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HB1569: requiring the department of environmental services to maintain a public registry of where certain fire suppressants have been used.
Bill details
Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.
Sponsors
- Murphy House · Hills 21
- Peter Petrigno House · Hills 23
- Jeffrey Salloway House · Straf 5
- David James Meuse House · Rock 29
- Betty Gay House · Rock 8
- Robert Renny Cushing House · Rock 21
- Patricia Bushway House · Rock 21
- Elaine French House · Graf 14
- Mary Eisner House · Rock 6
- Michael A Edgar House · Rock 21
- Tom Sherman Senate · Dist 24
- Jon Morgan Senate · Dist 23
Topics
Energy and Natural Resources Environment and natural resources
Official links
HB 1569-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
19Feb2020... 0182h
2020 SESSION
20-2599
08/06
HOUSE BILL 1569-FN
AN ACT requiring the department of environmental services to maintain a public registry of where certain fire suppressants have been used.
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires the department of environmental services to maintain a public registry of where certain fire suppressants have been used.
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19Feb2020... 0182h
20-2599
08/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT requiring the department of environmental services to maintain a public registry of where certain fire suppressants have been used.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Class B Firefighting Foam Registry. RSA 154:8-b, XI is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
XI.(a) There is established in the department of environmental services a registry for compilation and analysis of information relating to the sites where the class B firefighting foam has been discharged, stored, captured, collected, managed, or disposed of. Such registry shall be available to the public on the department of environmental services' Internet website.
(b) Any time a class B firefighting foam to which PFAS chemicals have been intentionally added is discharged, the person or municipality making such discharge shall notify the department of environmental services within 48 hours of such discharge.
(c) Persons or municipalities shall notify the department of environmental services of all locations where class B firefighting foam is or has been stored, captured, collected, managed, or disposed of.
(d) Within 120 days of the effective date of this paragraph, persons or municipalities shall notify the department of environmental services of any known dates and locations where class B firefighting foam has been discharged in the past.
(e) The commissioner of the department of environmental services shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to the content and design of forms for reporting use of class B firefighting foam. Reports shall include the location, date, time, and volume of the discharge.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
20-2599
Amended 2/27/20
HB 1569-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2020-0182h)
AN ACT requiring the department of environmental services to maintain a public registry of where certain fire suppressants have been used.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
Estimated Increase / (Decrease)
STATE:
FY 2020
FY 2021
FY 2022
FY 2023
Appropriation
$0
$0
$0
$0
Revenue
$0
$0
$0
$0
Expenditures
$0
Indeterminable Increase
Indeterminable Increase
Indeterminable Increase
Funding Source:
[ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ ] Other
METHODOLOGY:
This bill requires the Department of Environmental Services to maintain a public registry of where certain fire suppressants have been used. The Department of Environmental Services indicates this bill would require it to establish a publicly available registry for compilation and analysis of information related to the sites where Class B firefighting foam has been discharged, stored, captured, collected, managed or disposed. The Department would be required to adopt rules relative to the content and design of forms for reporting use of the firefighting foam. The Department states an additional 1/2 FTE position of Environmentalist IV will be necessary to create and maintain reporting forms and develop and maintain the electronic registry. As no funding is provided for staff time, it is assumed all costs would come from the State General Fund. The Department provided the following cost estimate:
FY 2021
FY 2022
FY 2023
Part-time Environmentalist IV
$33,000
$33,000
$34,500
Benefits
$16,000
$16,600
$17,400
Other Expenses
$6,000
$4,900
$4,900
Total Cost
$55,000
$54,500
$56,800
Aside from the necessary position, the State fiscal impact is indeterminable. There would be no fiscal impact to county and local government. The Department assumes existing fire department staff in each town would assume responsibility for reporting Class B foam use to the Department.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Environmental Services