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NH Rev Stat § 485:3-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485 - New Hampshire Safe Drinking Water Act|Section 485:3-b - Site Assessment Review Fee.

    485:3-b Site Assessment Review Fee. –||I. Any person, except for state and local governments including counties and political subdivisions, that requests an expedited review of environmental site assessment reports by the department shall pay to the department a review fee based on the equalized assessed valuation of the property as determined in rules adopted by the commissioner under RSA 541-A, shall be as follows:||Fee | $0 to $250,000 $1,800 | $250,001 to $500,000 $2,250 | $500,001 to $1,000,000 $3,750 | greater than $1,000,000 $7,500 | | |||II. The department shall provide written comments within 60 days after the date such reports and the required fees are received by the department.|||Source. 1993, 289:2; 358:93. 2007, 219:9, eff. July 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 485:3-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485 - New Hampshire Safe Drinking Water Act|Section 485:3-c - Groundwater Management Permit Fee.

    485:3-c Groundwater Management Permit Fee. –||Any person, submitting a permit application under RSA 485:3, X shall pay to the department a groundwater management permit application fee of $2,000. Any person who has paid the environmental site assessment review fee specified in RSA 485:3-b shall be exempt from the groundwater management permit fee. State and local governments including counties and political subdivisions shall be exempt from groundwater management permit application fees, unless eligible for funding under RSA 146-D, RSA 146-E, RSA 146-F, or RSA 146-G.|||Source. 1993, 289:2. 2007, 219:10, eff. July 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 485:3-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485 - New Hampshire Safe Drinking Water Act|Section 485:3-d - Repealed by 2015, 259:31, VI, eff. July 1, 2015.

    485:3-d Repealed by 2015, 259:31, VI, eff. July 1, 2015. –|
NH Rev Stat § 485:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485 - New Hampshire Safe Drinking Water Act|Section 485:5 - Power to Require Acquisition of Land.

    485:5 Power to Require Acquisition of Land. –||The acquisition of adjacent or marginal lands necessary to provide reasonable sanitary control over the quality of a public water supply shall be deemed an improvement in sanitary conditions which is within the power of the department to require under the provisions of RSA 485:4. Municipalities shall comply with such order pursuant to RSA 38:25.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 228:106. 1997, 206:6, eff. July 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 485:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485 - New Hampshire Safe Drinking Water Act|Section 485:6 - Disinfection.

    485:6 Disinfection. –||Any public water supply system which utilizes any of the surface water of the state, as defined in RSA 485-A, as the source of supply, shall, as a minimum means of treatment, be provided with suitable chlorination or other disinfection facilities installed, operated and maintained in accordance with rules of the department adopted under this chapter.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 228:106, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 485:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485 - New Hampshire Safe Drinking Water Act|Section 485:7 - Penalty.

    485:7 Penalty. –||Any municipality, corporation or person who shall fail to install or to operate and maintain disinfection facilities in accordance with the foregoing requirements shall be guilty of a violation for each day of failure to so install, operate or maintain such equipment. Said penalty shall not be invoked in the event of a bona fide emergency arising from an unavoidable or unforeseen failure or casualty to such treatment facilities. It shall be the duty of the municipality, corporation or person in responsible charge of said public water supply system to give immediate notice of the emergency condition to the department in order that appropriate action to safeguard the public health may be taken.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 228:106, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 485:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485 - New Hampshire Safe Drinking Water Act|Section 485:9 - Highway Construction.

    485:9 Highway Construction. –||No public highway, access roads, or private ways of any sort, shall be constructed so as to traverse any watershed tributary to a lake, pond or reservoir used for the storage of public drinking water without first obtaining the approval of the department.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 228:106, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 485:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485 - New Hampshire Safe Drinking Water Act|Section 485:10 - Approval.

    485:10 Approval. –||No person supplying water to the public for domestic use shall resort to, hold in reserve, or maintain, a connection through which water may be received from any auxiliary or emergency source of supply, unless such source shall have been duly declared to, registered, and approved by the department.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 228:106, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 485:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485 - New Hampshire Safe Drinking Water Act|Section 485:12 - Sealed Valves.

