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NH Rev Stat § 485-I:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485-I - Coastal Program and Fund|Section 485-I:1 - Statement of Policy.

    485-I:1 Statement of Policy. –||The water and related land resources of New Hampshire's coastal and estuarine environments have significant ecological, commercial, cultural, and recreational values for the state and its citizens. Therefore, it is the policy of the state to ensure the continued viability and improved resiliency of these environments and communities in which they are located as valued ecologic, economic, public health and safety, and social assets for the benefit of current and future generations.|||Source. 2021, 208:2, Pt. I, Sec. 1, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 485-I:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485-I - Coastal Program and Fund|Section 485-I:2 - Program Established.

    485-I:2 Program Established. –||There is established within the department of environmental services the New Hampshire coastal program to implement 16 U.S.C. section 1452, the Coastal Zone Management Act. It is the intent of the state to encourage and assist state and federal agencies and coastal zone municipalities in the sustainable use of the land and water resources of the coastal zone giving full consideration to ecological, cultural, historic, and esthetic values as well as the needs for compatible economic development. The coastal program should encourage and assist to support:||I. The protection of natural resources, including wetlands, floodplains, coastal and estuarine waters, beaches, sand dunes, and fish and wildlife and their habitat within the coastal zone.||II. The management of coastal development to minimize the loss of life and property caused by improper development in flood-prone, storm surge, geological hazard, and erosion-prone areas and in areas likely to be affected by or vulnerable to sea level rise, ground water rise, and saltwater intrusion, and by the destruction of natural protective features such as beaches, sand dunes, and wetlands.||III. The management of coastal development to improve, safeguard, and restore the quality of coastal waters, and to protect natural resources and existing uses of those waters.||IV. Public access to the coasts for recreation purposes.||V. The redevelopment of deteriorating urban waterfronts and ports, and sensitive preservation and restoration of historic, cultural, and esthetic coastal features.||VI. The coordination and simplification of procedures in order to ensure expedited governmental decision making for the management of coastal resources.||VII. Continued consultation and coordination with, and the giving of adequate consideration to the views of affected state and federal agencies.||VIII. The giving of timely and effective notification of, and opportunities for, public and local government participation in coastal management decision making.||IX. Comprehensive planning, conservation, and management for living marine resources, including planning for the siting of pollution control and aquaculture facilities within the coastal zone, and improved coordination between state and federal coastal zone management agencies and state and wildlife agencies.||X. The study and development of plans for addressing the adverse effects upon the coastal zone in accordance with the updating of storm surge, sea-level rise, precipitation and other relevant projections recommending in the coastal risks and hazards commission 2014 report "Sea-Level Rise, Storm Surges, and Extreme Precipitation in Coastal New Hampshire: Analysis of Past and Projected Trends" in RSA 483-B:22, I.|||Source. 2021, 208:2, Pt. I, Sec. 1, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 485-I:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485-I - Coastal Program and Fund|Section 485-I:3 - Federal Consistency.

    485-I:3 Federal Consistency. –||The coastal program established under this chapter shall be the entity charged with implementing 16 U.S.C section 1456 and 15 C.F.R. Part 930.|||Source. 2021, 208:2, Pt. I, Sec. 1, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 485-I:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485-I - Coastal Program and Fund|Section 485-I:4 - Coastal Fund.

    485-I:4 Coastal Fund. –||I. There is hereby established in the state treasury the coastal fund which shall be kept distinct and separate from all other funds. All moneys in the fund shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated to the department of environmental services for the purposes of this chapter.||II. The commissioner may apply for and accept, from any source, gifts; donations of money; grants; federal, local, private, and other matching funds and incentives; and interests in land for the purposes of this chapter. The moneys collected under this paragraph shall be deposited in the fund established under paragraph I.||III. The commissioner shall adopt rules relative to the distribution of money from the coastal fund for the New Hampshire coastal program established in RSA 485-I:2.|||Source. 2021, 208:2, Pt. I, Sec. 1, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 486:1-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486 - Aid to Municipalities for Water Pollution Control|Section 486:1-a - Definitions.

    486:1-a Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of environmental services.||II. "Department" means the department of environmental services.|||Source. 1996, 228:92, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 486:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486 - Aid to Municipalities for Water Pollution Control|Section 486:2 - Repealed by 2007, 138:6, III, eff. Aug. 17, 2007.

