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NH Rev Stat § 125-O:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-O - Multiple Pollutant Reduction Program|Section 125-O:8 - Rulemaking Authority.

[RSA 125-O:8 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 RSA 125-O:8 set out below.]|    125-O:8 Rulemaking Authority. –||I. The commissioner shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A, commencing no later than 180 days after the effective date of this section, relative to:||(a) The establishment of trading and banking programs as authorized by RSA 125-O:6, I.||(b) The establishment of a method for allocating allowances and other emissions reduction units or mechanisms as authorized by RSA 125-O:3, II and III.||(c) Emissions and allowance monitoring, tracking, recordkeeping, reporting, and other such actions as may be necessary to verify compliance with this chapter.||(d) The method and requirements for auctioning budget allowances under RSA 125-O:21, which may use regional organizations.||(e) The forms and information required on applications for a temporary or operating permit required under RSA 125-O:22.||II. The public utilities commission shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, to administer the energy efficiency fund and auction proceeds received pursuant to RSA 125-O:23.|||[RSA 125-O:8 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 RSA 125-O:8 set out above.]||||125-O:8 Rulemaking Authority. –||The commissioner shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A, commencing no later than 180 days after the effective date of this section, relative to:||I. The establishment of trading and banking programs as authorized by RSA 125-O:6, I.||II. The establishment of a method for allocating allowances and other emissions reduction units or mechanisms as authorized by RSA 125-O:3, II and III.||III. Emissions and allowance monitoring, tracking, recordkeeping, reporting, and other such actions as may be necessary to verify compliance with this chapter.||||Source. 2002, 130:2. 2008, 182:5. 2012, 281:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; 281:13, eff. as provided by 2012, 281:17.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-O:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-O - Multiple Pollutant Reduction Program|Section 125-O:9 - Compliance Dates.

[RSA 125-O:9 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 RSA 125-O:9 set out below.]|    125-O:9 Compliance Dates. –||The owner or operator of each affected source shall comply with the provisions of this chapter, excluding the subdivision on mercury emissions, RSA 125-O:11 through 125-O:18, and the subdivision for CO2 emissions, RSA 125-O:19 through RSA 125-O:28, by December 31, 2006.|||[RSA 125-O:9 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 RSA 125-O:9 set out above.]||||125-O:9 Compliance Dates. –||The owner or operator of each affected source shall comply with the provisions of this chapter, excluding the subdivision on mercury emissions, RSA 125-O:11 through 125-O:18, by December 31, 2006.||||Source. 2002, 130:2. 2006, 105:3. 2008, 182:6. 2012, 281:14, eff. as provided by 2012, 281:17.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-O:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-O - Multiple Pollutant Reduction Program|Section 125-O:10 - Non-Severability.

[RSA 125-O:10 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 RSA 125-O:10 set out below.]|    125-O:10 Non-Severability. –||No provision of RSA 125-O:1 through RSA 125-O:18 of this chapter shall be implemented in a manner inconsistent with the integrated, multi-pollutant strategy or RSA 125-O:1 through RSA 125-O:18 of this chapter, and to this end, the provisions of RSA 125-O:1 through RSA 125-O:18 of this chapter are not severable.|||[RSA 125-O:10 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 RSA 125-O:10 set out above.]||||125-O:10 Non-Severability. –||No provision of this chapter shall be implemented in a manner inconsistent with the integrated, multi-pollutant strategy of this chapter, and to this end, the provisions of this chapter are not severable.||||Source. 2002, 130:2. 2008, 182:7. 2012, 281:15, eff. as provided by 2012, 281:17.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-O:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-O - Multiple Pollutant Reduction Program|Section 125-O:11 - Statement of Purpose and Findings.

