HB1569: relative to liability of energy facility companies for damage caused by restoration projects.

HB 1569 - AS INTRODUCED

2018 SESSION

18-2201

06/10

HOUSE BILL 1569

AN ACT relative to liability of energy facility companies for damage caused by restoration projects.

SPONSORS: Rep. Burton, Straf. 6; Rep. Suzanne Smith, Graf. 8; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

ANALYSIS

This bill requires a certificate issued by the site evaluation committee to include a provision that the applicant guarantees funding for restoration efforts in the event of environmental damage caused by the facility, as determined by the department of environmental services.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2201

06/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

AN ACT relative to liability of energy facility companies for damage caused by restoration projects.

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

1 New Paragraph; Site Evaluation Committee; Certificate; Liability for Environmental Damage. Amend RSA 162-H:16 by inserting after paragraph VII the following new paragraph:

VIII. A certificate shall require a financial guarantee to fund restoration efforts in the event construction or operation of the facility causes environmental damage as determined by the department of environmental services.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.