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NH Rev Stat § 146-D:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 146-D - Oil Discharge and Disposal Cleanup Fund|Section 146-D:2 - Definitions.

    146-D:2 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Above ground storage facility" means a location not regulated under RSA 146-C, consisting of a system of storage tanks, pipes, pumps, and appurtenant structures, singly or in any combination, with a total storage capacity less than or equal to 1,100,000 gallons, which is or has been used for the storage of gasoline and blends, diesel fuel and blends, or oil for on-premise-use heating.||II. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of environmental services.||III. "Department" means the department of environmental services.||IV. "Motor oil storage facility" means a location consisting of a system of storage tanks, pipes, pumps, and appurtenant structures which is, or has been, used for the storage of motor oil or used motor oil.||V. "Oil" means "oil" as defined in RSA 146-A:2, III.||VI. "On-premises-use facility" means a system of storage tanks, pipes, pumps, and appurtenant structures, singly or in any combination, which is or has been used for the storage of fuel oil for on-premise heating.||VII. "Potential contamination source" means a "potential contamination source" as defined in RSA 485-C:7, II.||VIII. "Underground storage facility" means a location consisting of a system of underground storage tanks, pipes, pumps, vaults, fixed containers and appurtenant structures, singly or in any combination, which are used or designated to be used for the storage, transmission, or dispensing of oil, and which are within the size, capacity and other specifications prescribed by rules adopted by the commissioner pursuant to RSA 146-C:9, VI.|||Source. 2015, 142:9, eff. July 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 146-D:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 146-D - Oil Discharge and Disposal Cleanup Fund|Section 146-D:3 - Fund Established.

    146-D:3 Fund Established. –||I. There is established a nonlapsing oil discharge and disposal cleanup fund. This fund shall be used, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, to reimburse costs incurred in cleaning up oil discharges in the groundwater and surface waters and soils of the state and in paying third party damages.||II. The fund shall also be used to pay administrative, technical and legal support required by the oil fund disbursement board in administering the fund, including collection of import fees under RSA 146-A:11-b.||III. Moneys in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the board under this chapter shall be deposited with the state treasurer to the credit of said fund and may be invested as provided by law. Interest received on such investment shall also be credited to the fund.|||Source. 2015, 142:9, eff. July 1, 2015. 2017, 102:1, eff. Aug. 7, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 146-D:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 146-D - Oil Discharge and Disposal Cleanup Fund|Section 146-D:4 - Oil Fund Disbursement Board Established; Membership.

    146-D:4 Oil Fund Disbursement Board Established;  Membership. –||I. There is established the oil fund disbursement board, to be composed of the following members:||(a) The commissioner of environmental services, or his designee.||(b) The commissioner of safety, or designee.||(c) Three members representing petroleum dealers, distributors, and refiners, appointed by the governor with the consent of the council.||(d) One member, representing fuel oil dealers, appointed by the governor with the consent of the council.||(e) Two public members, appointed by the governor with the consent of the council.||(f) Two members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.||(g) Two members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.||II. The board members shall serve without compensation, except that all non-legislative members shall be reimbursed for mileage incurred on board business at the state employee mileage rate. The legislative members shall be reimbursed for mileage at the legislative rate. Such reimbursements shall be a charge against the oil discharge and disposal cleanup fund established under RSA 146-D:3, I.||III. Any member of the board having an individual interest, or an interest in another business, which may conflict with an issue under consideration by the board, shall not participate in any deliberations or vote of the board on the issue before the board.||IV. Terms for state agency and legislative members shall be the same as their terms in office. Board members appointed under subparagraphs I(c), I(d) and I(e), shall have 3-year terms. Upon term expiration, each appointed member shall hold office until a successor shall be appointed and qualified. Board members may be reappointed to subsequent terms.|||Source. 2015, 142:9, eff. July 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 146-D:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 146-D - Oil Discharge and Disposal Cleanup Fund|Section 146-D:5 - Board Powers and Duties.

    146-D:5 Board Powers and Duties. –||I. The board shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:||(a) Organization and procedural rules.||(b) Processing applications for reimbursement from the oil discharge and disposal cleanup fund.||(c) Procedures for verifying reimbursement claims presented under this chapter.||(d) Specifying costs in relation to reimbursements claimed.||(e) Developing eligibility criteria in addition to the requirements of RSA 146-D:6.||II. The board shall submit an annual report of the status of the oil discharge and disposal cleanup fund no later than October 1, to the governor and council, speaker of the house, president of the senate, house environment and agriculture committee and senate environment committee.||III. The board, with approval of the governor and council, may employ legal counsel as necessary to perform its duties in administering the oil discharge and disposal cleanup fund.||IV. The board may request that the attorney general issue subpoenas, examine witnesses, or request any other information on behalf of the board for the purposes of determining eligibility for reimbursement under this chapter.|||Source. 2015, 142:9, eff. July 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 146-D:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 146-D - Oil Discharge and Disposal Cleanup Fund|Section 146-D:7 - Penalties.