    486:2 Repealed by 2007, 138:6, III, eff. Aug. 17, 2007. –|
NH Rev Stat § 486:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486 - Aid to Municipalities for Water Pollution Control|Section 486:4 - Repealed by 2015, 276:115, eff. July 1, 2015.

    486:4 Repealed by 2015, 276:115, eff. July 1, 2015. –|
NH Rev Stat § 486:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486 - Aid to Municipalities for Water Pollution Control|Section 486:5 - Equitable Allocation of Costs.

    486:5 Equitable Allocation of Costs. –||Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the department shall not approve any contribution under RSA 486:1 unless it shall first have determined that the applicant:||I. Has adopted or will adopt a system of charges to assure that each recipient of waste treatment services within the applicant's jurisdiction, as determined by the department, will pay his proportionate share of the costs of operation and maintenance (including replacement) of waste treatment services provided by the applicant.||II. Has made provision for the payment to such applicant by the industrial users of the treatment works, of that portion of the cost of construction of such treatment works (as determined by the department) which is allocable to the treatment of such industrial wastes to the extent attributable to the federal share of the cost of construction.||III. Has legal, institutional, managerial, and financial capability to insure adequate construction, operation, and maintenance of treatment works throughout the applicant's jurisdiction.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 228:106, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 486:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486 - Aid to Municipalities for Water Pollution Control|Section 486:6 - Retention of Funds.

    486:6 Retention of Funds. –||I. The grantee shall retain an amount of the revenues derived from the payment of costs by industrial users of waste treatment services, to the extent costs are attributable to the federal share of eligible project costs provided pursuant to this chapter as determined by the department, equal to:||(a) The amount of the nonfederal cost of the project paid by the grantee; plus||(b) The amount determined in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner, pursuant to RSA 541-A, which is necessary for future expansion and reconstruction of the project, except that the retained amount shall not exceed 50 percent of the revenues from the project.||II. That portion of revenues retained by the grantee attributable to paragraph I(b), together with any interest on that portion, shall be used solely for the purposes of future construction, expansion, and reconstruction of any treatment works within the grantee's jurisdiction.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 228:106, 110, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 486:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486 - Aid to Municipalities for Water Pollution Control|Section 486:7 - Application for Funding.

    486:7 Application for Funding. –||Application for payments under the provisions of this chapter shall be made in accordance with rules adopted by the department under RSA 541-A, and shall be based upon reports filed with the department prior to January 31 in the calendar year for which payment is being requested.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 228:106, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 486:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486 - Aid to Municipalities for Water Pollution Control|Section 486:8 - Application Agreement.

    486:8 Application Agreement. –||Applications for state grants under this chapter shall contain an agreement that the applicant has installed the pollution control facilities in accordance with the plans and specifications approved by the department and will provide proper and efficient operation and maintenance of said facilities; that failure to install the facilities in accordance with said 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. Said 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 control facilities in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the department or made provisions for proper and efficient operation and maintenance of said facilities in accordance with department instructions, or both.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 228:106, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 486:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486 - Aid to Municipalities for Water Pollution Control|Section 486:9 - Operator Certification.

    486:9 Operator Certification. –||The operators of pollution control facilities shall be certified as to their qualifications and ability to operate said facilities in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner under RSA 541-A.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 228:110, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 486:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486 - Aid to Municipalities for Water Pollution Control|Section 486:10 - Rulemaking.

    486:10 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner may adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to treatment of wastes by or from industrial and nonindustrial recipients of waste treatment services to establish:||I. Classes of users of such services, including categories of industrial users.||II. Criteria against which to determine the adequacy of charges imposed on classes and categories of users reflecting all factors that influence the cost of waste treatment, including strength, volume, and delivery flow rate characteristics of waste.||III. Certification criteria for pollution control facilities operators.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 228:110. 2007, 138:5, eff. Aug. 17, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 486:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486 - Aid to Municipalities for Water Pollution Control|Section 486:11 - Adoption of Federal Regulation.

