Section 485:27 – Power to Require Improvements in Sewage Treatment.
485:27 Power to Require Improvements in Sewage Treatment. – The department is empowered to investigate the conditions and methods pertaining to existing systems of sewerage and sewage treatment works and to require the application of any treatment, improvement or enlargement of such facilities as will insure their proper operation and provide adequate protection of […]
Section 485:28 – Power to Require the Installation of Sewage Facilities.
485:28 Power to Require the Installation of Sewage Facilities. – The department is hereby empowered to investigate the conditions and methods relating to the disposal of sewage in any municipality, as set forth in RSA 486:1, and to require the installation of public sewers, as defined in RSA 147:8, whenever such investigation demonstrates that […]
Section 485:29 – Appeal.
485:29 Appeal. – Any person aggrieved by any decision, regulation, ruling or order made by the department pursuant to the provisions of RSA 485:24, 27, and 28 may appeal such decisions pursuant to RSA 21-O:14. Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 228:106, eff. July 1, 1996.
Section 485:30 – Discharge of Sewage; Penalty.
485:30 Discharge of Sewage; Penalty. – No person, association or corporation shall cause or permit the discharge of sewage or other deleterious waste from any dwelling, camp, factory, hotel, boardinghouse, or other commercial establishment into any stream, lake, pond, or river not previously polluted, without first submitting detailed plans of said proposed discharge to […]
Section 485:31 – Tampering With Public Water Systems.
485:31 Tampering With Public Water Systems. – I. Any person who tampers with, attempts to tamper with, or makes a threat to tamper with a public water system shall be guilty of a class B felony if a natural person and guilty of a felony if any other person. II. Notwithstanding RSA 651:2, a […]
Section 485:32 – Injuring Property.
485:32 Injuring Property. – Any person who shall willfully injure any of the property of any water company or of any city or town, used by it in supplying water to its inhabitants, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person, and such […]
Section 485:33 – Analyses; Prohibiting Use.
485:33 Analyses; Prohibiting Use. – Whenever any well, spring or other water supply is suspected of being polluted by sewage or other matter dangerous to health, the health officer of the town where it is located may cause an analysis of the water to be made by a competent chemist, without expense to the […]
Section 485:24 – Investigations; Rules.
485:24 Investigations; Rules. – I. The department shall respond in writing to a petition filed under RSA 485:23, I, after due investigation, but not later than 30 days after receipt of the petition, informing the petitioners of the department’s intended action. In response to a petition, or upon its own motion, the department shall […]
Section 485:25 – Interstate Waters.
485:25 Interstate Waters. – To protect the purity of interstate waters used as sources of public drinking water supply by adjoining states, the commissioner is authorized, at the request of the state health department of an adjoining state, to adopt rules under RSA 541-A for the protection of the purity of the waters of […]
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 […]