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NH Rev Stat § 149-M:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:34 - Prohibition; Schedule for Removal of Intentional and Incidental Amounts.

    149-M:34 Prohibition;  Schedule for Removal of Intentional and Incidental Amounts. –||The schedule for removal of lead, cadmium, mercury, or hexavalent chromium in any package or packaging component shall be as follows:||I. No package or packaging component shall be offered for sale or for promotional purposes by its manufacturer or distributor in the state of New Hampshire which includes, in the package itself or in any packaging component, inks, dyes, pigments, adhesives, stabilizers, or any other additives, any lead, cadmium, mercury, or hexavalent chromium which has been intentionally introduced as an element during manufacturing or distribution. This prohibition shall not apply to the incidental presence of any of these elements.||II. No product shall be offered for sale or for promotional purposes by its manufacturer or distributor in the state of New Hampshire in a package which includes, in the package itself or in any of its packaging components, inks, dyes, pigments, adhesives, stabilizers, or any other additives, any lead, cadmium, mercury, or hexavalent chromium which has been intentionally introduced as an element during manufacturing or distribution. This prohibition shall not apply to the incidental presence of any of these elements.||III. The sum of the concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, and hexavalent chromium incidentally present in any package or packaging component shall not exceed 100 parts per million by weight (0.01 percent).|||Source. 1996, 251:2, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:36 - Certificate of Compliance.

    149-M:36 Certificate of Compliance. –||I. A certificate of compliance stating that a package or packaging component is in compliance with the requirements of this subdivision shall be furnished by its manufacturer or supplier to its purchaser. If compliance is achieved under RSA 149-M:34, the certificate shall state the specific basis upon which the exemption is claimed. The certificate of compliance shall be signed by an authorized official of the manufacturing or supplying company. The purchaser shall retain the certificate of compliance for as long as the package or packaging component is in use. A copy of the certificate of compliance shall be kept on file by the manufacturer or supplier of the package or packaging component. Certificates of compliance, or copies thereof, shall be furnished to the department and to members of the public in accordance with RSA 149-M:39.||II. If the manufacturer or supplier of the package or packaging component reformulates or creates a new package or packaging component, the manufacturer or supplier shall provide an amended or new certificate of compliance for the reformulated or new package or packaging component.|||Source. 1996, 251:2, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:37 - Rulemaking.

    149-M:37 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:||I. Procedures for petitions for exemption pursuant to RSA 149-M:35, including renewals of exemptions.||II. Procedures for certificates of compliance pursuant to RSA 149-M:36.||III. A schedule of administrative fines which may be imposed under RSA 149-M:38, VI.||IV. Procedures for notice and hearing prior to the imposition of an administrative fine under RSA 149-M:38, VI.|||Source. 1996, 251:2, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:38 - Enforcement.

    149-M:38 Enforcement. –||I. The commissioner may issue an order to any person in violation of this subdivision, any rule adopted under this subdivision or any condition in any exemption granted under this subdivision to comply with the subdivision, the rule or condition, and may require such remedial measures as may be necessary.||II. The commissioner may request the attorney general to bring a civil action in superior court for appropriate relief, including a temporary or permanent injunction, or both, to enforce any provision of this subdivision, any rule adopted under this subdivision, any condition in any exemption granted under this subdivision, or any order issued pursuant to this subdivision.||III. Any person who knowingly violates any provision of this subdivision, any rule adopted under this subdivision, any condition in any exemption granted under this subdivision, or any order issued pursuant to this subdivision or who makes or certifies a material false statement relative to any certificate of compliance required by this subdivision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person or guilty of a felony if any other person. Each day of a continuing violation shall constitute a separate violation.||IV. Notwithstanding RSA 651:2, a natural 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 pursuant to paragraph III.||V. Any person who violates any provision of this subdivision, any rule adopted under this subdivision, any condition in any exemption granted under this subdivision, or any order issued pursuant to this subdivision or who makes or certifies a material false statement relative to any certificate of compliance required by this subdivision shall be subject to a civil forfeiture not to exceed $25,000 for each violation. Each day of a continuing violation shall constitute a separate violation.||VI. The commissioner, after notice and hearing pursuant to RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $2,000 for each violation upon any person who violates any provision of this subdivision, any rule adopted under this subdivision, any condition in any exemption granted under this subdivision, or any order issued pursuant to this subdivision or who makes or certifies a material false statement relative to any certificate of compliance required by this subdivision. 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 paragraph shall not preclude the imposition of other penalties under this chapter.|||Source. 1996, 251:2, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:39 - Public Access.