    485:12 Sealed Valves. –||All valves or gates used in the connection here described, in the case of sources maintained for public fire protection, shall also be subject to the special seal and inspection of the department. Whenever it shall become necessary to break such seal, or to resort to an unapproved emergency source for public fire protection, notice of such action shall, within 24 hours, be sent to the said department by telephone or telegraph and also by mail.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 228:106, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 485:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485 - New Hampshire Safe Drinking Water Act|Section 485:13 - Control of Intakes.

    485:13 Control of Intakes. –||The department shall have general control and oversight of emergency intakes. It may, when feasible and deemed necessary for the protection of the public health, upon reasonable notice, require the abandonment of any existent emergency source and the adoption of other means of supply.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 228:106, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 485:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485 - New Hampshire Safe Drinking Water Act|Section 485:14 - Use of Fluoride.

    485:14 Use of Fluoride. –||I. No fluoride shall be introduced into a public water system unless and until the municipality or municipalities served by such system have each held a public hearing as to the introduction of fluoride into the public water system, and the registered voters of such municipality or municipalities have approved such action pursuant to RSA 44:16, RSA 31:17-a, RSA 52:23, or RSA 485:14-a. For purposes of this section "municipality" means a municipality that has 100 or more user connections that are served from the public water system.||II. Paragraph I, RSA 44:16, RSA 31:17-a, RSA 52:23, and RSA 485:14-a shall not apply to a public water system's receipt of fluoridated water from another public water system. If a public water system that does not fluoridate its water receives fluoridated water from another system, it shall, prior to receipt, provide written information to its water users that includes the following:||(a) A statement, approved by the department, that the water contains fluoride for the purpose of improving community oral health and, in the event the fluoride levels are diluted from other sources of water or degraded, that the fluoride levels may be too low to effectively prevent tooth decay;||(b) An identification of the source of the fluoridated water; and||(c) The most recent compliance sample result for fluoride that the supplier of water that fluoridated the water has submitted to the department.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 2004, 225:1, eff. July 1, 2004. 2018, 258:5, eff. Aug. 11, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 485:14-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485 - New Hampshire Safe Drinking Water Act|Section 485:14-a - Referendum Procedure for Public Water Systems Serving More Than One Political Subdivision.

    485:14-a Referendum Procedure for Public Water Systems Serving More Than One Political Subdivision. –||I. Upon the written application of the aggregate of 10 percent of the registered voters in all of the towns served by a water system, presented to the clerk of the town owning the water system at least 90 days before the day prescribed for an annual town meeting or city election, the clerk shall forward a copy of the petition to each town served by the water system. Upon receipt of the petition, the selectmen of the town shall insert on the warrant or the official ballot the following question: "Shall fluoride be used in the public water system?" Beside this question shall be printed the word "yes" and the word "no" with the proper boxes for the voter to indicate his or her choice. If a majority of those voting in a water system that serves multiple towns does not approve the use of fluoride in the public water system, no fluoride shall be introduced into the public water system for said towns. After such popular referendum, the selectmen shall not insert an article relative to the use of fluoride in the public water system in the warrant nor shall such question be inserted on the official ballot for a minimum period of 3 years from the date of the last popular referendum and only upon written application at that time of not less than the aggregate of 10 percent of the registered voters of all of the towns.||II. In this section:||(a) "Town" means town as defined in RSA 21:5.||(b) "Selectmen" means selectmen as defined in RSA 21:28.|||Source. 2004, 225:2. 2008, 230:5, eff. Aug. 19, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 485:14-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485 - New Hampshire Safe Drinking Water Act|Section 485:14-b - Fluoride Statement Required.

    485:14-b Fluoride Statement Required. –||I. If a public water supply is fluoridated, the following notice shall be posted in the water system's consumer confidence report: "Your public water supply is fluoridated. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, if your child under the age of 6 months is exclusively consuming infant formula reconstituted with fluoridated water, there may be an increased chance of dental fluorosis. Consult your child's health care provider for more information."||II. The notice shall be located in the section of the consumer confidence report dedicated to water quality.|||Source. 2012, 122:1, eff. Aug. 4, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 485:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485 - New Hampshire Safe Drinking Water Act|Section 485:15 - Appeal.

    485:15 Appeal. –||If the department shall require the abandonment of any such emergency source the person, corporation or association aggrieved by such action shall have an appeal to the superior court, said appeal to be taken within 30 days from the receipt of the order from said department, and said court may make such order on the appeal as justice may require.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 228:106, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 485:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485 - New Hampshire Safe Drinking Water Act|Section 485:16 - Penalty.

