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NH Rev Stat § 162-H:10-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-H - Energy Facility Evaluation, Siting, Construction and Operation|Section 162-H:10-b - Siting of High Pressure Gas Pipelines; Rulemaking; Intervention.

    162-H:10-b Siting of High Pressure Gas Pipelines;  Rulemaking;  Intervention. –||I. To meet the objectives of this chapter, and with due regard to meeting the energy needs of the residents and businesses of New Hampshire, the general court finds that appropriately sited high pressure gas pipelines subject to committee approval have the potential to assist the state in accomplishing these goals. Accordingly, the general court finds that it is in the public interest for the site evaluation committee to establish criteria or standards governing the siting of high pressure gas pipelines in order to ensure that the potential benefits of such systems are appropriately considered and unreasonable adverse effects avoided through a comprehensive, transparent, and predictable process. When establishing any criteria, standard, or rule for a high pressure gas pipeline or when specifying the type of information that a high pressure gas pipeline applicant shall provide to the committee for its decision-making, the committee shall rely upon the best available evidence.||II. For the adoption of rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the siting of high pressure gas pipelines, the committee shall address the following:||(a) Impacts to natural, scenic, recreational, visual, and cultural resources.||(b) Health and safety impacts, including but not limited to, proximity to high pressure gas pipelines that could be mitigated by appropriate setbacks from any high pressure gas pipeline.||(c) Project-related sound and vibration impact assessment prepared in accordance with professional standards by an expert in the field.||(d) Impacts to the environment, air and water quality, plants, animals, and natural communities.||(e) Site fire protection plan requirements.||(f) Best practical measures to ensure quality construction that minimizes safety issues.||(g) Best practical measures to avoid, minimize, or mitigate adverse effects.||(h) Criteria to maintain property owners' ability to use and enjoy their property.||III. As soon as practicable, but no later than one year from the effective date of this section, the committee shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, consistent with paragraphs I and II of this section.||IV. The committee shall consider intervention in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proceedings involving the siting of high pressure gas pipelines in order to protect the interest of the state of New Hampshire.|||Source. 2015, 264:1, eff. July 20, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-H:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-H - Energy Facility Evaluation, Siting, Construction and Operation|Section 162-H:11 - Judicial Review.

    162-H:11 Judicial Review. –||Decisions made pursuant to this chapter shall be reviewable in accordance with RSA 541.|||Source. 1991, 295:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-H:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-H - Energy Facility Evaluation, Siting, Construction and Operation|Section 162-H:12 - Enforcement.

    162-H:12 Enforcement. –||I. Whenever the committee, or the administrator as designee, determines that any term or condition of any certificate issued under this chapter is being violated, it shall, in writing, notify the person holding the certificate of the specific violation and order the person to immediately terminate the violation. If, 15 days after receipt of the order, the person has failed or neglected to terminate the violation, the committee may suspend the person's certificate. Except for emergencies, prior to any suspension, the committee shall give written notice of its consideration of suspension and of its reasons therefor and shall provide opportunity for a prompt hearing.||II. The committee may suspend a person's certificate if the committee determines that the person has made a material misrepresentation in the application or, in the supplemental or additional statements of fact or studies required of the applicant, or if the committee determines that the person has violated the provisions of this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter. Except for emergencies, prior to any suspension, the committee shall give written notice of its consideration of suspension and of its reasons therefor and shall provide an opportunity for a prompt hearing.||III. The committee may revoke any certificate that is suspended after the person holding the suspended certificate has been given at least 90 days' written notice of the committee's consideration of revocation and of its reasons therefor and has been provided an opportunity for a full hearing.||IV. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, each of the other state agencies having permitting or other regulatory authority shall retain all of its powers and duties of enforcement.||V. The full amount of costs and expenses incurred by the committee in connection with any enforcement action against a person holding a certificate, including any action under this section and any action under RSA 162-H:19, in which the person is determined to have violated any provision of this chapter, any rule adopted by the committee, or any of the terms and conditions of the issued certificate, shall be assessed to the person and shall be paid by the person to the committee. Any amounts paid by a person to the committee pursuant to this paragraph shall be deposited in the site evaluation committee fund established in RSA 162-H:21.|||Source. 1991, 295:1. 2009, 65:15, eff. Aug. 8, 2009. 2014, 217:17, 18, eff. July 1, 2014. 2015, 219:6, eff. July 8, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-H:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-H - Energy Facility Evaluation, Siting, Construction and Operation|Section 162-H:13 - Records.

