HB1141: relative to dioxin emissions reduction and medical waste incinerators.

CHAPTER 13

HB 1141 – FINAL VERSION

2004 SESSION

03-2228

08/10

HOUSE BILL 1141

AN ACT relative to dioxin emissions reduction and medical waste incinerators.

SPONSORS: Rep. Musler, Straf 68; Rep. Phinizy, Sull 23

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

ANALYSIS

This bill provides additional definitions concerning dioxin emission reductions. This bill also prohibits construction of new medical waste incinerators, and it prohibits operation of existing medical waste incinerators on January 1, 2014.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03-2228

08/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Four

AN ACT relative to dioxin emissions reduction and medical waste incinerators.

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

13:1 New Paragraphs; Dioxin Emissions Reduction; Definitions. Amend RSA 125-N:2 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraphs:

VI. “Medical waste incinerator” means any device that combusts any amount of hospital waste or medical/infectious waste, except for municipal waste combustors, cement kilns, and combustors required to have a permit under 42 U.S.C., section 6925.

VII. “Hospital waste” means waste generated at a hospital, except unused items returned to the manufacturer. Hospital waste does not include human corpses, remains, and anatomical parts that are intended for interment or cremation.

VIII. “Medical/infectious waste” means any solid waste that is generated in the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals, in research pertaining thereto, or in the production or testing of biologicals. Medical/infectious waste does not include any hazardous waste regulated under RSA 147-A.

13:2 New Section; Medical Waste Incinerators. Amend RSA 125-N by inserting after section 5 the following new section:

125-N:6 Medical Waste Incinerators; Construction and Operation Prohibitions.

I. The construction of a new medical waste incinerator, the modification of an existing medical waste incinerator which increases the amount of any air pollutant emitted by the incinerator, the conversion of a facility into a medical waste incinerator, or the reactivation of a closed medical waste incinerator is prohibited.

II. Beginning on January 1, 2014, the operation of any existing medical waste incinerator is prohibited.

13:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: April 5, 2004)

(Effective Date: June 4, 2004)