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RSA 485-C:7 · Potential Contamination Sources

Title
L: WATER MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION
Chapter
485-C · GROUNDWATER PROTECTION ACT
Status
current
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485-C:7 Potential Contamination Sources. –

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I.

Human activities or operations upon the land surface shall be considered potential contamination sources if the activity or operation poses a reasonable risk that regulated contaminants may be introduced into the environment in such quantities as to degrade the natural groundwater quality.

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II.

For purposes of this chapter, potential contamination sources shall include the following:

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(a)

Vehicle service and repair shops, including but not limited to: automobile, truck, and equipment service or repair shops, autobody shops; and aircraft fueling, deicing, and maintenance areas.

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(b)

General service and repair shops, including but not limited to: furniture stripping, painting, and refinishing; photographic processing; printing; appliance and small engine repair; boat repair, service, and refinishing; refrigeration, heating, ventilating and air conditioning shops.

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(c)

Metalworking shops, including, but not limited to: machine shops; metal plating, heat treating, smelting and jewelry making shops.

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(d)

Manufacturing facilities, including, but not limited to: electronics and chemical manufacturing, processing, and reclamation; paper, leather, plastic, fiberglass, rubber, silicon and glass making; a pharmaceutical production; pesticide manufacture; and chemical preservation of wood and wood products.

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(e)

Underground and aboveground storage facilities for oil and hazardous substances, as defined in RSA 146-C.

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(f)

Waste and scrap processing and storage, including, but not limited to: junkyards, scrap yards, and auto salvage yards; wastewater treatment plants; dumps, landfills, transfer stations and other solid waste facilities; and wastewater or septage lagoons.

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(g)

Transportation corridors, including, but not limited to, highways and railroads.

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(h)

Septic systems, including, but not limited to large septic systems which require a groundwater discharge permit under RSA 485-A:13.

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(i)

Laboratories and professional offices, including but not limited to: medical, dental, and veterinary offices; and research and analytical laboratories.

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(j)

Use of agricultural chemicals, including but not limited to: golf courses; feed lots, kennels, piggeries, and manure stockpiles; parks; nurseries and sod farms; and the usage of registered pesticides.

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(k)

Salt storage and use for winter road and parking lot maintenance.

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(l)

Snow dumps.

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(m)

Stormwater infiltration ponds or leaching catch basins.

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(n)

Cleaning services, including but not limited to: dry cleaners, laundromats; beauty salons; and car washes.

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(o)

Food processing plants, including but not limited to: meat packing and slaughterhouses; dairies; and processed food manufacture.

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(p)

Fueling and maintenance of excavation and earthmoving equipment.

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(q)

Concrete, asphalt and tar manufacture.

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(r)

Cemeteries.

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(s)

Hazardous waste facilities regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as implemented by RSA 147-A. Source. 1991, 344:1, eff. June 28, 1991.

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Source note

Source. 1991, 344:1, eff. June 28, 1991.

Source history

  • 1991, 344:1, eff. June 28, 1991

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