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NH Rev Stat § 125-M:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-M - Mercury Emissions Reduction and Control Program|Section 125-M:2 - Definitions.

    125-M:2 Definitions. –||I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of environmental services.||II. "Control efficiency" means the percentage of mercury removed by the pollution control system expressed as a percentage of the total mercury that is introduced into the pollution control system.||III. "Department" means the department of environmental services.||IV. "Design capacity" means the maximum design 24-hour charging rate of a municipal waste combustor capable of continuously burning municipal solid waste.||V. [Repealed.]||VI. "Governor" means the governor of the state of New Hampshire.||VII. "Hospital, medical and infectious waste incinerator" means any device that combusts any amount of hospital waste or medical/infectious waste.||VIII. "Hospital waste" means discards generated at a hospital, except unused items returned to the manufacturer. Hospital waste does not include human corpses, remains, and anatomical parts that are intended for interment or cremation.||IX. "Medical/infectious waste" means "medical/infectious waste" as defined in 40 CFR 60.51c.||X. "Municipal solid waste" means solid waste generated at residences, commercial or industrial establishments, and institutions, but excluding construction and demolition debris, automobile scrap and other motor vehicle waste, infectious waste, asbestos waste, contaminated soil and other absorbent media and ash other than ash from household stoves.||XI. "Municipal waste combustor" or "combustor" means a device that combusts solid, liquid, or gaseous municipal solid waste for the primary purpose of volume reduction or disposal. Municipal waste combustors do not include internal combustion engines, gas turbines, or other combustion devices that combust landfill gases collected by landfill gas collection systems.||XII. "Solid waste" means "solid waste" as defined by RSA 149-M:4, XXII.|||Source. 1999, 350:1. 2002, 172:5, eff. May 15, 2002.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-M:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-M - Mercury Emissions Reduction and Control Program|Section 125-M:3 - Mercury Reduction and Control Program.

    125-M:3 Mercury Reduction and Control Program. –||The department shall develop a mercury reduction and control program. The program shall include, but is not limited to, the following:||I. Any municipal waste combustor with a design capacity to burn 100 tons per day or more of municipal solid waste shall reduce its mercury emissions to achieve a mercury emission rate of no greater than 0.028 mg/dscm corrected to 7 percent oxygen by volume on a dry basis, or at least 85 percent control efficiency.||II. The department shall evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of establishing a mercury emission limit of 0.028 mg/dscm corrected to 7 percent oxygen by volume on a dry basis for:||(a) Municipal waste combustors with a design capacity to burn less than 100 tons per day of municipal solid waste; and||(b) Hospital, medical and infectious waste incinerators.||III. The department shall evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of establishing a mercury emission limit for coal-burning electricity generation plants.|||Source. 1999, 350:1. 2002, 172:1, eff. May 15, 2002.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-M:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-M - Mercury Emissions Reduction and Control Program|Section 125-M:4 - Rulemaking Authority.

    125-M:4 Rulemaking Authority. –||The commissioner shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A relative to:||I. Procedures and frequency for stack testing, testing protocols, measurement methods, and other such actions as may be necessary to verify compliance with this chapter.||II. Fees for implementing and enforcing the terms and conditions relating to reduction of mercury emissions of a permit issued in accordance with RSA 125-C.|||Source. 1999, 350:1, eff. Jan. 21, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-M:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-M - Mercury Emissions Reduction and Control Program|Section 125-M:5 - Compliance.

    125-M:5 Compliance. –||No person shall operate a municipal waste combustor with the design capacity to burn 100 tons per day or more of municipal solid waste without a temporary or operating permit issued by the department in accordance with RSA 125-C. Any source subject to this section shall file a complete application for a permit or permit modification under the provisions of RSA 125-C and a plan for achieving compliance with this chapter.|||Source. 1999, 350:1. 2002, 172:2, eff. May 15, 2002.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-M:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-M - Mercury Emissions Reduction and Control Program|Section 125-M:6 - Enforcement.

    125-M:6 Enforcement. –||I. All of the enforcement provisions of RSA 125-C:15 shall apply to violations of this chapter.||II. Each day of a continuing violation shall constitute a separate violation.|||Source. 1999, 350:1, eff. Jan. 21, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-M:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-M - Mercury Emissions Reduction and Control Program|Section 125-M:7 - Variances.

    125-M:7 Variances. –||Any variance granted under this chapter shall be granted by the commissioner upon application and after a hearing, in accordance with RSA 125-C:16.|||Source. 1999, 350:1, eff. Jan. 21, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-N:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-N - Dioxin Emissions Reduction and Control Program|Section 125-N:2 - Definitions.

