Environment

The Senate Committee on Environment.

Bills Referred, 2003-2004

• HB 361-LOCAL: permitting municipalities to form regional water districts. (Signed into law)
• HB 502: establishing a committee to study options for reducing the impact of exhaust emissions from diesel engines in New Hampshire. (Signed into law)
• HB 503: relative to septic system construction permits. (Vetoed, override failed)
• HB 578-FN-A: establishing a program for self-certification by small quantity hazardous waste generators and making an appropriation therefor. (Signed into law)
• HB 593-FN-LOCAL: relative to solid waste facilities in small towns. (Signed into law)
• HB 598-FN-A: relative to the agricultural nutrient management program and making an appropriation therefor. (Signed into law)
• HB 676-FN: relative to lake level investigations. (Died on the table)
• HB 728-FN-A: establishing a dedicated fund for organic certification inspections. (Signed into law)
• HB 737-FN-A: relative to the state conservation committee. (Vetoed, override failed)
• HB 738-FN-A-LOCAL: permitting aid to public water systems to be used for forming or improving regional water systems and making an appropriation therefor. (Signed into law)
• HB 1131: establishing a committee to study exotic aquatic weeds and species. (Signed into law)
• HB 1136: relative to homeowner exemptions from certain environmental permitting, relative to certification as a wetland scientist, and making certain technical corrections. (Signed into law)
• HB 1141: relative to dioxin emissions reduction and medical waste incinerators. (Signed into law)
• HB 1148: defining a wetland for the purpose of fill and dredge in wetlands and for local land use planning, relative to the wetlands council appeal process, relative to Smith Pond in Enfield, and relative to site plan review of certain trails. (Signed into law)
• HB 1262: establishing a commission to study ways to encourage municipal recycling efforts and to study the tax exemption for water and air pollution control facilities. (Signed into law)
• SB 19-FN: relative to notification of groundwater contamination and requiring a certain report from the department of environmental services. (Signed into law)
• SB 35: relative to the transfer and exchange of certain state-owned land for certain land owned by the Manchester water works. (Killed)
• SB 49: relative to fluoridation of public water supplies and local decisions regarding fluoridation. (Killed)
• SB 65: relative to reducing certain mercury emissions. (Killed)
• SB 67: relative to a report on municipal water needs. (Killed)
• SB 70: establishing a commission to study implementing a recommendation of the New Hampshire estuaries project management plan. (Signed into law)
• SB 87: changing the membership of the commission to study setback requirements for septage, biosolids, and short paper fibers, and extending the temporary use of septage, biosolids, and short paper fiber by certain persons. (Signed into law)
• SB 88-FN: relative to testing and monitoring requirements at soil manufacturing and reclamation sites. (Killed)
• SB 89: relative to encouraging the use of biosolids and short paper fiber in road construction projects. (Killed)
• SB 115: increasing the fees for review of subdivisions and waste disposal systems by the department of environmental services and making an appropriation for implementing information technology and regulatory process improvements. (Signed into law)
• SB 136: relative to liability for hazardous materials accidents. (Signed into law)
• SB 155: establishing a commission to study issues relative to groundwater withdrawals. (Signed into law)
• SB 159-FN: relative to milfoil and other exotic aquatic weeds. (Killed)
• SB 162: establishing a committee to study water resources. (Became law unsigned)
• SB 167: relative to indoor air quality assessment in public school buildings. (Killed)
• SB 185: relative to reducing mercury in automobiles. (Killed)
• SB 194: establishing a committee to study certain issues relative to large groundwater withdrawals and their effect on Darrah Pond in Litchfield. (Killed)
• SB 205-FN: authorizing the state to accept the title of the dam and dikes at Smith Pond, Enfield, New Hampshire. (Referred for interim study)
• SB 317: relative to registration of pesticide applicators and rules of the pesticide control board. (Signed into law)
• SB 397: requiring the department of environmental services to adopt certain rules and to eliminate certain substances from gasoline supplies. (Became law unsigned)
• SB 412: extending a public trust grant for the Gunstock Area ski resort's snowmaking. (Signed into law)
• SB 449: relative to fluoridation of municipally-owned public water systems. (Signed into law)
• SB 467: establishing an exemption from the public sewer connection requirements for 2 projects in the town of Derry. (Signed into law)
• SB 468: relative to solid waste management. (Died on the table)
• SB 481-FN-LOCAL: establishing a sewer and other water-related purposes district for Great Bay. (Became law unsigned)
• SB 486: prohibiting floatplanes on Pickerel Pond. (Died on the table)
• SB 487: relative to lead sinkers. (Signed into law)
• SB 494: relative to the prohibition on taking conch and winkles; licensing requirements for taking lobsters and crabs; and changing the name of the advisory committee on shore fisheries to the advisory committee on marine fisheries. (Signed into law)
• SB 501: establishing a committee to study a certain parcel of land along the Baker river. (Died on the table)
• SB 506: relative to site plan review by planning boards in mining and reclamation projects. (Killed)
• SB 519: establishing a committee to study the establishment of a farm viability program. (Signed into law)
• SB 524: relative to the incineration of construction or demolition debris. (Referred for interim study)
• SCR 4: urging the New Hampshire congressional delegation to take appropriate action against modification of the Clean Air Act if the result jeopardizes New Hampshire's ability to safeguard public health and protect environmental quality. (Adopted by both chambers)