    485:16 Penalty. –||Whoever violates any of the provisions of RSA 485:8-13, but not RSA 485:8, II, or fails to comply with the lawful orders and requirements of the department duly made pursuant to those sections, or whoever hinders or obstructs any inspector in the pursuit of his lawful duty in respect to such sections, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 228:106, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 485:16-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485 - New Hampshire Safe Drinking Water Act|Section 485:16-a - Drinking Water Standards and Notification.

    485:16-a Drinking Water Standards and Notification. –||I. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health and human services, shall adopt primary and secondary drinking water standards pursuant to RSA 485:3, and ambient groundwater quality standards pursuant to RSA 485-C:6, applicable to MTBE. The commissioner shall not commence rulemaking for these standards until after the department has reviewed the scientific record on the risks posed by the presence of MTBE in drinking water supplies. Such review shall be completed at the earliest possible date, but no later than January 1, 2000. The commissioner shall commence rulemaking no later than January 1, 2000.||II. Any public water system delivering water with greater than 5 parts per billion of MTBE shall notify each customer of the MTBE content.|||Source. 1999, 313:2, eff. July 16, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 485:16-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485 - New Hampshire Safe Drinking Water Act|Section 485:16-b - Authority to Limit MTBE in Gasoline; Penalties.

    485:16-b Authority to Limit MTBE in Gasoline;  Penalties. –||I. Except as provided for in RSA 485:16-d, the commissioner shall seek all necessary authorizations from the Environmental Protection Agency to opt out of the federal reformulated gasoline program as soon as possible, but in no case later than January 1, 2004. The department of environmental services shall prepare and submit to the Environmental Protection Agency as soon as possible, but in no case later than January 1, 2002, all documentation necessary to accomplish this task.||II. In addition to the provisions of paragraph I, the commissioner, after consultation with the commissioner of health and human services, shall limit to the greatest extent practicable, with the approval of the governor and council, the concentration of MTBE allowed in any gasoline sold in all or part of the state after first holding a public hearing on the issue and certifying to the air pollution advisory committee established in RSA 125-J:11 that gasolines which meet such limit are:||(a) Readily available to New Hampshire consumers at a reasonable price;||(b) Less hazardous overall to humans and the environment than gasoline having higher MTBE concentrations taking into account all exposure routes, including air and water; and||(c) Approved for use in New Hampshire by the Environmental Protection Agency without a requirement to substitute additional air emissions reductions beyond those adopted under RSA 485:16-c.||III. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the commissioner from phasing in any limitations approved under paragraph II.||IV. Retail sellers of gasoline and the suppliers to such retail sellers shall comply with the provisions of paragraph II or be subject to the enforcement provisions of RSA 485:58.||V. The limitations on MTBE concentrations established under the provisions of this section shall be exempt from the requirements of RSA 541-A, the administrative procedure act. The department shall file, however, in the office of legislative services a copy of all rules adopted, amended, or repealed under this section by the department.|||Source. 1999, 313:2. 2001, 293:2, eff. July 17, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 485:16-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485 - New Hampshire Safe Drinking Water Act|Section 485:16-c - Adoption of Other Air Pollution Control Measures.

    485:16-c Adoption of Other Air Pollution Control Measures. –||In order to reduce air emissions and receive federal credit for such reductions, the commissioner shall be authorized to establish limits on the manufacture, use, or sale of consumer products in accordance with RSA 125-C:6, XVII.|||Source. 2001, 293:3. 2004, 175:5, eff. May 27, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 485:16-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485 - New Hampshire Safe Drinking Water Act|Section 485:16-d - Regional and Federal Efforts.

    485:16-d Regional and Federal Efforts. –||I. The commissioner is authorized to promote such regional or federal efforts as may be required to reduce the ongoing contamination threat posed by MTBE and other gasoline ethers, including but not limited to efforts to eliminate the federal oxygen mandate in the federal Clean Air Act, secure waivers from federal fuel requirements, or implement cleaner, more protective reformulation of gasoline.||II. If an alternative regional or federal approach to cleaner gasoline is developed which provides equal or greater effectiveness in reducing concentrations of MTBE and other gasoline ethers than opting out of the federal reformulated gasoline program under RSA 485:16-b, I, or does so in a manner that requires less costly substitute emission control measures under RSA 485:16-c, then the commissioner may implement such alternative regional or federal approach. Such alternative regional or federal approach may substitute for opting out of the federal reformulated gasoline program under RSA 485:16-b, I if undertaken prior to January 1, 2004.|||Source. 2001, 293:3, eff. July 17, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 485:16-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485 - New Hampshire Safe Drinking Water Act|Section 485:16-e - Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances.