    486:11 Adoption of Federal Regulation. –||The commissioner may adopt as state rules under RSA 541-A any federal regulations or guidelines issued by the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency which are consistent with this chapter.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 228:110, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 486:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486 - Aid to Municipalities for Water Pollution Control|Section 486:12 - Action by Attorney General.

    486:12 Action by Attorney General. –||If the commissioner determines, following public hearing, that any industrial user of a treatment works subject to this chapter has failed, in whole or in part, to reimburse the owner of the treatment works as provided in this chapter, and that the owner either has failed to take available legal recourse to compel compliance, or is incapable of doing so, then the commissioner may request the attorney general to institute appropriate legal action against such user in the name of the state and the owner of the treatment works.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 228:110, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 486:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486 - Aid to Municipalities for Water Pollution Control|Section 486:13 - Disposal of Septage.

    486:13 Disposal of Septage. –||To insure the efficient collection and disposal of material pumped from or otherwise removed from septic tanks or other sewage storage facilities, referred to in this section as "septage," the department is authorized and directed to require the installation and operation of a septage reception and treatment facility in conjunction with any pollution abatement project for which state or federal aid is allocated pursuant to the provisions of RSA 486 and PL 92-500 (or subsequent amendments thereto), respectively. The incorporation of septage reception and treatment facilities as provided in this section shall not be applied retroactively but rather shall apply to projects constructed after January 1, 1990. The department is further authorized to review and approve proposed charges to be levied by municipalities for said reception and treatment of septage. The purpose of such review is to assure that the proposed service charges are equitable to all parties concerned and in no case shall municipalities be required to provide service at a financial loss. Additionally, municipalities shall not be required to receive and treat septage in such amount or at such times as would interfere with proper operation of municipal treatment and disposal facilities. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to limit or modify in any way the authority conferred upon the department of health and human services under the provisions of RSA 147, in connection with public dumping facilities or removal, transportation and disposal of putrescible material.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1995, 310:181. 1996, 228:106, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 486:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486 - Aid to Municipalities for Water Pollution Control|Section 486:14 - State Water Pollution Control and Drinking Water Revolving Loan Funds.

    486:14 State Water Pollution Control and Drinking Water Revolving Loan Funds. –||I. (a) Authority is granted for the state of New Hampshire to participate in the federally funded state water pollution control and drinking water revolving loan funds or grants as may be provided under the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, or related federal legislation as amended from time to time. The loan funds shall be administered by the commissioner of the department of environmental services under rules adopted by the commissioner under the provisions of RSA 541-A.||(b) A sum equal to 2 percent of all loan principal balances outstanding each year, which shall be an administrative charge, shall be set aside to be used by the department of environmental services to pay the costs of administering the state water pollution control and drinking water revolving loan funds. The funds set aside shall be deposited in nonlapsing water pollution control and drinking water loan administration funds and shall be continually appropriated to the department exclusively for the purposes of this section. If the sum of the administrative charge plus interest charge as established by rules of the department of environmental services based on market rates is less than 2 percent for a loan, then the administrative charge shall be equal to this sum and no interest charge shall be assessed on the loan.||(c) The department of environmental services is authorized to review projects funded from the state water pollution and drinking water revolving loan funds for impacts on the human and natural environment similar in intent to the steps described in 40 C.F.R. part 6, sections 506 and 508 through 511, pursuant to rules adopted by the commissioner of the department of environmental services under RSA 541-A.||(d) [Repealed.]||II. It is the intent of the general court that many projects be considered for inclusion in the state water pollution control revolving loan fund program. The following projects shall be given first consideration for inclusion:||(a) Manchester sewage treatment plant expansion.||(b) Exeter sewage treatment plant.||(c) Monroe sewage treatment plant.||III. Any borrowing by a municipality from the loan fund or grant funded monies shall be governed by the applicable provisions of RSA 33, provided that the first principal payment on any loan and the first of the annual payments required under RSA 33:2 may be deferred up to one year after the estimated or actual completion date of the project being financed by the loan, and provided further that no authenticating certificate shall be required under RSA 33:11.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 224:4. 2002, 251:1, I. 2009, 144:42. 2010, 151:2, eff. Aug. 13, 2010; 295:14, eff. Aug. 13, 2010 at 12:01 a.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 486-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486-A - Aid to Public Water Systems|Section 486-A:1 - Purpose.

