HB 348-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
08/09
HOUSE BILL 348-FN
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
This bill prohibits the spreading of septage or sludge in any excavation area located over an aquifer.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0127
08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT prohibiting the land application of sludge in certain excavation areas.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Mining and Reclamation; Duties of Operator; Prohibition on Land Application of Sewage and Sludge in Certain Areas. Amend RSA 12-E:7 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
III. Septage or sludge, including but not limited to biosolids and short paper fiber, as defined in RSA 485-A:2, shall not be spread in any affected site located over an aquifer as determined by the most recent United States Geological Survey aquifer map.
2 New Paragraph; Local Regulation Excavations; Reclamation Standards; Use of Sewage and Sludge for Reclamation in Certain Excavation Areas Prohibited. Amend RSA 155-E:5 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
VI. Septage or sludge, including but not limited to biosolids and short paper fiber, as defined in RSA 485-A:2, shall not be used for reclamation in any excavation area located over an aquifer as determined by the most recent United States Geological Survey aquifer map.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2002.
LBAO
01-0127
1/22/01
HB 348-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT prohibiting the land application of sludge in certain excavation areas.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Environmental Services has determined this bill will increase local expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2002 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on state, county and local revenue or state and county expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department stated this bill will result in an indeterminable increase in costs to towns and cities whose wastewater treatment facilities produce biosolids and who continue to rely on reclamation sites for biosolids application. In addition, other towns and cities not currently utilizing reclamation sites would be impacted if this option is eliminated. This bill broadens the areas where biosolids disposal would be prohibited to include any affected site located over an aquifer. An estimate cannot be determined because the Department is unable to predict which of the current 19 municipalities with sludge quality certifications may choose the reclamation versus land application option, nor which sites may be disqualified for use. The prohibition applies to both Class A and Class B biosolids as defined by the federal 503 regulations. Nine facilities either produce a Class A compost or send their sludge to a composting facility for processing, and 10 facilities produce only Class B sludge that is currently certified for land application.