SB 65 - AS INTRODUCED
2003 SESSION
08/09
SENATE BILL 65
This bill mandates mercury emission reductions for certain fossil fuel burning electric power plants.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03-0349
08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to reducing certain mercury emissions.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Multiple Pollutant Reduction Program; Mercury Emission Reductions. Amend RSA 125-O by inserting after section 6 the following new section:
125-O:6-a Mercury Emission Reductions. The commissioner shall, based on the mercury emission sampling and testing results compiled pursuant to RSA 125-O:4, determine the average annual mercury emissions of each affected source for the years 2002-2004. The commissioner shall certify the average for each affected source to the secretary of state. Each affected source shall reduce its mercury emissions so that its mercury emissions after the compliance date are less than 25 percent of the certified average emissions each year.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.