    146-D:7 Penalties. –||I. Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the lien provisions provided in RSA 260:63 through RSA 260:65-a.||I-a. Where any liability to the fund under RSA 146-D is not paid as prescribed by the oil fund disbursement board, the amount, including interest together with the costs that may accrue in addition thereto, shall become a lien in favor of the board upon all property and rights to property, whether real or personal, in the same manner as that prescribed in RSA 260:63 through RSA 260:65-a, which provisions shall govern the board's imposition and enforcement of the lien created by this section.||II. Any person who misrepresents any material fact or submits any false material statement, information, or certification to the board shall forfeit any right to reimbursement under this chapter.||III. Any person who recklessly or knowingly misrepresents any material fact or who recklessly or knowingly submits any false material statement, information, or certification to the board shall be guilty of a class B felony if a natural person and guilty of a felony if any other person. Notwithstanding RSA 651:2, a 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 under this paragraph.|||Source. 2015, 142:9, eff. July 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 146-D:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 146-D - Oil Discharge and Disposal Cleanup Fund|Section 146-D:8 - Board Administratively Attached.

    146-D:8 Board Administratively Attached. –||The oil fund disbursement board shall be administratively attached to the department of environmental services pursuant to RSA 21-G:10.|||Source. 2015, 142:9, eff. July 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 147:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 147 - Nuisances; Toilets; Drains; Expectoration; Rubbish and Waste|Section 147:1 - Local Regulations.

    147:1 Local Regulations. –||I. The health officers of towns may make regulations for the prevention and removal of nuisances, and such other regulations relating to the public health as in their judgment the health and safety of the people require, which shall take effect when approved by the selectmen, recorded by the town clerk, and published in some newspaper printed in the town, or when copies thereof have been posted in 2 or more public places in the town.||II. The health officers of towns may make regulations relative to the sanitary and health conditions for issuing a license to restaurants or other food serving establishments operating within the town limits, subject to the approval of the commissioner of the department of health and human services.||(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary or other licensing authority, any restaurant or other food serving establishment found to be in violation of the sanitary and health code adopted may be closed without a hearing for a 10-day period or until the violation is corrected and the sanitary condition is approved by the local health officer.||(b) If the sanitary or health violations are not corrected within the 10-day period, the local health officer may suspend the license to operate the restaurant or other food serving establishment after notice and hearing.||III. Any person wilfully violating such regulations shall be guilty of a violation. Such health officers shall forward, when issued, copies of all regulations made by them to the department of health and human services and furnish it such information concerning their work as may be requested. They shall be paid by the town a reasonable compensation for their services and all expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duty; and the selectmen are required to advance them such sums as may be necessary, of which and of all their receipts and disbursements they shall, before each annual town meeting, render an account to the selectmen, to be laid before the town.|||Source. RS 119:1. CS 125:1. GS 101:1. GL 111:1. 1887, 62:4. PS 108:1. PL 140:1, 22, 23. RL 165:1. RSA 147:1. 1981, 211:2. 1983, 291:1, I. 1995, 310:181, 182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 147:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 147 - Nuisances; Toilets; Drains; Expectoration; Rubbish and Waste|Section 147:2 - Rulemaking; Enforcement.

    147:2 Rulemaking;  Enforcement. –||The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall, in addition to the rules and ordinances of the health officers of towns, adopt other rules pursuant to RSA 541-A, as in the commissioner's judgment the public good requires, and the rules shall be enforced by the department of health and human services and local boards of health. The department of health and human services may also enforce, concurrently with towns, the other provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 1885, 14:2. PS 108:2. PL 140:2. 1931, 132:1. RL 165:2. RSA 147:2. 1983, 291:1, I. 1985, 190:80. 1991, 355:39. 1995, 310:181, 182. 1998, 318:4, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 147:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 147 - Nuisances; Toilets; Drains; Expectoration; Rubbish and Waste|Section 147:3 - Investigations and Complaints.

    147:3 Investigations and Complaints. –||Health officers of towns, and each of them, shall inquire into all nuisances and other causes of danger to the public health, and for the purpose of such investigations, or whenever they shall know or have cause to suspect that any nuisance or other thing injurious to the public health is in any building, vessel, or enclosure they may obtain an administrative inspection warrant under RSA 595-B, including authority to forcibly enter therein and make such search, pursuant to RSA 595-B:5.|||Source. RS 119:2. CS 125:2. GS 101:2. GL 111:2. PS 108:3. PL 140:3. RL 165:3. RSA 147:3. 1991, 231:4, eff. Aug. 9, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 147:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 147 - Nuisances; Toilets; Drains; Expectoration; Rubbish and Waste|Section 147:4 - Removal, Notice.