    125-O:11 Statement of Purpose and Findings. –||The general court finds that:||I. It is in the public interest to achieve significant reductions in mercury emissions at the coal-burning electric power plants in the state as soon as possible. The requirements of this subdivision will prevent, at a minimum, 80 percent of the aggregated mercury content of the coal burned at these plants from being emitted into the air by no later than the year 2013. To accomplish this objective, the best known commercially available technology shall be installed at Merrimack Station no later than July 1, 2013.||II. The department of environmental services has determined that the best known commercially available technology is a wet flue gas desulphurization system, hereafter "scrubber technology," as it best balances the procurement, installation, operation, and plant efficiency costs with the projected reductions in mercury and other pollutants from the flue gas streams of Merrimack Units 1 and 2. Scrubber technology achieves significant emissions reduction benefits, including but not limited to, cost effective reductions in sulfur dioxide, sulfur trioxide, small particulate matter, and improved visibility (regional haze).||III. After scrubber technology is installed at Merrimack Station, and after a period of operation has reliably established a consistent level of mercury removal at or greater than 80 percent, the department will ensure through monitoring that that level of mercury removal is sustained, consistent with the proven operational capability of the system at Merrimack Station.||IV. To ensure that an ongoing and steadfast effort is made to implement practicable technological or operational solutions to achieve significant mercury reductions prior to the construction and operation of the scrubber technology at Merrimack Station, the owner of the affected coal-burning sources shall work to bring about such early reductions and shall be provided incentives to do so.||V. The installation of scrubber technology will not only reduce mercury emissions significantly but will do so without jeopardizing electric reliability and with reasonable costs to consumers.||VI. The installation of such technology is in the public interest of the citizens of New Hampshire and the customers of the affected sources.||VII. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 125-O:1, VI, the purchase of mercury credits or allowances to comply with the mercury reduction requirements of this subdivision or the sale of mercury credits or allowances earned under this subdivision is not in the public interest.||VIII. The mercury reduction requirements set forth in this subdivision represent a careful, thoughtful balancing of cost, benefits, and technological feasibility and therefore the requirements shall be viewed as an integrated strategy of non-severable components.|||Source. 2006, 105:1, eff. June 8, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-O:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-O - Multiple Pollutant Reduction Program|Section 125-O:12 - Definitions.

    125-O:12 Definitions. –||In this subdivision:||I. "Affected sources" means existing coal-burning power plant units in this state, specifically Merrimack Units 1 and 2 in Bow and Schiller Units 4, 5, and 6 in Portsmouth.||II. "Baseline mercury emissions" means the total annual mercury emissions from all of the affected sources, calculated in accordance with RSA 125-O:14, II.||III. "Baseline mercury input" means the total annual mercury input found in the coal used by all of the affected sources, calculated in accordance with RSA 125-O:14, I.||IV. "Owner" means the owner or owners of the affected sources.||V. "Scrubber technology" means a wet flue gas desulphurization system.|||Source. 2006, 105:1, eff. June 8, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-O:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-O - Multiple Pollutant Reduction Program|Section 125-O:15 - Monitoring of Mercury Emissions.

    125-O:15 Monitoring of Mercury Emissions. –||Prior to the availability and operation of continuous emissions monitoring (CEM) systems, and subsequent to the baseline emissions testing under RSA 125-O:14, II, stack tests or another methodology approved by the department shall be conducted twice per year to determine mercury emissions levels from the affected sources. Any stack tests performed shall employ a federally recognized and approved methodology, proposed by the owner and employing a test protocol approved by the department. When a federal performance specification takes effect, and a mercury CEM system capable of meeting the federal specifications becomes available, a mercury CEM system, approved by the department, shall be installed at Merrimack Units 1 and 2 and at other affected sources as deemed appropriate by the department.|||Source. 2006, 105:1, eff. June 8, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-O:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-O - Multiple Pollutant Reduction Program|Section 125-O:17 - Variances.

    125-O:17 Variances. –||The owner may request a variance from the mercury emissions reduction requirements of this subdivision by submitting a written request to the department. The request shall provide sufficient information concerning the conditions or special circumstances on which the variance request is based to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that variance from the applicable requirements is necessary.||I. Where an alternative schedule is sought, the owner shall submit a proposed schedule which demonstrates reasonable further progress and contains a date for final compliance as soon as practicable. If the department deems such a delay is reasonable under the cited circumstances, it shall grant the requested variance.||II. Where an alternative reduction requirement is sought, the owner shall submit information to substantiate an energy supply crisis, a major fuel disruption, an unanticipated or unavoidable disruption in the operations of the affected sources, or technological or economic infeasibility. The department, after consultation with the public utilities commission, shall grant or deny the requested variance. If requested by the owner, the department shall provide the owner with an opportunity for a hearing on the request.|||Source. 2006, 105:1, eff. June 8, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-O:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-O - Multiple Pollutant Reduction Program|Section 125-O:18 - Cost Recovery.

