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NH Rev Stat § 486-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486-A - Aid to Public Water Systems|Section 486-A:6 - Application for Funding.

    486-A:6 Application for Funding. –||Application for payments under the provisions of this chapter shall be made in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner under RSA 541-A, and, for surface water treatment projects and regional water system projects and evaluation of groundwaters contributing area of public wells, shall be based upon reports filed with the commissioner prior to January 31, in the calendar year for which payment is being requested.|||Source. 1993, 341:1. 1996, 228:110. 2000, 310:1. 2003, 178:8, eff. July 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 486-A:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486-A - Aid to Public Water Systems|Section 486-A:7 - Applicant Agreement.

    486-A:7 Applicant Agreement. –||I. Applications for state grants for surface water treatment and for regional water systems and evaluation of groundwaters contributing area of public wells with recorded levels of chemical contaminants shall contain an agreement that the applicant:||(a) Has installed or will install the water works facilities in accordance with the plans and specifications approved by the department;||(b) Will provide proper and efficient operation and maintenance of facilities;||(c) Agrees that failure to install the facilities in accordance with the approved plans and specifications or to provide proper and efficient operation and maintenance of such facilities shall result in loss of payments of the annual grant installment next following such failure. The loss of payment of the annual grant installment shall continue in effect until such time as the applicant has completed the steps necessary to install the facilities in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the department, or made provisions for proper and efficient operation and maintenance of the facilities in accordance with department instructions or both;||(d) For a grant to aid in the development of a regional water system and evaluation of groundwaters contributing area of public wells with recorded levels of chemical contaminants, agrees to participate in regional and statewide water supply planning initiatives and to consider the results of such initiatives for purposes of long-term water supply planning and infrastructure development.||II. Applications for water supply land protection grants shall contain a statement that the applicant shall comply with the following conditions:||(a) The applicant shall purchase the land or conservation easement from a willing seller, and the purchase shall include only land within the source water protection area of an active or proposed public drinking water source supplying a community or non-transient non-community water system or only small portions of land beyond the source water protection area under circumstances which make subdivision impractical;||(b) The land or conservation easement shall be owned, in perpetuity, by a water supply land protection grantee;||(c) The land shall be maintained in perpetuity to protect the drinking water source and no land use or development shall occur that would diminish the quantity or quality of the drinking water;||(d) The land, if purchased in fee simple, shall not be posted to prohibit hiking, hunting, and fishing, unless the department deems such posting necessary to protect the associated water supply or other natural resources;||(e) The applicant shall provide required stewardship and submit annual stewardship reports to the department.|||Source. 1993, 341:1. 1996, 228:106. 2000, 310:1. 2003, 178:9, eff. July 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 486-A:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486-A - Aid to Public Water Systems|Section 486-A:8 - Priority of Applications.

    486-A:8 Priority of Applications. –||I. For surface water treatment projects, the department shall establish and maintain a priority list of projects eligible to receive grants under RSA 486-A:3. The priority list shall include the highest priority projects ready for construction and anticipated to receive grants from appropriated funds within the next fiscal year. The list required by this section shall not be considered rules subject to the provisions of RSA 541-A.||II. For water supply land protection projects, the department shall prioritize projects in accordance with rules established under RSA 486-A:11. Prioritization factors shall include, but not be limited to:||(a) Distance from and relation to the drinking water source.||(b) Size of the area proposed for protection relative to the size of the source water protection area.||(c) Natural resource values, including wetlands, habitat protection, and recreational uses.||(d) Current protection status of the source water protection area.||(e) Ability of the applicant to pay for water supply land protection.||III. For regional water system projects and evaluation of groundwaters contributing area of public wells with recorded levels of chemical contaminants, the department shall adopt prioritization factors by rule under RSA 541-A, to assist in determining which new projects to fund under this chapter. Prioritization factors shall include, but not be limited to:||(a) The population of the service area that would receive water through the regional water system interconnection.||(b) The degree to which the public's health, safety, and economic well-being will benefit.||(c) The fiscal impact on user fees and taxes in the area of the regional water system.||(d) The consistency with land use master plans in the affected municipalities and with the provisions of RSA 9-B and RSA 162-C:2, V, to the extent that a proposed regional water system project may impact the municipality's growth and development patterns.|||Source. 1993, 341:1. 2000, 310:1. 2003, 178:10, eff. July 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 486-A:8-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486-A - Aid to Public Water Systems|Section 486-A:8-a - Public Notice.