    162-H:13 Records. –||Complete verbatim records shall be kept by the committee of all hearings, and records of all other actions, proceedings, and correspondence of the committee, including submittals of information and reports by members of the public, shall be maintained, all of which records shall be open to the public inspection and copying as provided for under RSA 91-A. Records regarding pending applications for a certificate shall also be made available on a website.|||Source. 1991, 295:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992. 2014, 217:19, eff. July 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-H:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-H - Energy Facility Evaluation, Siting, Construction and Operation|Section 162-H:14 - Temporary Suspension of Deliberations.

    162-H:14 Temporary Suspension of Deliberations. –||I. If the site evaluation committee, at any time while an application for a certificate is before it, deems it to be in the public interest, it may temporarily suspend its deliberations and time frame established under RSA 162-H:7.||II. [Repealed.]|||Source. 1991, 295:1. 2009, 65:16, 24, VIII, eff. Aug. 8, 2009. 2014, 217:19, eff. July 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-H:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-H - Energy Facility Evaluation, Siting, Construction and Operation|Section 162-H:15 - Repealed by 2014, 217:28, IV, eff. July 1, 2014.

    162-H:15 Repealed by 2014, 217:28, IV, eff. July 1, 2014. –|
NH Rev Stat § 162-H:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-H - Energy Facility Evaluation, Siting, Construction and Operation|Section 162-H:16 - Findings and Certificate Issuance.

    162-H:16 Findings and Certificate Issuance. –||I. The committee shall incorporate in any certificate such terms and conditions as may be specified to the committee by any of the state agencies having permitting or other regulatory authority, under state or federal law, to regulate any aspect of the construction or operation of the proposed facility; provided, however, the committee shall not issue any certificate under this chapter if any of the state agencies denies authorization for the proposed activity over which it has permitting or other regulatory authority. The denial of any such authorization shall be based on the record and explained in reasonable detail by the denying agency.||II. Any certificate issued by the site evaluation committee shall be based on the record. The decision to issue a certificate in its final form or to deny an application once it has been accepted shall be made by a majority of the full membership. A certificate shall be conclusive on all questions of siting, land use, air and water quality.||III. The committee may consult with interested regional agencies and agencies of border states in the consideration of certificates.||IV. After due consideration of all relevant information regarding the potential siting or routes of a proposed energy facility, including potential significant impacts and benefits, the site evaluation committee shall determine if issuance of a certificate will serve the objectives of this chapter. In order to issue a certificate, the committee shall find that:||(a) The applicant has adequate financial, technical, and managerial capability to assure construction and operation of the facility in continuing compliance with the terms and conditions of the certificate.||(b) The site and facility will not unduly interfere with the orderly development of the region with due consideration having been given to the views of municipal and regional planning commissions and municipal governing bodies.||(c) The site and facility will not have an unreasonable adverse effect on aesthetics, historic sites, air and water quality, the natural environment, and public health and safety.||(d) [Repealed.]||(e) Issuance of a certificate will serve the public interest.||V. [Repealed.]||VI. A certificate of site and facility may contain such reasonable terms and conditions, including but not limited to the authority to require bonding, as the committee deems necessary and may provide for such reasonable monitoring procedures as may be necessary. Such certificates, when issued, shall be final and subject only to judicial review.||VII. The committee may condition the certificate upon the results of required federal and state agency studies whose study period exceeds the application period.|||Source. 1991, 295:1. 2009, 65:18-21, 24, IX, eff. Aug. 8, 2009. 2014, 217:20-22, eff. July 1, 2014. 2015, 264:2, eff. July 20, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-H:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-H - Energy Facility Evaluation, Siting, Construction and Operation|Section 162-H:17 - Repealed by 2009, 65:24, X, eff. Aug. 8, 2009.

    162-H:17 Repealed by 2009, 65:24, X, eff. Aug. 8, 2009. –|
NH Rev Stat § 162-H:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-H - Energy Facility Evaluation, Siting, Construction and Operation|Section 162-H:18 - Repealed by 2009, 65:24, XI, eff. Aug. 8, 2009.

    162-H:18 Repealed by 2009, 65:24, XI, eff. Aug. 8, 2009. –|
NH Rev Stat § 162-H:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-H - Energy Facility Evaluation, Siting, Construction and Operation|Section 162-H:19 - Penalties.

