HB 1252 - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1252
AN ACT establishing a beneficial use policy for wastewater sludge and providing technical and education assistance to municipalities and their residents concerning the beneficial use of sludge.
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
This bill establishes a beneficial use policy for wastewater sludge. This bill also makes it a duty of the department of environmental services to provide technical and educational assistance to municipalities concerning the beneficial use of sludge.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2449
08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT establishing a beneficial use policy for wastewater sludge and providing technical and education assistance to municipalities and their residents concerning the beneficial use of sludge.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Water Pollution and Waste Disposal; Definitions; Beneficial Use. Amend RSA 485-A:2 by inserting after paragraph XXI the following new paragraph:
XXII. "Beneficial use" means taking advantage of the nutrient content and/or soil conditioning properties of sludge by supplying agronomic or soil conditioning benefits such as nitrogen, phosphorus, micronutrients, or organic matter needs for crops or forested land, or establishing a vegetative cover for reclamation sites.
2 New Paragraph; Water Pollution and Waste Disposal; Policies. Amend RSA 485-A:3 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
VI. It is in the best interest of the state to encourage the recycling of wastewater sludge in a sustainable manner. Beneficial use of wastewater sludge with appropriate regulation to ensure the protection of human health and the environment shall be preferred to non-recycling methods of disposal.
3 New Paragraph; Water Pollution and Waste Disposal; Department of Environmental Services; Duties. Amend RSA 485-A:4 by inserting after paragraph XVII the following new paragraph:
XVIII. To provide technical and educational assistance to municipalities and their residents concerning the beneficial use of sludge. Such assistance shall include education concerning state and federal regulations and the benefits and risks of sludge recycling, as well as technical assistance on how to improve sludge quality.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.