    486-A:8-a Public Notice. –||I. For surface water treatment projects, regional water system projects, and evaluation of groundwaters contributing area of public wells with recorded levels of chemical contaminants the commissioner of environmental services or designee shall hold an annual public hearing to receive testimony on the projects recommended by the department, in accordance with RSA 486-A:8, to receive grants in the next fiscal year. After considering the testimony offered at the hearing, the commissioner shall finalize the priority list for the next fiscal year, and project assistance shall be granted accordingly.||II. The department shall provide notice by certified mail to the municipality in which the land is located of each water supply land protection project recommended by the department, in accordance with RSA 486-A:8, to receive a grant, and shall wait 20 days for a hearing request. Upon request of the governing body of the municipality in which the land is located, the commissioner of environmental services or designee shall hold a public hearing to receive testimony on any project recommended to receive a grant. The department shall provide notice of any such hearing at least 30 days prior to the hearing by notices posted in at least one public place in the municipality and in at least 2 newspapers of general circulation in the region, and by certified mail to the governing body of the municipality. After considering the testimony offered at all of the public hearings requested for that year's recommended projects, the commissioner shall finalize the priority list for the next fiscal year, and project assistance shall be granted accordingly. If no hearing is requested, the department shall select projects for funding without a public hearing.|||Source. 2000, 310:2. 2003, 178:11, eff. July 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 486-A:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486-A - Aid to Public Water Systems|Section 486-A:10 - Notice to Public Utilities Commission.

    486-A:10 Notice to Public Utilities Commission. –||Any public water system regulated by the public utilities commission shall notify the public utilities commission when it receives funds under the provisions of this chapter, to ensure that the money received is not used in calculating rate setting.|||Source. 1993, 341:1, eff. June 30, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 486-A:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486-A - Aid to Public Water Systems|Section 486-A:11 - Rulemaking.

    486-A:11 Rulemaking. –||The department shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to providing water supply land protection grants. Such rules shall include, but not be limited to:||I. Appraiser and surveyor standards.||II. Eligibility determination criteria and procedures.||III. Application requirements and procedures.||IV. Project selection and prioritization requirements and procedures.||V. Stewardship requirements and procedures, including annual reporting to the department by the grantee.|||Source. 2000, 310:4, eff. June 21, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 486-A:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486-A - Aid to Public Water Systems|Section 486-A:12 - Water Supply Land Protection Grant Match.

    486-A:12 Water Supply Land Protection Grant Match. –||The percent match supplied by the water supply land protection grantee for water supply land protection projects shall consist of cash, expenses necessary to complete the transaction including associated legal and transaction costs, donations of source water protection lands or conservation easements assessed at fair market value and protected in perpetuity, or a combination of cash, transaction expenses, and such donations. Gifts of land and interests in land must be held by a water supply land protection grantee.|||Source. 2000, 310:4, eff. June 21, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 486-A:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486-A - Aid to Public Water Systems|Section 486-A:13 - Public Trust.

