do so based on an acute shortage of supply.|||Source. 2016, 94:1, eff. July 1, 2018. 2018, 340:3, eff. July 1, 2018 at 12:01 a.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-C:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-C - Air Pollution Control|Section 125-C:13 - Criteria for Denial; Suspension or Revocation; Modification.

    125-C:13 Criteria for Denial;  Suspension or Revocation;  Modification. –||I. The commissioner shall deny an application for any permit or authorization if, on the basis of evidence available to the commissioner, the commissioner determines:||(a) That the device or non-Title V source for which the permit or authorization is sought will result in a violation of any standard or rule in force under this chapter; or||(b) That the device or non-Title V source will contribute disproportionately to pollution of the air in comparison with other similar sources able to perform the same function that are currently available; or||(c) That the device or non-Title V source is located in a "clean air" area designated by state or federal rules or regulations and will or is reasonably likely to cause significant deterioration of the existing air quality in a part of the area.||II. The commissioner may suspend or revoke any permit or authorization issued hereunder if, following a hearing, the commissioner determines:||(a) That the permit holder or registrant has committed a violation of this chapter or any rule, order, or permit conditions in force and applicable to it; or||(b) That emissions from the device or non-Title V source to which the permit applies, alone or in conjunction with other sources of the same pollutants, presents an immediate danger to the public health.||III. The commissioner may order modification of any source of air pollution holding a valid permit issued under this chapter in the event that the commissioner determines, following a hearing:||(a) That the device or non-Title V source to which the permit applies fails to meet existing emission limits established by state or federal rule or regulation;||(b) That the device or non-Title V source is resulting or is reasonably likely to result in a violation of an air quality standard in force.||IV. The commissioner may terminate, modify, revoke, or reissue for cause any permit or authorization issued to an affected source prior to expiration of such permit consistent with the requirements of the Clean Air Act.|||Source. 1979, 359:2. 1993, 329:10, 11. 1995, 68:3. 1996, 228:104; 278:14. 2010, 183:4, eff. June 21, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-C:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-C - Air Pollution Control|Section 125-C:14 - Rehearings and Appeals.

    125-C:14 Rehearings and Appeals. –||Administrative appeals from decisions of the commissioner made under the provisions of this chapter shall be heard by the air resources council under RSA 21-O:11, IV.|||Source. 1979, 359:2. 1981, 332:6, 7. 1986, 202:12. 1996, 228:104, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-C:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-C - Air Pollution Control|Section 125-C:16 - Variances.

    125-C:16 Variances. –||I. Upon application, and after a hearing, the commissioner may suspend the enforcement of the whole or any part of this chapter or of any rule adopted hereunder in the case of any person who shall show that the enforcement thereof would produce serious economic hardship on such person without equal or greater benefits to the public.||II. In determining under what conditions and to what extent the variance may be granted, the commissioner shall give due recognition to the progress which the person requesting such variance shall have made in eliminating or preventing air pollution; the character and degree of injury to, or interference with, the health and physical property of the people; and the social and economic value of the source of air pollution. In such cases, the commissioner shall consider the reasonableness of granting a variance conditioned on the person's effecting a partial abatement of pollution or a progressive abatement thereof or such other circumstances as the commissioner may deem reasonable. No variance shall be granted to any person applying therefor who is causing air pollution which creates a danger to public health, welfare or safety.||III. Any variance granted hereunder shall be granted for such period of time, not exceeding one year, as the commissioner shall specify. No variance shall be construed to relieve the person receiving it from any liability imposed by law for the commission or maintenance of a nuisance.|||Source. 1979, 359:2. 1986, 202:6, I(h). 1996, 228:104, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-C:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-C - Air Pollution Control|Section 125-C:17 - Repealed by 1993, 329:14, eff. June 24, 1993.

    125-C:17 Repealed by 1993, 329:14, eff. June 24, 1993. –|
NH Rev Stat § 125-C:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-C - Air Pollution Control|Section 125-C:18 - Existing Remedies Unimpaired.