    162-H:19 Penalties. –||I. The superior court, in term time or in vacation, may enjoin any act in violation of this chapter.||II. Any construction or operation of energy facilities in violation of this chapter, or in material violation of the terms and conditions of a certificate issued under this chapter, may result in an assessment by the superior court of civil damages not to exceed $10,000 for each day in violation.||III. Whoever commits any willful violation of any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.|||Source. 1991, 295:1. 2009, 65:22, eff. Aug. 8, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-H:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-H - Energy Facility Evaluation, Siting, Construction and Operation|Section 162-H:20 - Severability.

    162-H:20 Severability. –||If any provision of this chapter, or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications, and to this end, the provisions of this chapter are severable.|||Source. 1991, 295:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-H:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-H - Energy Facility Evaluation, Siting, Construction and Operation|Section 162-H:21 - Fund Established; Funding Plan.

    162-H:21 Fund Established;  Funding Plan. –||I. There is hereby established in the office of the state treasurer a nonlapsing, special fund to be known as the site evaluation committee fund. All application fees and other filing fees received by the committee under 162-H:8-a shall be deposited in the fund. All moneys in the fund shall be continually appropriated to the site evaluation committee and shall only be used, except as provided in paragraph III, to pay for compensation and reimbursements made under RSA 162-H:22 for energy facility proceeding time and expenses.||II. All other operating costs of the committee, including, but not limited to, administrator and other committee support costs under RSA 162-H:3-a and public member compensation and reimbursements that are not paid from the site evaluation committee fund pursuant to paragraph I, except those costs paid by applicants under RSA 162-H:10, shall be funded through appropriations from the general fund.||III. In the fiscal biennium ending June 30, 2019, if the funds available to the committee to pay the operating costs specified in paragraph I or II are insufficient to permit the committee to pay all such operating costs, then upon request of the committee and approval of the fiscal committee of the general court, the shortfall shall be funded through a transfer from the renewable energy fund established in RSA 362-F:10 to the site evaluation committee fund in an amount not to exceed $480,000. Any amount transferred but not expended for such shortfall during the 2018-2019 biennium shall lapse back to the renewable energy fund at the end of the biennium.|||Source. 2014, 217:23, eff. July 1, 2014, July 11, 2014. 2015, 219:7, eff. July 8, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-H:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-H - Energy Facility Evaluation, Siting, Construction and Operation|Section 162-H:22 - Compensation and Reimbursement.

    162-H:22 Compensation and Reimbursement. –||I. The public members of the committee shall be compensated for all time spent on committee business, including compensation and reimbursement for energy facility proceeding time and expenses. Compensation shall be provided on a pro rata basis, based upon the daily salary rate of an unclassified position at the initial step in grade FF under RSA 94:1-a, I(a).||II. State agencies represented on the committee shall be reimbursed for energy facility proceeding time and expenses incurred by their respective members or designees, except that time spent for the first 3 full days of their participation with respect to any application or other proceeding concerning an energy facility shall not be subject to reimbursement. The rate of reimbursement to each respective agency shall be based on a pro rata share of the employee's salary, benefits, and related costs.||III. The department of justice shall be reimbursed in the same manner as described in paragraph II for energy facility proceeding time and expenses that are incurred by the counsel for the public.||IV. All persons or agencies seeking compensation or reimbursement under this section shall keep detailed time and expense records which shall be submitted to the chairperson or administrator and used to determine the amount of compensation or reimbursement. The chairperson or administrator shall develop a recordkeeping system and accounting and payment procedures.||V. Funding for all compensation and reimbursement under this section shall be as provided in RSA 162-H:21.|||Source. 2015, 219:5, eff. July 8, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-H:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-H - Energy Facility Evaluation, Siting, Construction and Operation|Section 162-H:23 - Repealed by 2019, 149:2, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.

    162-H:23 Repealed by 2019, 149:2, eff. Nov. 1, 2020. –|
NH Rev Stat § 162-I:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-I - Business Finance Authority Revenue Bonds|Section 162-I:3 - Powers of the Authority.