    125-O:18 Cost Recovery. –||If the owner is a regulated utility, the owner shall be allowed to recover all prudent costs of complying with the requirements of this subdivision in a manner approved by the public utilities commission. During ownership and operation by the regulated utility, such costs shall be recovered via the utility's default service charge. In the event of divestiture of affected sources by the regulated utility, such divestiture and recovery of costs shall be governed by the provisions of RSA 369:B:3-a.|||Source. 2006, 105:1, eff. June 8, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-O:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-O - Multiple Pollutant Reduction Program|Section 125-O:19 - Repealed by 2012, 281:10, II, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.

    125-O:19 Repealed by 2012, 281:10, II, eff. Jan. 1, 2013. –|
NH Rev Stat § 125-O:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-O - Multiple Pollutant Reduction Program|Section 125-O:24 - Repealed by 2019, 184:10, eff. Sept. 8, 2019.

    125-O:24 Repealed by 2019, 184:10, eff. Sept. 8, 2019. –|
NH Rev Stat § 125-O:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-O - Multiple Pollutant Reduction Program|Section 125-O:25 - Set Aside for Voluntary Purchase of Renewable Energy Certificates.

[RSA 125-O:25 repealed by 2012, 281:11, II, effective as provided by 2012, 281:17.]|    125-O:25 Set Aside for Voluntary Purchase of Renewable Energy Certificates. –||I. The department shall reserve from auction, for retirement purposes, a quantity of budget allowances, not to exceed one percent of the annual budget, equivalent to the CO2 emissions reductions associated with renewable energy certificates recognized under RSA 362-F and purchased voluntarily by electricity customers and not resold.||II. Budgeted allowances reserved under paragraph I not retired at the end of each year shall be auctioned the following calendar year.|||Source. 2008, 182:2, eff. June 11, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-O:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-O - Multiple Pollutant Reduction Program|Section 125-O:26 - Auction of Budget Allowances.

[RSA 125-O:26 repealed by 2012, 281:11, II, effective as provided by 2012, 281:17.]|    125-O:26 Auction of Budget Allowances. –||Any rules adopted by the department relative to auctions, pursuant to RSA 125-O:8, I(d), shall provide that they:||I. Shall be conducted based on the schedule and frequency adopted by the department in consultation with other entities participating in the RGGI program;||II. Shall include the sale of allowances for current years and may include the sale of allowances for future years to promote transparency and price stability in a manner to be determined by the department in coordination with the regional organization;||III. Shall include auction design elements that minimize allowance price volatility, guard against bidder collusion, and mitigate the potential for market manipulation;||IV. Shall include provisions to address, and to the extent practicable minimize, the potential for allowance market price volatility during the initial control period of the RGGI program;||V. Shall include provisions to ensure the continued market availability of allowances to entities regulated under a greenhouse gas emissions allowance trading program, taking into account the outcomes of auctions and monitoring of the allowance market, which may include the adoption of a flexible process that allows for ongoing modification of auction design and procedures in response to allowance market conditions and allowance market monitoring data, provided that the process allows for public comment and input; and||VI. May be open to all qualified participants, and all qualified participants may sell or otherwise agree to transfer any or all allowances to any eligible entity.|||Source. 2008, 182:2. 2013, 236:12, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-O:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-O - Multiple Pollutant Reduction Program|Section 125-O:27 - Review of the New Hampshire RGGI Program.

[RSA 125-O:27 repealed by 2012, 281:11, II, effective as provided by 2012, 281:17.]|    125-O:27 Review of the New Hampshire RGGI Program. –||At the time of each comprehensive review by the participating states, the commission and the department shall concurrently review New Hampshire specific elements of the RGGI program, and include the results of such review and any recommendations for revisions to the New Hampshire regional greenhouse gas initiative program under RSA 125-O:19-29, resulting from this review in the agencies' annual report under RSA 125-O:21, VI.|||Source. 2008, 182:2. 2012, 281:5. 2013, 236:13, eff. Jan. 1, 2014. 2019, 184:7, eff. Sept. 8, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-O:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-O - Multiple Pollutant Reduction Program|Section 125-O:28 - Cost Recovery.