    147:4 Removal, Notice. –||The health officers may notify the owner or occupant of any building, vessel, premises, or property to remove or destroy any nuisance or other thing therein deemed by them, on examination, to be injurious to the public health, within a time limited; and in case the owner or occupant, after such notice in writing, given to the owner or occupant or left at the owner's or occupant's abode, shall neglect to comply with the order, the health officers may forcibly enter and cause the nuisance or other thing to be removed or destroyed.|||Source. RS 119:3. CS 125:3. GS 101:3. GL 111:3. PS 108:4. PL 140:4. 1935, 29:1. RL 165:4. 1998, 318:5, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 147:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 147 - Nuisances; Toilets; Drains; Expectoration; Rubbish and Waste|Section 147:5 - Assistants; Resistance.

    147:5 Assistants;  Resistance. –||They may employ such assistants and laborers as may be necessary, and if resisted shall have the same powers as sheriffs have to command assistance; and any person wilfully resisting them or their assistants or laborers, in making the search or removing the nuisance or other thing, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.|||Source. RS 119:4. CS 125:4. GS 101:4. GL 111:4. PS 108:5. PL 140:5. RL 165:5. RSA 147:5. 1973, 528:57, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 147:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 147 - Nuisances; Toilets; Drains; Expectoration; Rubbish and Waste|Section 147:6 - Removal Without Notice.

    147:6 Removal Without Notice. –||When the owner of a building, vessel or enclosure is unknown to the health officers, or does not reside in town, and the same is unoccupied, or the occupant is, in their opinion, unable to remove the same, they may, without previous notice, immediately cause the nuisance or other thing by them deemed injurious to the public health found therein to be removed or destroyed.|||Source. RS 119:5. CS 125:5. GS 101:5. GL 111:5. PS 108:6. PL 140:6. RL 165:6.|
NH Rev Stat § 147:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 147 - Nuisances; Toilets; Drains; Expectoration; Rubbish and Waste|Section 147:7 - Expenses.

    147:7 Expenses. –||The owner or occupant of a building, vessel or enclosure shall be liable to pay the expense of the removal or destruction of the nuisance or other thing, including the fees of the health officers who order or cause the same to be removed; and the same may be recovered by action brought by the health officers in the name of the town.|||Source. RS 119:6. CS 125:6. GS 101:6. GL 111:6. PS 108:7. PL 140:7. RL 165:7.|
NH Rev Stat § 147:7-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 147 - Nuisances; Toilets; Drains; Expectoration; Rubbish and Waste|Section 147:7-a - Notice to Owner.

    147:7-a Notice to Owner. –||As a prerequisite to the use of the alternative abatement cost collection procedure under RSA 147:7-b, any notice or order given pursuant to RSA 147:4, 147:11, 147:17, or 147:17-a, shall be in writing and subject to the following requirements:||I. The notice shall contain:||(a) A description of the nuisance or other danger to the public health, including the date of any inspection.||(b) A statement of what corrective action is required, and a reasonable time, in light of the seriousness of the nuisance or other danger to health, within which that action must be taken.||(c) A statement that failure to take the corrective action within that time may result in corrective action being taken by the municipality, and that if this occurs, the municipality's costs shall constitute a lien against the real estate, enforceable in the same manner as real estate taxes, including possible loss of the property, if not paid.||II. The notice shall be sent by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the last known post-office address of the current owner, if known, or of the person against whom taxes are assessed for the property, and to any tenant, occupant, owner's agent, or other person known by the health officer to exercise control over the premises.|||Source. 1991, 208:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 147:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 147 - Nuisances; Toilets; Drains; Expectoration; Rubbish and Waste|Section 147:8 - Toilets; Drains.

    147:8 Toilets;  Drains. –||No person shall occupy, lease to any other person, or permit any other person to occupy, a building or any part of a building as a dwelling house, office, store, shop, theater, public hall, sleeping apartment or tourist cabin, unless such building shall have readily accessible adequate toilet and lavatory facilities, properly ventilated and constructed, and kept in proper sanitary condition; and unless said building shall be provided with suitable drains or sewers for conveying waste water and sewage away from the premises into some public sewer, if there be one within 100 feet thereof, and if not, for conveying it away underground or in some other manner that will not be offensive. The phrase "public sewer", as used in this chapter, shall be understood to mean any sewer constructed and maintained by taxation, or any sewer which is open for general use upon the payment of a rental, license or other fee. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, privies (outhouses not conveying sewage by water) may be allowed if such facilities are first approved by the local municipal health officials as to location and construction of the facilities. At the option of the local municipal health officials, further approval may be required by the department of environmental services, prior to the construction of such facilities. Nothing in this section shall prohibit cities, towns, or village districts, by ordinance or by regulation under RSA 147:1, from increasing the 100-foot distance contained in this section, or from granting waivers to the requirement of connection to the public sewer for properties with adequate alternative sewage disposal systems which comply with applicable state and local regulations, designed by a designer licensed in New Hampshire and approved for construction by the New Hampshire department of environmental services after January 1, 1985.|||Source. 1869, 8:1. GL 111:7. 1881, 89:1. PS 108:8. 1907, 106:1. PL 140:8. RL 165:8. 1947, 49:1. RSA 147:8. 1973, 93:1. 1985, 198:1. 1992, 17:1. 1996, 228:111, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 147:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 147 - Nuisances; Toilets; Drains; Expectoration; Rubbish and Waste|Section 147:9 - Penalty.