And 436 bills in 6 earlier terms.

Recent Meetings

• The Committee on Environment met on April 7, 2004 for a hearing on HB 1148.
• The Committee on Environment met on March 24, 2004 for hearings on HB 1262, HB 1131 and HB 1136.
• The Committee on Environment met on March 3, 2004 for hearings on HB 1141 and HB 503.
• The Committee on Environment met on February 18, 2004 for a hearing on SB 524.
• The Committee on Environment met on February 11, 2004 for hearings on SB 487 and SB 494.
• The Committee on Environment met on February 4, 2004 for hearings on SB 397 and SB 449.
• The Committee on Environment met on January 28, 2004 for hearings on SB 468 and SB 481-FN-LOCAL.
• The Committee on Environment met on January 21, 2004 for hearings on SB 486, SB 506 and SB 467.
• The Committee on Environment met on January 14, 2004 for hearings on SB 317, SB 412, SB 494, SB 501 and SB 519.
• The Committee on Environment met on May 7, 2003 for hearings on HB 737-FN-A and HB 738-FN-A-LOCAL.
• The Committee on Environment met on April 30, 2003 for hearings on HB 578-FN-A, HB 593-FN-LOCAL and HB 728-FN-A.
• The Committee on Environment met on April 16, 2003 for hearings on HB 598-FN-A and HB 676-FN.
• The Committee on Environment met on March 26, 2003 for hearings on HB 361-LOCAL and HB 502.
• The Committee on Environment met on March 19, 2003 for hearings on SB 194, SB 136 and SCR 4.
• The Committee on Environment met on March 12, 2003 for hearings on SB 167, SB 185 and SB 159-FN.
• The Committee on Environment met on March 5, 2003 for hearings on SB 115, SB 155, SB 162 and SB 205-FN.
• The Committee on Environment met on February 19, 2003 for hearings on SB 87, SB 88-FN and SB 89.
• The Committee on Environment met on February 12, 2003 for hearings on SB 65 and SB 70.
• The Committee on Environment met on February 5, 2003 for hearings on SB 49 and SB 67.
• The Committee on Environment met on January 29, 2003 for hearings on SB 19-FN and SB 35.
• The Committee on Environment met on April 17, 2002 for a hearing on HB 1449-A.
• The Committee on Environment met on April 4, 2002 for hearings on HB 1482-FN-A, HB 1305-FN and HB 1102.
• The Committee on Environment met on April 3, 2002 for hearings on HB 1252, HB 207-FN-LOCAL, HB 284-FN and HB 253-FN.
• The Committee on Environment met on March 27, 2002 for hearings on HB 592-FN-A, HB 1119-FN-LOCAL, HB 1402, HB 1111 and HB 1172.
• The Committee on Environment met on March 20, 2002 for hearings on HB 1367-FN, HB 1106, HB 1171, HB 439-FN-A and HB 581-FN.
• The Committee on Environment met on March 13, 2002 for hearings on SB 450, SB 452, HB 1135 and HB 1170.
• The Committee on Environment met on March 6, 2002 for hearings on SB 440 and SB 437-FN-LOCAL.
• The Committee on Environment met on February 13, 2002 for hearings on SB 410 and SB 419.
• The Committee on Environment met on February 6, 2002 for a hearing on SB 410.
• The Committee on Environment met on January 16, 2002 for a hearing on SB 327-FN.

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