NH Rev Stat § 485-C:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485-C - Groundwater Protection Act|Section 485-C:7 - Potential Contamination Sources.

    485-C:7 Potential Contamination Sources. –||I. Human activities or operations upon the land surface shall be considered potential contamination sources if the activity or operation poses a reasonable risk that regulated contaminants may be introduced into the environment in such quantities as to degrade the natural groundwater quality.||II. For purposes of this chapter, potential contamination sources shall include the following:||(a) Vehicle service and repair shops, including but not limited to: automobile, truck, and equipment service or repair shops, autobody shops; and aircraft fueling, deicing, and maintenance areas.||(b) General service and repair shops, including but not limited to: furniture stripping, painting, and refinishing; photographic processing; printing; appliance and small engine repair; boat repair, service, and refinishing; refrigeration, heating, ventilating and air conditioning shops.||(c) Metalworking shops, including, but not limited to: machine shops; metal plating, heat treating, smelting and jewelry making shops.||(d) Manufacturing facilities, including, but not limited to: electronics and chemical manufacturing, processing, and reclamation; paper, leather, plastic, fiberglass, rubber, silicon and glass making; a pharmaceutical production; pesticide manufacture; and chemical preservation of wood and wood products.||(e) Underground and aboveground storage facilities for oil and hazardous substances, as defined in RSA 146-C.||(f) Waste and scrap processing and storage, including, but not limited to: junkyards, scrap yards, and auto salvage yards; wastewater treatment plants; dumps, landfills, transfer stations and other solid waste facilities; and wastewater or septage lagoons.||(g) Transportation corridors, including, but not limited to, highways and railroads.||(h) Septic systems, including, but not limited to large septic systems which require a groundwater discharge permit under RSA 485-A:13.||(i) Laboratories and professional offices, including but not limited to: medical, dental, and veterinary offices; and research and analytical laboratories.||(j) Use of agricultural chemicals, including but not limited to: golf courses; feed lots, kennels, piggeries, and manure stockpiles; parks; nurseries and sod farms; and the usage of registered pesticides.||(k) Salt storage and use for winter road and parking lot maintenance.||(l) Snow dumps.||(m) Stormwater infiltration ponds or leaching catch basins.||(n) Cleaning services, including but not limited to: dry cleaners, laundromats; beauty salons; and car washes.||(o) Food processing plants, including but not limited to: meat packing and slaughterhouses; dairies; and processed food manufacture.||(p) Fueling and maintenance of excavation and earthmoving equipment.||(q) Concrete, asphalt and tar manufacture.||(r) Cemeteries.||(s) Hazardous waste facilities regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as implemented by RSA 147-A.|||Source. 1991, 344:1, eff. June 28, 1991.|