[RSA 125-O:28 repealed by 2012, 281:11, II, effective as provided by 2012, 281:17.]|    125-O:28 Cost Recovery. –||If the owner of an affected CO2 source is a public utility pursuant to RSA 362:2 that provides electric distribution service pursuant to RSA 374-F, the owner may recover through the utility's default service charge all prudently incurred costs of complying with the requirements of this subdivision in a manner approved by the commission. In the event PSNH sells an affected CO2 source, any cost recovery associated with this chapter shall be governed by RSA 369-B:3-a.|||Source. 2008, 182:2, eff. June 11, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-O:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-O - Multiple Pollutant Reduction Program|Section 125-O:29 - Cost Containment Allowances in Addition to the Budget.

    125-O:29 Cost Containment Allowances in Addition to the Budget. –||I. For the purposes of cost containment, the department shall make available for sale at one or more auctions up to the following amounts of allowances, that shall be in addition to the budget allowance total for the given year under RSA 125-O:21, II, if:||(a) The CO2 allowance auction price equals or exceeds $10.51 in 2019, up to 521,869 allowances;||(b) The CO2 allowance auction price equals or exceeds $10.77 in 2020, up to 521,869 allowances;||(c) The CO2 allowance auction price equals or exceeds $13 in 2021, up to 396,099 allowances;||(d) The CO2 allowance auction price equals or exceeds $13.91 in 2022, up to 384,227 allowances;||(e) The CO2 allowance auction price equals or exceeds $14.88 in 2023, up to 372,354 allowances;||(f) The CO2 allowance auction price equals or exceeds $15.92 in 2024, up to 360,482 allowances;||(g) The CO2 allowance auction price equals or exceeds $17.03 in 2025, up to 348,609 allowances;||(h) The CO2 allowance auction price equals or exceeds $18.22 in 2026, up to 336,737 allowances;||(i) The CO2 allowance auction price equals or exceeds $19.50 in 2027, up to 324,864 allowances;||(j) The CO2 allowance auction price equals or exceeds $20.87 in 2028, up to 312,992 allowances;||(k) The CO2 allowance auction price equals or exceeds $22.33 in 2029, up to 301,119 allowances;||(l) The CO2 allowance auction price equals or exceeds $23.89 in 2030, up to 289,247 allowances; or||(m) In any year thereafter, the CO2 allowance auction price equals or exceeds 1.07 multiplied by the auction price at which cost containment allowances were required to be made available in the previous calendar year rounded to the nearest whole cent, until further legislative action.||II. The allowances sold pursuant to paragraph I shall be replenished, such that the full 521,869 allowances, if needed, are available the following calendar year.|||Source. 2013, 236:14, eff. Jan. 1, 2014. 2019, 184:8, eff. Sept. 8, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-Q:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-Q - New Hampshire Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing|Section 125-Q:2 - Organization; Meetings.

    125-Q:2 Organization;  Meetings. –||I. The commission shall be convened by the first-named member of the house of representatives, and shall hold its first meeting no later than 30 days after the effective date of this chapter.||II. The department of education and the department of health and human services shall provide administrative support, in equal measure, for the commission, including interpreter services for commission meetings.|||Source. 2007, 294:1, eff. Sept. 11, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-Q:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-Q - New Hampshire Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing|Section 125-Q:3 - Duties.

    125-Q:3 Duties. –||The commission shall:||I. Recommend, where applicable, statutes, rules, policies, and education programs necessary to successfully provide New Hampshire citizens who are deaf or hard of hearing with access to competent interpreters at all levels of local and state government.||II. Investigate establishing an information and referral service operated by and for persons who are deaf and hard of hearing to promote access of such persons to the community-based health care, educational, employment, and social services that are available to all citizens.||III. Develop peer counseling, job placement, and advocacy services which would enhance the ability of individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing to contribute to their communities.||IV. Recommend legislation and identify funding sources by working in collaboration with the following agencies and organizations:||(a) The governor's commission on disability.||(b) The Disabilities Rights Center.||(c) Northeast Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services, Inc.||(d) The department of health and human services.||(e) The department of safety.||(f) The department of corrections.||(g) The department of education.||(h) The department of justice.||(i) Granite State Independent Living.|||Source. 2007, 294:1, eff. Sept. 11, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 125-Q:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 125-Q - New Hampshire Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing|Section 125-Q:4 - Report.

    125-Q:4 Report. –||The commission shall make an annual report commencing on November 1, 2008, together with any recommendations, to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the governor.|||Source. 2007, 294:1, eff. Sept. 11, 2007.|