    125-N:2 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of environmental services.||II. "Department" means the department of environmental services.||III. "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm or co-partnership, association, company, trust, corporation, department, bureau, agency, private or municipal corporation, or any political subdivision of the state, the United States or political subdivisions or agencies thereof, or any other entity recognized by law as subject to rights and duties.||IV. "Combustible domestic waste" means combustible waste such as, but not limited to, household trash, packaging materials, plastics, coated or laminated papers, rubber, painted or treated wood, coated or treated cardboard, oily rags, and animal, vegetable, and kitchen waste. The term does not include untreated wood, leaves, brush, or paper products generated at a residence.||V. "Stationary source" means "stationary source" as defined in RSA 125-C:2, XI.||VI. "Medical waste incinerator" means any device that combusts any amount of hospital waste or medical/infectious waste, except for municipal waste combustors, cement kilns, and combustors required to have a permit under 42 U.S.C., section 6925.||VII. "Hospital waste" means waste generated at a hospital, except unused items returned to the manufacturer. Hospital waste does not include human corpses, remains, and anatomical parts that are intended for interment or cremation.||VIII. "Medical/infectious waste" means any solid waste that is generated in the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals, in research pertaining thereto, or in the production or testing of biologicals. Medical/infectious waste does not include any hazardous waste regulated under RSA 147-A.|||Source. 2001, 285:1. 2004, 13:1, eff. June 4, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-N:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-N - Dioxin Emissions Reduction and Control Program|Section 125-N:3 - Dioxin Emissions Reduction and Control Program.

    125-N:3 Dioxin Emissions Reduction and Control Program. –||I. The department shall develop a dioxin emissions reduction and control program. The program shall include, but not be limited to, the following:||(a) Studying the human health and ecological impacts of dioxin emissions and contamination.||(b) Encouraging the development of, and evaluating, technologies and pollution prevention practices, to reduce or eliminate dioxin emissions to the ambient air from stationary sources.||(c) Promoting residential, commercial, and industrial energy efficiency and conservation programs to reduce or eliminate dioxin emissions.||(d) Supporting and encouraging federal legislation to reduce dioxin emissions from motor vehicles and other mobile sources.||(e) Continuing pollution prevention efforts, including recycling and outreach and education efforts, to reduce or eliminate dioxin emissions to the ambient air from municipal waste combustors and medical waste incinerators.||(f) Conducting public education and outreach regarding the public health and environmental impacts of backyard trash burning and other sources of dioxin emissions.||(g) Researching and attempting to quantify the sources of dioxin.||II. The department shall not implement or impose dioxin emission limits for emissions resulting from stationary source combustion of virgin petroleum fuels, coal and untreated wood and wood products without further legislative authorization unless such limits are required to be implemented or imposed under federal authority enacted or promulgated after the effective date of this section.|||Source. 2001, 285:1, eff. July 16, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-N:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-N - Dioxin Emissions Reduction and Control Program|Section 125-N:4 - Prohibition; Residential Open Burning of Combustible Domestic Waste.

    125-N:4 Prohibition;  Residential Open Burning of Combustible Domestic Waste. –||Notwithstanding RSA 227-L:17, II, the residential open burning of combustible domestic waste is prohibited.|||Source. 2001, 285:1, eff. July 16, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-N:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-N - Dioxin Emissions Reduction and Control Program|Section 125-N:5 - Education and Enforcement.

    125-N:5 Education and Enforcement. –||I. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resources, shall take reasonable measures to educate the public about the environmental impact of backyard burning and the requirements of this chapter.||II. The commissioner shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of this chapter. Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation and may be assessed an administrative fine for a first offense not to exceed $100 and for subsequent offenses not to exceed $250.||III. Nothing in this chapter shall limit any enforcement or penalty provisions contained in RSA 227-L.|||Source. 2001, 285:1, eff. July 16, 2001. 2017, 156:14, I, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-N:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-N - Dioxin Emissions Reduction and Control Program|Section 125-N:6 - Medical Waste Incinerators; Construction and Operation Prohibitions.

    125-N:6 Medical Waste Incinerators;  Construction and Operation Prohibitions. –||I. The construction of a new medical waste incinerator, the modification of an existing medical waste incinerator which increases the amount of any air pollutant emitted by the incinerator, the conversion of a facility into a medical waste incinerator, or the reactivation of a closed medical waste incinerator is prohibited.||II. Beginning on January 1, 2014, the operation of any existing medical waste incinerator is prohibited.|||Source. 2004, 13:2, eff. June 4, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-O:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-O - Multiple Pollutant Reduction Program|Section 125-O:2 - Definitions.