    486-A:1 Purpose. –||The purpose of this chapter is to provide a state contribution to aid all public water systems in achieving compliance with the requirements of the surface water treatment rules of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, to provide a state contribution to aid public water systems in the formation or improvement of regional water systems that provide a benefit to public health, safety, and economic well-being, to provide a state contribution to aid public water systems in the evaluation of the groundwater contributing area of public wells that have recorded levels of chemical contaminants, excluding MTBE, and to protect sources of public drinking water that serve community or non-transient non-community water systems and associated natural resources through the acquisition of land or conservation easements within source water protection areas.|||Source. 1993, 341:1. 2000, 310:1. 2003, 178:1, eff. July 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 486-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486-A - Aid to Public Water Systems|Section 486-A:3 - State Contribution; Surface Water Treatment Costs; Water Supply Land Protection Costs; Regional Water System Costs.

    486-A:3 State Contribution;  Surface Water Treatment Costs;  Water Supply Land Protection Costs;  Regional Water System Costs. –||I. (a) Any public water system which is or was required, beginning in 1986, to achieve compliance with the surface water treatment rules of the EPA or the rules of the New Hampshire department of environmental services adopted to implement the federal Safe Drinking Water Act amendments of 1986 shall be eligible for a state contribution. As its contribution, the state shall pay 20 percent of the annual amortization charges, meaning the principal and interest, on the eligible surface water treatment costs resulting from the construction of new wells or a filtration system to meet the requirements of the surface water treatment rules.||(b) To be eligible under RSA 486-A:3, I(a), construction shall be necessary in order for the public water system to comply with the surface water treatment rules of the department or the EPA, or both. Plans for construction shall be approved in accordance with the provisions of RSA 485:8.||II. The state may pay up to 25 percent of the eligible water supply land protection costs.||III. Any public water system which incurs eligible regional water system costs or eligible evaluation of contributing area of groundwaters contribution to public wells that have recorded levels of chemical contaminants costs, excluding MTBE, after the effective date of this paragraph shall be eligible for a state contribution in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. As its contribution, the state shall pay 25 percent of the annual amortization charges, meaning the principal and interest, on the bonded eligible regional water system costs, or 25 percent of non-bonded, eligible regional water system costs. Plans for construction shall be approved in accordance with the provisions of RSA 485:8.|||Source. 1993, 341:1. 1996, 228:106. 2000, 310:1. 2003, 178:5, 6, eff. July 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 486-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486-A - Aid to Public Water Systems|Section 486-A:4 - Additional State Contribution.

    486-A:4 Additional State Contribution. –||I. In addition to any other state contribution provided in this chapter, the commissioner of the department, with the approval from the governor and council, may, upon review of plans submitted by a public water system and within the limits of available appropriations, pay 10 percent of the annual amortization charges, meaning principal and interest, on the eligible surface water treatment costs resulting from the installation and construction of water supply facilities required by the surface water treatment rules of the Safe Drinking Water Act.||II. This additional contribution may be provided when such installation or construction will result in user fees that are 20 percent above the statewide average for residential customers.|||Source. 1993, 341:1. 2000, 310:1, eff. June 21, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 486-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 486-A - Aid to Public Water Systems|Section 486-A:5 - Equitable Allocation of Costs.

    486-A:5 Equitable Allocation of Costs. –||The department shall not approve any contribution for surface water treatment or for the formation or improvement of a regional water system or for evaluation of contribution of groundwaters to public wells that have record levels of chemical contaminants, excluding MTBE under this chapter unless it shall first have determined that the applicant:||I. Has adopted or will adopt a system of charges to assure that each recipient of water service within the applicant's jurisdiction, as determined by the department, will pay its proportionate share of the costs of operation and maintenance, including replacement, of water services provided by the applicant. For a regional water system project, the department must also determine that each public water system that is to make payments to the applicant for water service provided through area regional water system interconnection has adopted or will adopt a system of charges to assure that each recipient of water service within the public water system will pay its proportionate share of the such payments.||II. Has legal, institutional, managerial, and financial capability to ensure adequate construction, operation, and maintenance of water works throughout the applicant's jurisdiction.|||Source. 1993, 341:1. 1996, 228:106. 2000, 310:1. 2003, 178:7, eff. July 1, 2003.|