    149-M:39 Public Access. –||Any member of the public may request a certificate of compliance from a manufacturer or supplier of packaging or of a packaging component. The request shall be in writing and shall specifically state the packaging component or package information requested. A copy of the written request shall be provided to the department. The manufacturer or supplier of the package or packaging component shall respond in writing within 60 days of receiving such request. A copy of the response shall also be provided to the department.|||Source. 1996, 251:2, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:40 - Severability.

    149-M:40 Severability. –||If any provision of this subdivision or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the subdivision which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this subdivision are severable.|||Source. 1996, 251:2, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:41 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:41 - Declaration of Policy.

    149-M:41 Declaration of Policy. –|| In recognition of the potential for harm to both public health and the environment which can result from an unlined solid waste landfill that has not been properly closed or from a municipal incinerator without adequate emissions controls, it is hereby declared to be the policy of this state to encourage municipalities to close all unlined solid waste landfills and certain municipal incinerators in accordance with 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq. and RSA 147-B, RSA 149-M:6 and 149-M:7, and RSA 125-I.|||Source. 1996, 251:2. 1999, 347:3, eff. Jan. 21, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:42 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:42 - Definitions.

    149-M:42 Definitions. –||In this subdivision:||I. "Closure" means the process used to permanently cease use of a facility, or portion of such facility, in a manner that will minimize future risks of environmental damage.||II. "Department" means the department of environmental services.||III. "Eligible costs" means the costs of the closure of a solid waste landfill or municipal incinerator eligible to be covered by the grant established by this subdivision, and shall include costs of hydrogeological and engineering investigation and design, capital construction of closure elements required by rules adopted pursuant to RSA 149-M:7, and construction supervision. Eligible costs shall exclude land acquisition, except for land which is necessary to the physical elements of closure of either an unlined landfill or a municipal incinerator, and any administrative, legal, and fiscal costs related to the closure. "Eligible costs" shall be reduced by amounts received by the municipality from third party sources such as insurance policies, federal assistance, or individuals or entities who have or may have liability for closure costs due to waste disposal activities, but not by benevolent gifts received from third party sources having no liability for closure costs.||IV. "Municipal incinerator" means any of the 18 municipally owned solid waste incinerators constructed prior to July 1, 1998, excluding any designed or intended primarily to burn construction or demolition debris, special wastes, motor vehicle wastes, asbestos, or contaminated soil or other absorbent media. The 18 facilities shall be the waste to energy facility operated by the Lamprey Regional Solid Waste Co-operative in Durham, the waste-to-energy facility operated by the city of Portsmouth at the former Pease Air Force base, and the incinerators located in the following municipalities: Auburn, Bridgewater, Candia, Canterbury, Durham, Lincoln, Litchfield, Nottingham, Ossipee, Pelham, Pittsfield, Plymouth, Sutton, Wilton, Windham, and Wolfeboro.|||Source. 1996, 251:2. 1999, 347:4, 5. 2002, 186:1, eff. July 14, 2002.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:43 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:43 - State Contributions.

    149-M:43 State Contributions. –|| The state shall pay annually 20 percent of the annual amortization charges, meaning the principal and interest, on the eligible costs resulting from the closure of unlined solid waste landfills by municipalities, or the closure of eligible municipal incinerators, in accordance with 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq. and RSA 147-B, RSA 149-M:6 and 149-M:7, and RSA 125-I.|||Source. 1996, 251:2. 1999, 347:6, eff. Jan. 21, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:44 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:44 - Equitable Allocation of Costs.

