2001 SESSION

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06/01

HOUSE BILL 1143

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

ANALYSIS

This bill creates a study committee to study the compliance rate of small quantity hazardous waste generators and to study the Massachusetts Environmental Results program to determine if it would be applicable to New Hampshire.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01-2147

06/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study self-certification of hazardous waste small quantity generators..

2 Membership and Compensation.

I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:

(a) Four members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house.

(b) Three members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.

II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.

3 Duties. The committee shall:

I. Measure the compliance rate of small quantity hazardous waste generators;

II. Study the Environmental Results Program in the state of Massachusetts to determine if a similar program would be viable for the state of New Hampshire;

III. Design a more efficient regulatory system that will promote a partnership between the department of environmental services and the small quantity generator community.

4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.

5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2002.

6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.