    125-O:2 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Affected sources" means existing fossil fuel burning steam electric power plant units in this state, specifically Merrimack Units 1 and 2 in Bow; Schiller Units 4, 5, and 6 in Portsmouth; and Newington Unit 1 in Newington, excluding any of these units that may be repowered.||II. "Allowance" means a limited authorization to emit one ton of SO2, one ton of NOx, one pound of mercury, or one ton of CO2 during a specified year.||III. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of environmental services.||IV. "Department" means the department of environmental services.||V. "Discrete emission reduction" or "DER" means an emission reduction generated over a discrete period of time, and measured in weight (e.g., tons).||VI. "Ozone transport region" means the ozone transport region as established by section 184(a) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. section 7511c.||VII. "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm or co-partnership, association, company, trust, corporation, department, bureau, agency, private or municipal corporation, or any political subdivision of the state, the United States or political subdivisions or agencies thereof, or any other entity recognized by law as subject to rights and duties.||VIII. "Renewable energy" means energy derived from hydro, geothermal, wind, solar thermal, photovoltaic, biomass, methane waste, tidal, or other source approved by the department.||IX. "Repowered unit" means an affected source that has installed qualifying repowering technology as defined by 40 C.F.R. part 72, or has replaced a unit by a new unit, provided the new replacement unit:||(a) Is on the same or contiguous property as the replaced unit, regardless of owner;||(b) Has a maximum power output rate equal to or greater than the maximum power output rate of the replaced unit; and||(c) Is designed to control, or is equipped with best available technology to control, emissions of multiple pollutants simultaneously, and in conformity with the emissions rates and reductions used to establish RSA 125-O:3.||IX-a. "Sustainable energy" means energy that supplies present energy needs without permanently depleting resources, while considering environmental impacts, and without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own energy needs.||X. "System benefits charge funds" or "SBC funds" means revenues collected by Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH) (currently at a rate of 1.8 mills ($0.0018) per retail kilowatt-hour sold as set by the general court in 2001, 29:14) to fund energy efficiency and conservation and load management programs approved by the public utilities commission.|||Source. 2002, 130:2. 2009, 171:1, eff. Sept. 11, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-O:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-O - Multiple Pollutant Reduction Program|Section 125-O:3 - Integrated Power Plant Strategy.

    125-O:3 Integrated Power Plant Strategy. –||I. The department shall implement an integrated, multi-pollutant strategy to reduce air emissions from affected sources.||II. The integrated, multi-pollutant strategy shall be implemented in a market-based fashion that allows trading and banking of emission reductions to comply with the overall statewide annual emission caps established under RSA 125-O:3, III. Allowances, up to the amount of these caps, shall be allocated to each affected source based on the output of each affected source. The department shall make publicly available all allocations prior to the effective date of such allocations.||III. The strategy shall include implementation of the following statewide annual emissions caps:||(a) 7,289 tons annually applicable to total sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from the affected sources;||(b) 3,644 tons annually applicable to total oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions from the affected sources;||(c) [Repealed.]|||[Paragraph III(d) repealed by 2012, 281:11, I, effective as provided by 2012, 281:17.]||||(d) 5,425,866 tons annually applicable to total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the affected sources until December 31, 2008.|||Source. 2002, 130:2. 2006, 105:2, I. 2008, 182:3. 2012, 281:11, I, eff. as provided by 2012, 281:17.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-O:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-O - Multiple Pollutant Reduction Program|Section 125-O:5 - Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, and Conservation and Load Management Incentive.

    125-O:5 Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, and Conservation and Load Management Incentive. –||I. In order to encourage energy efficiency, energy conservation, renewable energy, and the reductions in local emissions which result, the integrated multi-pollutant strategy shall promote energy efficiency and conservation through conservation and load management programs.||II. Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH) may utilize SBC funds equivalent to the unencumbered amount, if any, rolled over from the prior program year for energy efficiency projects at facilities owned and operated by PSNH, provided that the company made a good faith effort in the prior program year to meet the goals approved by the public utilities commission for its core energy efficiency programs, and provided that the SBC funds used by PSNH shall not exceed 2 percent of all SBC funds collected in the prior program year. PSNH may utilize these funds to implement approved core energy efficiency initiatives or measures at PSNH's facilities that are cost effective and which enhance the efficient use of energy at PSNH facilities. Any energy savings resulting from the use of these funds by PSNH at its facilities will not be included in the calculation of PSNH's energy efficiency program goals, any shareholder incentive, or any other incentive program. In any year that PSNH utilizes SBC funds, PSNH shall submit a report to the public utilities commission and the department detailing how these funds were utilized, and will make the report available to interested parties. Any party may request that the public utilities commission schedule a hearing to review these reports and the expenditure by PSNH of rolled over SBC funds at its facilities.||III. [Repealed.]|||Source. 2002, 130:2. 2008, 182:10, eff. June 11, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-O:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-O - Multiple Pollutant Reduction Program|Section 125-O:6 - Powers and Duties of the Commissioner.