    149-M:44 Equitable Allocation of Costs. –||Notwithstanding any other provision of this subdivision, the department shall not approve any contribution under RSA 149-M:43 unless it shall first have information presented to it by the applicant that the applicant has adopted a system of setting aside municipal revenues dedicated to the closure of all publicly owned or operated solid waste facilities in the municipality.|||Source. 1996, 251:2, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:45 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:45 - Application for Grant.

    149-M:45 Application for Grant. –||Application for a grant under the provisions of this subdivision shall be made in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner under RSA 541-A.|||Source. 1996, 251:2, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:46 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:46 - Application Agreement.

    149-M:46 Application Agreement. –|| Applications for state grants under this subdivision shall contain an agreement that the applicant has closed or shall close the unlined solid waste landfill or municipal incinerator in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the department, pursuant to rules adopted by the commissioner under RSA 541-A, and will provide proper post-closure monitoring and maintenance of the landfill, or incinerator, if required. Such plans and specifications shall not be more stringent than federal requirements. Failure to close the solid waste landfill or municipal incinerator in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the department or to provide proper post-closure monitoring and maintenance of the landfill or incinerator site, if required, shall result in loss of payments of the annual grant installment next following such failure. Such loss of payment of the annual grant installment shall continue in effect until such time as the municipality has completed the steps necessary to close the landfill in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the department and has provided proper post-closure monitoring and maintenance of the landfill or incinerator site, if required.|||Source. 1996, 251:2. 1999, 347:7, eff. Jan. 21, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:47 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:47 - Eligibility and Priority of Applications.

    149-M:47 Eligibility and Priority of Applications. –||I. The department shall establish and maintain a list of closures eligible to receive grants pursuant to RSA 149-M:43. The list shall identify the projects in priority order beginning with the highest priority as set forth in RSA 149-M:49.||II. The list for each fiscal year shall be prepared based on information supplied to the department by the applicant no later than February 1 prior to the beginning of each fiscal year.||III. The commissioner or designee shall hold an annual public hearing to receive testimony on the list of solid waste landfills or municipal incinerators proposed for each fiscal year. After considering the testimony offered at the hearing, the commissioner shall prepare the final list, and assistance shall be granted in the fiscal year accordingly.||IV. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the provisions of this section shall not be subject to RSA 541-A.|||Source. 1996, 251:2. 1999, 347:8, eff. Jan. 21, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:48 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:48 - Assistance to Municipalities.

    149-M:48 Assistance to Municipalities. –||The department shall have the duty to:||I. Provide advice to municipalities engaged in:||(a) Preliminary project planning and design;||(b) Development of closure plans; or||(c) Development of grant applications for funding under this subdivision.||II. Review and approve preliminary and final closure plans for the proposed project, in accordance with 42 U.S.C. Section 9601, et seq., and RSA 147-B, 149-M:6 and 149-M:7.||III. Review and approve revisions or formal addenda to approved plans and specifications.||IV. Process grant applications for state approval.||V. Perform periodic site inspections as necessary.||VI. Review and approve change orders during the construction period.||VII. In conjunction with the applicant's qualified professional engineer, conduct an inspection of the landfill or incinerator upon completion of the closure work to approve substantial completion.||VIII. Based upon a satisfactory construction completion inspection, and the receipt of as-built drawings for landfills and a report for incinerators, review and approve final eligible project costs.|||Source. 1996, 251:2. 1999, 347:9, eff. Jan. 21, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:49 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:49 - Priorities.

