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HB1737: relative to the permissible level of methyl tertiary butyl ether in drinking water.
Bill details
Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.
Sponsors
- McConnell House · Ches 12
- Mindi Messmer House · Rock 24
Topics
Environment and natural resources
Official links
HB 1737-FN-LOCAL - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2588
06/08
HOUSE BILL 1737-FN-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to the permissible level of methyl tertiary butyl ether in drinking water.
ANALYSIS
This bill sets the permissible level of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in drinking water at .5 micrograms per liter.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2588
06/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to the permissible level of methyl tertiary butyl ether in drinking water.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE); Drinking Water Standards. RSA 485:16-a is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
485:16-a Drinking Water Standards. No public water system shall deliver water with greater than .5 micrograms per liter methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.
LBAO
18-2588
11/16/17
HB 1737-FN-LOCAL- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to the permissible level of methyl tertiary butyl ether in drinking water.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ X ] County [ X ] Local [ ] None
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[ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ X ] Other - Various funds associated with gasoline, MtBE and drinking water
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METHODOLOGY:
This bill would prohibit the concentration of MtBE in water for public water systems to exceed 0.5 micrograms per liter. The bill would apply to community, non-transient and transient water systems.
The Department of Environmental Services indicates drinking water treatment systems are generally not designed to remove MtBE below a concentration of 0.5 micrograms per liter so the costs to meet this requirement is unknown. Currently, transient water systems are generally not required to test for MtBE unless sampling is completed as part of a nearby waste site environmental investigation so there is limited data on the concentration of MtBE in drinking water at transient water systems. Local and county governments operate public water systems and would need to treat water sources of water with MtBE above 0.5 micrograms or replace water sources that exceed this level. The Department of Environmental Services would administer the provisions of this bill and would incur costs associated with enforcing the requirements and reviewing plans for water treatment systems and replacement water sources. In addition, several funds managed by the Department's Water Division associated with addressing gasoline or MtBE impacts to drinking water may be used to comply with the requirements of the bill.
The New Hampshire Municipal Association indicates the current standard established by the Commissioner of Environmental Services for MtBE concentration is 13 micrograms per liter. The Association assumes reducing the limit to 0.5 micrograms would require additional expenditures by municipal water systems for the removal of MtBE. The Association believe such expenditures are likely to be significant, but the Association does not have information to estimate the amount.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Environmental Services and New Hampshire Municipal Association