485:2 Administration. – This chapter shall be administered by the department, which is authorized to: I. Enter into agreements, contracts or cooperative arrangements under such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate with other state, federal or interstate agencies, municipalities, education institutions, local health departments or other organizations or individuals. II. Receive financial and […]
485:20 Injunctions. – I. The superior court shall have power to issue injunctions restraining any person from violating the provisions of RSA 485:17. II. Municipalities may apply to a justice of the superior court for injunctive relief against existing or impending violations of RSA 485:17. The municipality shall give notice of any such action […]
485:21 Fishing; Ice Racing; Penalty. – Said local legislative bodies and officers may also adopt all reasonable rules regarding fishing and the use of boats in and upon any such lake, pond or reservoir, and regarding racing or speeding horses upon the ice of such water body, which they may deem expedient. Any person […]
485:22 Bathing. – If any person shall bathe in such lake, pond or reservoir, within the limits prescribed for the protection of said water supply by the local board of health or health officer or the department, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 228:106, eff. July 1, 1996.
485:23 Petition to Protect Water Supplies. – I. Whenever any board of water commissioners, local board of health, local health officer or 10 or more citizens of any town or city have reason to believe that a public water or ice supply is being contaminated or is in danger of contamination, and that the […]
485:23-a Review of Private Access Facilities. – No private boat access facility shall be constructed to any public waters which serve as a public water supply for a public or private water utility company, without the approval of the department of environmental services upon consultation with the public water access advisory board and notification […]
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 […]
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 […]
485:26 Penalty for Violation of Rules. – Any person violating rules adopted pursuant to RSA 485:24 or 25 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person. Source. 1989, 339:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.
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 […]
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 […]
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.
485:3 Drinking Water Rules. – I. The commissioner shall adopt under RSA 541-A, following public hearing, drinking water rules and primary drinking water standards which are necessary to protect the public health and which shall apply to all public water systems. Such rules shall include: (a) identification of contaminants which may have an adverse […]
485:3-a Permit Authority. – The department may grant operational permits for public water systems. Source. 1990, 163:3. 1996, 228:106, eff. July 1, 1996.
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 […]
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 […]
485:3-d Repealed by 2015, 259:31, VI, eff. July 1, 2015. –
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