    162-I:3 Powers of the Authority. –||I. The authority shall have the following powers in addition to any other powers conferred upon it:||(a) To engage in projects, to acquire and dispose of ownership or possessory interests in eligible facilities and related property within the state.||(b) To issue bonds:||(1) To pay project costs;||(2) To reimburse a user or a related person for payments for project costs made before or after the bonds are issued; or||(3) To refund, refinance, or acquire indebtedness previously issued by or on behalf of the authority, a user, or a related person.||(c) To execute financing documents and security documents and perform obligations and exercise powers created by the documents.||(d) In the event of default by a user under a financing document, but only to the extent authorized by the financing document or security document, to dispose of all or part of the eligible facility by sale or otherwise for the benefit of the bondholders under the security documents.||(e) To make contracts or take any other action which is necessary or desirable in connection with the exercise of the powers granted under this section.||(f) To take all actions necessary or appropriate in its administration of the intrastate energy pipeline facility revolving loan fund established in this chapter, including, but not limited to, underwriting loan applications and exercising any of the other powers granted to the authority under this section or elsewhere.||II. The authority may authorize its officers to take such actions as may be reasonably necessary to carry out its powers. The authority may from time to time by resolution delegate to the chairman, vice chairman, or executive director, or any combination of these officers, the power to grant waivers and consents, approve amendments, and take all other actions with respect to financing documents, security documents, and other documents pertaining to bonds previously issued by the authority; provided, however, that all such actions shall be consistent with the findings and approval of the governor and council made under RSA 162-I:9 and with the purposes of this chapter.|||Source. 1975, 98:1. 1981, 213:3. 1987, 351:1. 1995, 128:14. 1998, 265:3, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-I:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-I - Business Finance Authority Revenue Bonds|Section 162-I:3-a - Railroad Lines.

    162-I:3-a Railroad Lines. –||Bonds issued under this chapter relative to railroad lines may finance the upgrading, construction or repair of railroad lines in the state.|||Source. 1981, 455:3, eff. June 23, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-I:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-I - Business Finance Authority Revenue Bonds|Section 162-I:4 - Limitation on Authority.

    162-I:4 Limitation on Authority. –||Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the authority to operate an eligible facility itself or to conduct any business enterprise in connection with an eligible facility.|||Source. 1975, 98:1. 1981, 213:4; 455:4, eff. June 23, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-I:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-I - Business Finance Authority Revenue Bonds|Section 162-I:5 - Authority's Ownership, Possessory or Security Interest.

    162-I:5 Authority's Ownership, Possessory or Security Interest. –||The authority's interest in the facility under a financing document may be that of owner, lessor, lessee, conditional or installment vendor, mortgagor, secured party or otherwise, but the authority need not have any ownership, possessory or security interest in the facility.|||Source. 1975, 98:1. 1981, 213:5; 455:5, eff. June 23, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-I:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-I - Business Finance Authority Revenue Bonds|Section 162-I:6 - Financing Documents.

    162-I:6 Financing Documents. –||I. Every financing document shall:||(a) Provide for payments by the user at such times and in such amounts as are necessary in order to pay the debt service on all bonds issued to finance the project as they become due; and||(b) Obligate the user to pay all the costs and expenses of operation, maintenance and upkeep of the eligible facility.||II. Any financing document may:||(a) Bear any appropriate title;||(b) Involve property in addition to the property financed by the bonds;||(c) Be in the nature of:||(1) A sale and leaseback;||(2) A lease purchase;||(3) A conditional sale;||(4) An installment sale;||(5) A secured or unsecured loan;||(6) A loan and mortgage; or||(7) Other similar transaction;||(d) Provide for payments by the user which include amounts in addition to the amounts required to pay debt service;||(e) Obligate a user to make payments before the eligible facility exists or becomes functional and to make payments after the eligible facility has ceased to exist or to be functional to any extent and from any cause;||(f) Obligate a user to make payments regardless of whether the user is in possession or is entitled to be in possession of the eligible facility;||(g) Allocate responsibility between the authority and the user for making purchases and contracts required for the project;||(h) Contain an option for the user to acquire any ownership or possessory interest which the authority may have in the eligible facility for nominal consideration upon payment of the bonds or upon the user's making adequate and secure provision for their payment and provide for the automatic transfer of the authority's interest in the facility upon the effective exercise of the option;||(i) Provide that some or all of the user's obligations under the document shall be unconditional and shall be binding and enforceable in all circumstances, notwithstanding any other provision of law; or||(j) Contain other provisions and covenants relating to the use, maintenance and replacement of the eligible facility which the authority and the user deem necessary for the protection of themselves or others.|||Source. 1975, 98:1. 1981, 213:6; 455:6, eff. June 23, 1981.|