486-A:1 Purpose. – The purpose of this chapter is to provide a state contribution to aid all public water systems in achieving compliance with the requirements of the surface water treatment rules of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, to provide a state contribution to aid public water systems in the formation or improvement […]
486-A:10 Notice to Public Utilities Commission. – Any public water system regulated by the public utilities commission shall notify the public utilities commission when it receives funds under the provisions of this chapter, to ensure that the money received is not used in calculating rate setting. Source. 1993, 341:1, eff. June 30, 1993.
486-A:11 Rulemaking. – The department shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to providing water supply land protection grants. Such rules shall include, but not be limited to: I. Appraiser and surveyor standards. II. Eligibility determination criteria and procedures. III. Application requirements and procedures. IV. Project selection and prioritization requirements and procedures. V. […]
486-A:12 Water Supply Land Protection Grant Match. – The percent match supplied by the water supply land protection grantee for water supply land protection projects shall consist of cash, expenses necessary to complete the transaction including associated legal and transaction costs, donations of source water protection lands or conservation easements assessed at fair market […]
486-A:13 Public Trust. – I. The lands and interests in lands acquired by the state or other public entity with a water supply land protection grant under this chapter shall be held in public trust and used and applied for the purposes of this chapter. Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to the […]
486-A:14 Administrative Fines. – I. The commissioner of the department, after notice and hearing pursuant to RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $500 for each offense upon any person who violates the reporting requirement of RSA 486-A:7, II(e). Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the commissioner under this paragraph […]
486-A:15 Repayment Responsibility. – Any party found, by means of a scientific or hydrogeological study, or other evaluation as approved by the department, of the groundwaters contributing area of public wells with recorded levels of contaminants, to be responsible for contaminating a wellhead area, shall be required to repay to the state, the amount […]
486-A:2 Definitions. – In this chapter: I. " Construction " means: (a) The installation or building of: (1) New wells or well buildings; (2) Filtration systems and associated pump stations, pump equipment, chemical treatment systems, telemetry and metering equipment, and storage tanks; and (3) Distribution mains and valves needed to interconnect the new wells […]
486-A:3 State Contribution; Surface Water Treatment Costs; Water Supply Land Protection Costs; Regional Water System Costs. – I. (a) Any public water system which is or was required, beginning in 1986, to achieve compliance with the surface water treatment rules of the EPA or the rules of the New Hampshire department of environmental services […]
486-A:4 Additional State Contribution. – I. In addition to any other state contribution provided in this chapter, the commissioner of the department, with the approval from the governor and council, may, upon review of plans submitted by a public water system and within the limits of available appropriations, pay 10 percent of the annual […]
486-A:5 Equitable Allocation of Costs. – The department shall not approve any contribution for surface water treatment or for the formation or improvement of a regional water system or for evaluation of contribution of groundwaters to public wells that have record levels of chemical contaminants, excluding MTBE under this chapter unless it shall first […]
486-A:6 Application for Funding. – Application for payments under the provisions of this chapter shall be made in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner under RSA 541-A, and, for surface water treatment projects and regional water system projects and evaluation of groundwaters contributing area of public wells, shall be based upon reports filed […]
486-A:7 Applicant Agreement. – I. Applications for state grants for surface water treatment and for regional water systems and evaluation of groundwaters contributing area of public wells with recorded levels of chemical contaminants shall contain an agreement that the applicant: (a) Has installed or will install the water works facilities in accordance with the […]
486-A:8 Priority of Applications. – I. For surface water treatment projects, the department shall establish and maintain a priority list of projects eligible to receive grants under RSA 486-A:3. The priority list shall include the highest priority projects ready for construction and anticipated to receive grants from appropriated funds within the next fiscal year. […]
486-A:8-a Public Notice. – I. For surface water treatment projects, regional water system projects, and evaluation of groundwaters contributing area of public wells with recorded levels of chemical contaminants the commissioner of environmental services or designee shall hold an annual public hearing to receive testimony on the projects recommended by the department, in accordance […]
486-A:9 Administration. – I. The department shall perform the following functions related to the administration of the provisions of this chapter applicable to surface water treatment and to any regional water system and evaluation of groundwaters contributing area of public wells with recorded levels of chemical contaminants: (a) Assist public water systems to: (1) […]