    486-A:13 Public Trust. –||I. The lands and interests in lands acquired by the state or other public entity with a water supply land protection grant under this chapter shall be held in public trust and used and applied for the purposes of this chapter. Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to the disposal of publicly-owned real estate, no deviation in the uses of any land or interest in land so acquired to uses or purposes not consistent with the purposes of this chapter shall be permitted. The sale, transfer, conveyance, or release of any such land or interest in land from public trust is prohibited except when the conditions of RSA 486-A:13, II or III are met.||II. Land may be released from public trust in order to be converted to another use if:||(a) The municipality, holding title to the land or conservation easement proposed for release from the program, votes in favor of such a release by a two-thirds vote of its legislative body;||(b) A public hearing is held prior to the municipal vote, after the municipality provides notice of such hearing at least 30 days prior to the hearing by notices sent to the department, notices posted in at least one public place in the municipality, certified notice to any other municipality whose water supply might be affected by the proposed release, and notices in at least 2 newspapers of general circulation in the region;||(c) All other municipalities using the water supply protected by the land or conservation easement vote to release the land by a two-thirds vote of their legislative bodies and after holding a public hearing noticed according to the procedures set forth in subparagraph (b);||(d) The land proposed for release from the program will be publicly owned after its release from the program; and||(e) The municipality proposing to release the land or conservation easement from the program repays the department the amount of the water supply land protection grant plus interest compounded annually at the rate of 10 percent, which repayment shall be used by the department to further the water supply land protection purposes of this chapter.||III. Land may be released from public trust due to termination of use if:||(a) The grantee has successfully demonstrated to the department that the source of drinking water that the land or conservation easement is intended to protect is not and will not be viable due to the inability to remediate contamination or to provide treatment which improves water quality so that it is suitable for human consumption; and||(b) The municipality voting to release the land or conservation easement from the program repays the department the amount of the water supply land protection grant plus interest compounded annually at the rate of 3.5 percent, which repayment shall be used by the department to further the water supply land protection purposes of this chapter.|||Source. 2000, 310:4, eff. June 21, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 486-A:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486-A - Aid to Public Water Systems|Section 486-A:14 - Administrative Fines.

    486-A:14 Administrative Fines. –||I. The commissioner of the department, after notice and hearing pursuant to RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $500 for each offense upon any person who violates the reporting requirement of RSA 486-A:7, II(e). Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the commissioner under this paragraph shall be in accordance with RSA 541. The commissioner shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to procedures for notice and hearing prior to the imposition of an administrative fine.||II. The proceeds of administrative fines levied pursuant to paragraph I shall be used by the department to further the water supply land protection purposes of this chapter.|||Source. 2000, 310:4, eff. June 21, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 486-A:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486-A - Aid to Public Water Systems|Section 486-A:15 - Repayment Responsibility.

    486-A:15 Repayment Responsibility. –||Any party found, by means of a scientific or hydrogeological study, or other evaluation as approved by the department, of the groundwaters contributing area of public wells with recorded levels of contaminants, to be responsible for contaminating a wellhead area, shall be required to repay to the state, the amount the state contributed for the evaluation.|||Source. 2003, 178:16, eff. July 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:1 - Definitions.

    487:1 Definitions. –||As used in this chapter:||I. "Boats" means any vessel or watercraft whether moved by oars, paddles, sails or other power mechanism, inboard or outboard, or any other vessel or structure floating upon the water whether or not capable of self locomotion, including but not limited to house boats, barges and similar floating objects.||I-a. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of environmental services.||II. "Department" means the department of environmental services.||III. "Graywater" means galley, bath, and shower water.||IV. "Marine toilet" means any toilet on or within any boat as that term is defined herein.||V. "Sewage" means human body wastes and graywater, plus wastes from toilets, sinks, showers, and other receptacles intended to receive or retain body wastes or graywater.||VI. "Waters of this state" means waters classified, or unclassified, as defined in RSA 485-A.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 228:95, 96, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:2 - Restrictions on Marine Toilets.

    487:2 Restrictions on Marine Toilets. –||No marine toilet on any boat operated upon waters of the state shall be so constructed and operated as to discharge any sewage into said waters either directly or indirectly, nor shall any sewage or container of sewage be placed, left, discharged or caused to be placed, left or discharged in or near any waters of the state by any person at any time whether or not the owner, operator, guest or occupant of a boat; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall prohibit such discharge to a municipal sewerage system or to any adequate sewage disposal system on shore.|||Source. 1989, 339:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:3 - Restrictions on Sinks and Showers.