    125-C:18 Existing Remedies Unimpaired. –||No existing civil or criminal remedy for any wrongful action which is a violation of any code or rule adopted hereunder shall be excluded or impaired by this chapter.|||Source. 1979, 359:2, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-C:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-C - Air Pollution Control|Section 125-C:19 - Protection of Powers.

    125-C:19 Protection of Powers. –||The powers and functions vested in the commissioner under the provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to affect in any manner the powers, duties and functions vested in the department of health and human services under any other provision of law.|||Source. 1979, 359:2. 1983, 291:1, I. 1986, 202:6, I(h). 1995, 310:181. 1996, 228:104, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-C:19-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-C - Air Pollution Control|Section 125-C:19-a - Recovery of Public Utility Expenditures.

    125-C:19-a Recovery of Public Utility Expenditures. –||All costs and expenses directly incurred by electric generating facilities for pollution reductions that are a component of, or are required in connection with, any vehicle inspection and maintenance program adopted by the state of New Hampshire and approved by the federal Environmental Protection Agency, or substitute for such program, shall be recoverable to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as any environmental expenditure mandated by law, and shall be recoverable through the fuel and purchased power adjustment clause or any succeeding cost recovery mechanism.|||Source. 1998, 207:1, eff. June 18, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-C:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-C - Air Pollution Control|Section 125-C:20 - Exemption; Steam Locomotives and Engines.

    125-C:20 Exemption;  Steam Locomotives and Engines. –||The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any steam locomotives and engines or replacements thereof used in connection with the operation of a railroad or railway which were in operation or on order prior to January 1, 1973, and are located entirely within the state; provided that this exemption shall not apply to any stationary steam engine.|||Source. 1979, 359:2, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-C:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-C - Air Pollution Control|Section 125-C:21 - Severability.

    125-C:21 Severability. –||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 provision or application; and, to this end, the provisions of this chapter are severable.|||Source. 1981, 332:9, eff. Aug. 16, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-D:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-D - Acid Rain Control Act|Section 125-D:1 - Purpose.

    125-D:1 Purpose. –||I. The general court hereby finds that acid deposition of sulfur and nitrogen containing compounds, commonly referred to as "acid rain," is occurring in the state of New Hampshire. The general court further finds that acid rain poses a significant adverse threat to the state's public health and welfare and to the natural environment by degrading natural ecosystems, including fish and wildlife. In addition, increasing evidence suggests that acid rain affects the New Hampshire economy by reducing the growth rate and productivity of the state's forest resources.||II. The general court also finds that although the major emission sources of acid rain precursors are located in the midwestern United States, sources within the state of New Hampshire also contribute to acid deposition in New Hampshire and in our neighboring states of Maine and Massachusetts. Therefore, it is incumbent upon the people of New Hampshire to take the initiative to reduce their share of the deposition to reasonable levels.||III. The general court acknowledges that the New England governors in May of 1984 endorsed as an interim measure the implementation of a sulfur dioxide emission cap in each New England state for both the industrial and utility sectors of the economy.||IV, V. [Repealed.]|||Source. 1985, 328:1. 1993, 118:2, eff. July 16, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-D:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-D - Acid Rain Control Act|Section 125-D:2 - Definitions.