    485:16-e Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances. –||I. The maximum contaminant levels for the following shall be:||(a) Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA): 12 parts per trillion.||(b) Perfluoroctanesulfonic acid (PFOS): 15 parts per trillion.||(c) Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS): 18 parts per trillion.||(d) Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA): 11 parts per trillion.||II. By November 1, 2020, and at least annually thereafter, the commissioner of the department of environmental services shall report to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate, the chairperson of the house committee on science, technology, and energy, the chairperson of the senate committee on energy and natural resources, the chairperson of the joint legislative committee on administrative rules, and the governor, with a recommendation regarding the adjustment of the maximum contaminant levels set in paragraph I.||III. The commissioner of the department of environmental services may adopt maximum contaminant levels different than those set forth in paragraph I if, accounting for an adequate margin of safety to protect human health at all life stages, including but not limited to prenatal development, the commissioner determines the maximum contaminant levels in paragraph I need adjustment for the protection of human health.|||Source. 2018, 368:5, eff. July 10, 2018. 2020, 30:3, eff. July 23, 2020. 2021, 223:2, eff. Aug. 24, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 485:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485 - New Hampshire Safe Drinking Water Act|Section 485:17 - Penalty.

    485:17 Penalty. –||I. If a person shall recklessly place, leave, or cause to be placed or left, in or near a lake, pond, reservoir or stream tributary thereto, from which the domestic water supply of a city, town, or village is taken, in whole or in part, any material, substance, or fluid that may cause such water to become impure or unfit for such purposes, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person or guilty of a felony if any other person.||II. If a person shall purposely or knowingly place, leave, or cause to be placed or left, in or near a lake, pond, reservoir, or stream tributary thereto, from which the domestic water supply of a city, town, or village is taken, in whole or in part, any material, substance, or fluid that may cause such water to become impure or unfit for such purposes, such person shall be guilty of a class B felony.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 2009, 210:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 485:17-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485 - New Hampshire Safe Drinking Water Act|Section 485:17-a - Lead in Drinking Water in Schools and Licensed Child Care Facilities.

    485:17-a Lead in Drinking Water in Schools and Licensed Child Care Facilities. –||I. Upon the effective date of this section, and within every 5-year period thereafter, public and private schools and licensed child care facilities that have not sampled in the prior 2 years shall test for the presence of lead in drinking water at all locations at the facility that is available for consumption by children. Such testing shall be in accordance with guidance from the department of environmental services. If test results demonstrate the presence of lead in a concentration that exceeds the applicable standard established by the Environmental Protection Agency, the school or licensed child care facility shall, within 5 business days, notify parents and guardians and shall, as an interim measure, ensure that the children are provided only drinking water that meets the standard. The school or licensed child care facility shall also implement a remediation plan, as approved by the department, within 30 days of notification of parents or, in consultation with the department, as soon as practicable. The department shall review the plan and any associated submittals within 30 days of receiving them. If 3 consecutive rounds of sampling performed every 5 years are below the standard, further testing shall not be required.||II. Any time the applicable federal standard for lead in drinking water is changed, public and private schools and licensed child care facilities shall within 30 days compare the results of their most recent testing with such new standard and, in the event any such results exceed the new standard, proceed with the requirements of paragraph I relative to notice, remediation, and interim measures.|||Source. 2018, 4:18, eff. July 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 485:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485 - New Hampshire Safe Drinking Water Act|Section 485:18 - Removal of Polluting Substance.

    485:18 Removal of Polluting Substance. –||The health officer of the town, or the water commissioners having charge of the water supply, or the proprietors of the water supply, may remove such material, substance, or fluid and may recover the expense of removal from the person who placed the same, or caused it to be placed, in or near the water, in a court of competent jurisdiction.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 2009, 210:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 485:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 485 - New Hampshire Safe Drinking Water Act|Section 485:19 - Repealed by 2009, 210:9, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.

    485:19 Repealed by 2009, 210:9, eff. Jan. 1, 2010. –|