    147:9 Penalty. –||Any person neglecting or refusing to comply with the provisions of RSA 147:8 shall be guilty of a violation for each day of neglect or refusal, after notice as provided in RSA 147:4.|||Source. 1869, 8:2. GL 111:8. 1881, 89:2. 1887, 62:4. PS 108:9. PL 140:9. RL 165:9. RSA 147:9. 1973, 531:26, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 147:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 147 - Nuisances; Toilets; Drains; Expectoration; Rubbish and Waste|Section 147:10 - Nuisances; When; Regulations.

    147:10 Nuisances;  When;  Regulations. –||No privy, toilet, sink, drain, cesspool, septic tank, or the discharges from such facilities, and no pen or sty for swine, shall be erected or continued in such place or condition as, in the judgment of the health officers, to be a nuisance or injurious to the public health. The health officer may make, in the manner provided in RSA 147:1, such regulations as necessary to ensure the safety and adequacy of subsurface sanitary disposal systems within the municipality. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority conferred upon the department of environmental services under RSA 485-A.|||Source. RS 119:9. CS 125:9. GS 101:9. GL 111:11. 1887, 62:2. 1889, 8:1. PS 108:10. PL 140:10. 1935, 29:2. RL 165:10. RSA 147:10. 1985, 212:1. 1989, 339:17. 1996, 228:108, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 147:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 147 - Nuisances; Toilets; Drains; Expectoration; Rubbish and Waste|Section 147:11 - Discontinuance; Penalty.

    147:11 Discontinuance;  Penalty. –||The health officers may, in writing, order the discontinuance of any nuisance or that a privy located within 100 feet of a public sewer shall be connected to the sewer. In cities or towns having a water and sewerage system, the health officers may, in writing, order the discontinuance of any privy or vault located on premises within 100 feet of a public sewer, and the establishment of a flushing closet connected with such sewer. If any person continues the nuisance after an order from the health officers, or neglects to comply with an order made under this section or RSA 147:4, such person shall be guilty of a violation for each day of the continuance or neglect. Nothing in this section shall prohibit cities, towns, or village districts, by ordinance or by regulation adoption under this chapter, from increasing the 100-foot distance contained in this section.|||Source. RS 119:9. CS 125:9. GS 101:9. GL 111:11. 1887, 62:2. 1889, 8:1. PS 108:11. 1907, 106:2. 1909, 113:1. PL 140:11. 1935, 29:3. RL 165:11. RSA 147:11. 1973, 531:27. 1985, 198:2. 1998, 318:7, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 147:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 147 - Nuisances; Toilets; Drains; Expectoration; Rubbish and Waste|Section 147:12 - Sewer Fees.

    147:12 Sewer Fees. –||Nothing in the preceding sections shall be construed as permitting a rental, license, or other sewer fee that is unreasonable in the opinion of the local board of health.|||Source. 1907, 106:3. PL 140:12. RL 165:12.|
NH Rev Stat § 147:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 147 - Nuisances; Toilets; Drains; Expectoration; Rubbish and Waste|Section 147:13 - Offensive Matter.

    147:13 Offensive Matter. –||If a person shall place, leave, or cause to be placed or left, in or near a highway, street, alley, public place, or wharf or on a private disposal site or shall allow to be exposed unburied, any animal or other substance liable to become putrid or offensive, or injurious to the public health or deposits garbage or refuse on premises not designated for waste disposal in accordance with RSA 149-M or other provisions of law, such person shall be guilty of a violation, and the health officer shall remove or cause to have removed the same. Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting authorized collections of garbage or refuse for public dumping facilities.|||Source. RS 119:7, 12. CS 125:7, 12. GS 101:7. 1878, 31:1. GL 111:9. 1879, 57:21. 1883, 53:1. PS 108:12. PL 140:13. RL 165:13. 1949, 133:2. 1953, 102:2. RSA 147:13. 1965, 201:1. 1973, 531:28. 1998, 318:8, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.|