    487:3 Restrictions on Sinks and Showers. –||No sink or shower on any boat operated upon the fresh waters of the state shall be so constructed or operated as to discharge any graywater into said waters either directly or indirectly.|||Source. 1989, 339:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:4 - Responsibility of Marinas and Shore Property Owners.

    487:4 Responsibility of Marinas and Shore Property Owners. –||I. All owners and operators of any marina or shore property located on fresh waters of the state shall cooperate with the department by publicizing the requirements of this chapter among the boating fraternity and other interested parties.||II. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to new boats held in inventory by marine dealers which are placed in fresh waters of the state for demonstration purposes only; provided that toilets, sinks, or showers on said new boats shall not be placed in commission and shall be sealed and clearly posted to preclude their use.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 228:106, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:5 - Repealed by 2007, 138:6, IV, eff. Aug. 17, 2007.

    487:5 Repealed by 2007, 138:6, IV, eff. Aug. 17, 2007. –|
NH Rev Stat § 487:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:6 - Compliance.

    487:6 Compliance. –||No person shall knowingly launch into the fresh waters of the state any boat which is not equipped in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 1989, 339:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:7 - Penalty; Administrative Fines.

    487:7 Penalty;  Administrative Fines. –||I. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or of rules of the department adopted under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person. If any fine is imposed it shall constitute a lien against the boat on which the offense was committed whether or not the defendant is also the registered owner or operator of said boat unless said boat was used without permission of the owner.||II. The commissioner of environmental services, 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, any lawful rule of the department adopted under this chapter, or any lawful order issued by the department 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 section shall not preclude the imposition of further penalties under this chapter. The proceeds of administrative fines levied pursuant to this paragraph shall be deposited by the department in the general fund. The commissioner shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to:||(a) A schedule of administrative fines which may be imposed under this paragraph for violations of this chapter.||(b) Procedures for notice and hearing prior to the imposition of an administrative fine.||III. Any person who shall violate any provisions of this chapter, or any lawful rule of the department adopted under this chapter, or who shall fail, neglect, or refuse to obey any order lawfully issued pursuant to this chapter, shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 per day of such violation.||IV. The department shall issue a written cease and desist order against any act in violation of this chapter or lawful rule of the department adopted under this chapter, and any such act may be enjoined by the superior court upon application of the attorney general.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1991, 63:1. 1996, 228:106. 1999, 204:1, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:8 - Enforcement.

    487:8 Enforcement. –||All boats located upon waters of this state shall be subject to inspection by the department or any lawfully designated agent or inspector of the department at any time for the purpose of determining whether such boat is equipped in compliance with this chapter. The members of the department, its agents and inspectors, for these purposes shall have all the powers of a deputy sheriff throughout the state.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 228:106, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:9 - Required Registrations.

    487:9 Required Registrations. –||No boat shall be operated upon waters of this state having within or on it a marine toilet without a certificate of registration from the department of safety, division of motor vehicles, as required by RSA 270 and RSA 270-E.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1990, 229:22, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:10 - Suspension of Registration.

    487:10 Suspension of Registration. –||If, upon said inspection it shall appear that any marine toilet, sink, or shower within or on a boat in operation on fresh waters of the state is so constructed as to permit the discharge of any sewage to a surface water of the state contrary to the provisions of this chapter, the member, agent, or inspector is directed not later than 48 hours after such finding to require from the owner, operator, or any person on board said boat, production and surrender of its certificate and plate of registration. The owner, operator, or any person on board shall have 48 hours from said production and surrender of certificate and plate of registration within which to remedy the defect. If, within said period the defect is remedied, the certificate and registration shall be returned. If, at the expiration of the 48 hours, the defect is not remedied, said member, agent, or inspector shall then endorse in ink upon said certificate of registration a brief statement of the nature of the violation and shall forward it forthwith by mail or in person to the department of safety, division of motor vehicles, where it shall be held by said division until receipt of written authority from the commissioner for its return. Such authority shall include a statement that the specified violation has been remedied in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the rules of the department adopted under this chapter.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 228:97, eff. July 1, 1996.|