    125-O:6 Powers and Duties of the Commissioner. –||The commissioner may:|||[Paragraph I effective until the date that the commissioner of the department of environmental services certifies to the secretary of state and the director of the office of legislative services that certain states have terminated or have authorized termination of their participation in the regional greenhouse gas initiative; see also paragraph I set out below.]||||I. Develop a trading and banking program to provide appropriate compliance flexibility in meeting the emission caps established under RSA 125-O:3, III and allowance requirements of RSA 125-O:21 and RSA 125-O:22, and to encourage earlier and greater emissions reductions and the development of new emission control technologies in order to maximize the cost-effectiveness with which the environmental benefits of this chapter are achieved.|||[Paragraph I effective the date that the commissioner of the department of environmental services certifies to the secretary of state and the director of the office of legislative services that certain states have terminated or have authorized termination of their participation in the regional greenhouse gas initiative; see also paragraph I set out above.]||||I. Develop a trading and banking program to provide appropriate compliance flexibility in meeting the emission caps established under RSA 125-O:3, III, and to encourage earlier and greater emissions reductions and the development of new emission control technologies in order to maximize the cost-effectiveness with which the environmental benefits of this chapter are achieved.||II. Propose to the general court for legislative enactment a program to reduce emissions that impair visibility in mandatory Class I Federal Areas, including the Great Gulf Wilderness Area and the Presidential-Dry River Wilderness, if evaluation and assessment of the program established under 125-O:6, I reveals after its implementation that further reductions of emissions that impair visibility are necessary. Any program proposed under this paragraph shall be at least as stringent as that specified in the Clean Air Act, amendments thereto, and regulations promulgated thereunder.||III. Propose to the general court for legislative enactment appropriate processes to encourage pollution prevention, energy efficiency, and other methods to cost-effectively achieve emissions reductions.|||Source. 2002, 130:2. 2008, 182:4. 2012, 281:12, eff. as provided by 2012, 281:17.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-O:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-O - Multiple Pollutant Reduction Program|Section 125-O:7 - Enforcement.

    125-O:7 Enforcement. –||I. Any violation of any provision of this chapter, or of any rule adopted under this chapter, 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.||II. Any person who knowingly violates any of the provisions of this chapter, or any rule adopted under this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.||III. The commissioner, after notice and hearing pursuant to RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $2,000 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the commissioner under this paragraph shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Any administrative fine imposed under this paragraph shall not preclude the imposition of further penalties under this chapter. The proceeds of administrative fines imposed pursuant to this paragraph shall be deposited in the general fund.||(a) 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.||(b) The commissioner shall determine fines based on the following:||(1) For a minor deviation from a requirement causing minor potential for harm, the fine shall be not less than $100 and not more than $1,000.||(2) For a minor deviation from a requirement causing moderate potential for harm, the fine shall be not less than $601 and not more than $1,250.||(3) For a minor deviation from a requirement causing major potential for harm, the fine shall be not less than $851 and not more than $1,500.||(4) For a moderate deviation from a requirement causing minor potential for harm, the fine shall be not less than $601 and not more than $1,250.||(5) For a moderate deviation from a requirement causing moderate potential for harm, the fine shall be not less than $851 and not more than $1,500.||(6) For a moderate deviation from a requirement causing major potential for harm, the fine shall be not less than $1,251 and not more than $1,750.||(7) For a major deviation from a requirement causing minor potential for harm, the fine shall be not less than $851 and not more than $1,500.||(8) For a major deviation from a requirement causing moderate potential for harm, the fine shall be not less than $1,251 and not more than $1,750.||(9) For a major deviation from a requirement causing major potential for harm, the fine shall be not less than $1,501 and not more than $2,000.||(c) The commissioner may assess additional fines for repeat violations.|||Source. 2002, 130:2, eff. July 1, 2002.|