    125-D:2 Definitions. –||I. "Acid deposition" means that wet or dry deposition from the atmosphere of chemical compounds, usually in the form of rain or snow, having the potential to form an aqueous compound with a pH level lower than the level considered normal under natural conditions.||I-a. "Department" means the department of environmental services.||II. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of environmental services.||III. "Baseline emissions" means the total sulfur dioxide emissions in tons per calendar year averaged over the period 1979 through 1982 from all major sources.||IV. "Governor" means the governor of the state of New Hampshire.||V. "Major source" means a facility or plant which emits 100 tons or more per year of a pollutant.||VI. "Emission rate" means the pounds of sulfur dioxide emitted per million BTU input.||VII. "Average emission rate" means the weighted average on a BTU input basis of the emission rates of a major source, all major sources under a single ownership, or some other specified group of major sources during any calendar year.||VIII. "Baseline average emission rate" means the weighted average on a BTU input basis of the emissions rates of a specified group of major sources over the period 1979 through 1982.||IX. "Maximum total heat input capacity" means the designed gross heat input capacity of a major source in millions of BTU per hour.||X. "Average annual emissions" means the total sulfur dioxide emissions in tons per calendar year averaged over any consecutive 4-year period from a specified group of major sources.||XI. "Annual emissions" means the sulfur dioxide emissions from a major source in tons during any calendar year.|||Source. 1985, 328:1. 1986, 202:6, I(h). 1990, 172:1-4. 1996, 228:20, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-D:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-D - Acid Rain Control Act|Section 125-D:4 - Administrative Fines.

    125-D:4 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, 247:12, eff. Jan. 1, 1997. 2019, 263:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-D:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-D - Acid Rain Control Act|Section 125-D:5 - Enforcement.

    125-D:5 Enforcement. –||I. Whenever the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representative finds that any major source of sulfur dioxide has resulted in a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or any rules in force hereunder, the commissioner shall issue a notice of violation and, where appropriate, an order of abatement establishing a compliance schedule with which the major source of sulfur dioxide shall comply. Any order of abatement shall become final and enforceable by the commissioner within 30 days of its issuance unless an appeal is filed with the air resources council before the expiration of said 30-day period. The council shall hold a hearing on any such appeal promptly, and shall thereafter issue a decision upholding, modifying, or abrogating the commissioner's order of abatement or any part thereof. The council's decision shall become final 10 days after it is issued. Upon a finding by the commissioner that there is an imminent and substantial endangerment to the public health or welfare or the environment, the commissioner shall issue an order of abatement requiring immediate compliance and the order shall be final and enforceable upon issuance, but may be appealed to the council within 30 days of its issuance, and the council may, after hearing, uphold, modify, or abrogate such order.||II. Any violation of the provisions of this chapter, or of any rule adopted or order issued under it, shall be subject to enforcement by injunction, including mandatory injunction, issued by the superior court upon application of the attorney general. Any such violation shall also be subject to a civil forfeiture to the state of not more than $25,000 for each violation, and for each day of a continuing violation.||III. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, or any rule adopted or order issued under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.||IV. Notwithstanding RSA 651:2, any person may, in addition to any sentence of imprisonment, probation, or conditional discharge, be fined not more than $25,000 if found guilty of any violation pursuant to RSA 125-D:5, III. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.|||Source. 1998, 146:3, eff. June 8, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-D:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-D - Acid Rain Control Act|Section 125-D:6 - Variances.

    125-D:6 Variances. –||I. Upon application, and after a hearing, the commissioner may suspend the enforcement of the whole or any part of this chapter or of any rule adopted hereunder in the case of any person who shall show that the enforcement thereof would produce serious economic hardship on such person without equal or greater benefits to the public.||II. In determining under what conditions and to what extent the variance may be granted, the commissioner shall give due recognition to the progress which the person requesting such variance shall have made in eliminating or preventing emissions sources of acid depositions; the character and degree of injury to, or interference with, the health and physical property of the people; and the social and economic value of the source of emissions. In such cases, the commissioner shall consider the reasonableness of granting a variance conditioned on the person's effecting a partial abatement of emissions or a progressive abatement thereof or such other circumstances as the commissioner may deem reasonable. No variance shall be granted to any person applying therefor who is causing air pollution which creates a danger to public health, welfare, or safety.||III. Any variance granted under this section shall be granted for such period of time, not exceeding one year, as the commissioner shall specify. No variance shall be construed to relieve the person receiving it from any liability imposed by law for the commission or maintenance of a nuisance.|||Source. 1998, 146:3, eff. June 8, 1998.|