    149-M:49 Priorities. –||Considerations for determining eligibility for assistance shall be as follows, in order of highest to lowest priority:||I. Facilities with closure plans that have been approved and are ready for construction, and within this group the priority shall be as follows:||(a) Facility poses an immediate risk to human health.||(b) Facility poses a potential risk to human health.||(c) Facility has an identified high level source of contamination.||(d) Facility has an identified surface water or air quality impact.||(e) Facility has an approved closure plan ready for construction.||II. Facilities with closure plans that have been deemed complete, and within this group the priority shall be as follows:||(a) Facility poses an immediate risk to human health.||(b) Facility poses a potential risk to human health.||(c) Facility has an identified high level source of contamination.||(d) Facility has an identified surface water or air quality impact.||(e) Facility has a closure plan that has been deemed complete.||III. Facilities for which hydrogeological investigations or engineering reports have been initiated in accordance with a work plan approved by the department, which have obtained a groundwater permit, if required, and which are actively in the process of having a closure system designed.||IV. Facilities for which hydrogeological investigations or engineering reports have been initiated in accordance with an approved workscope and for which closure is actively being pursued.||V. Facilities which show high concentrations of groundwater impact in an area where drinking water is drawn from the groundwater, and an alternative water supply is not available.||VI. Facilities which show high concentrations of groundwater impact in an area where drinking water is drawn from the groundwater, and an alternative water supply is available.||VII. Facilities which show low concentrations of groundwater contamination in an area where drinking water is drawn from the groundwater, and an alternative water supply is not available.|||Source. 1996, 251:2. 1999, 347:10-12, eff. Jan. 21, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:50 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:50 - Applicability; Reimbursement of Eligible Costs.

    149-M:50 Applicability;  Reimbursement of Eligible Costs. –||The department shall determine the eligible costs of each municipal solid waste landfill completed between fiscal year 1985 and fiscal year 1995 in accordance with the records on file at the department pertaining to each such closure and its eligible costs and for the closure of the waste-to-energy incinerators operated by the Lamprey Regional Solid Waste Co-operative and the city of Portsmouth, and eligible municipal incinerators which ceased operating prior to July 1, 1998. The department shall assume 20 percent of such eligible costs and the interest cost related to that 20 percent on bonds issued on such projects beginning on July 1, 1995 for landfills and July 1, 1998 for incinerators. The department shall determine the amount due for such eligible costs prior to July 1, 1995 for landfills and July 1, 1998 for incinerators and, with prior approval of the joint legislative fiscal committee and the governor and council, reimburse each municipality subject to the funds as appropriated by the legislature for this purpose.|||Source. 1996, 251:2. 1999, 347:13, eff. Jan. 21, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:51 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:51 - Definitions.

    149-M:51 Definitions. –||In this subdivision:||I. "Manufacturer" means any person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, governmental entity, organization, combination, or joint venture which produces a product containing mercury or an importer or domestic distributor of a product containing mercury produced in a foreign country. In the case of a multi-component product containing mercury the manufacturer is the last manufacturer to produce or assemble the product. If the multi-component product is produced in a foreign country, the manufacturer is the importer or domestic distributor.||II. "Mercury-added novelty" means a mercury-added product intended mainly for personal or household enjoyment or adornment. Mercury-added novelties include, but are not limited to, items intended for use as practical jokes, figurines, adornments, toys, games, cards, ornaments, yard statues and figures, candles, jewelry, holiday decorations, and items of apparel, including footwear.||III. "Mercury-added product" means a product or a product with a component that contains mercury or a mercury compound intentionally added to the product or component in order to provide a specific characteristic, appearance, or quality or to perform a specific function or for any other reason.||IV. "Mercury fever thermometer" means a mercury-added product that is used for measuring body temperature.||IV-a. "Mercury relay" means a mercury-added product or device that opens or closes electrical contacts to effect the operation of other devices in the same or another electrical circuit, including mercury displacement relays, mercury wetted reed relays, and mercury contact relays.||IV-b. "Mercury switch" means a mercury-added product or device that opens or closes an electrical circuit or gas valve, including mercury float switches actuated by rising or falling liquid levels, mercury tilt switches actuated by a change in the switch position, mercury pressure switches actuated by a change in pressure, mercury temperature switches actuated by a change in temperature, and mercury flame sensors. "Mercury switch" shall not include a mercury-added thermostat.||IV-c. "Mercury-added thermostat" means a product or device that uses a mercury switch to sense and control room temperature through communication with heating, ventilating, or air-conditioning equipment.||V. "Product containing mercury" means any product or any product with a component that contains mercury or a mercury compound from any source or cause, whether intended or unintended, including, but not limited to, a mercury-added product and a product manufactured using mercury.|||Source. 2000, 278:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2001. 2007, 105:1, eff. Aug. 10, 2007. 2008, 383:2, eff. July 11, 2008.|