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Current NHDES Testimony Letters - 2018
The following are letters of testimony presented by NHDES at legislative committee hearings in the current legislative session.
| Bill # | Title |
|---|---|
| HB 114 | relative to minimum electric renewable portfolio standards [April 17, 2018] |
| HB 317 | prohibiting the public utilities commission from increasing the system benefits charge without legislative approval [April 17, 2018] |
| HB485 | an Act relative to standards for emerging contaminants in drinking water [April 3, 2018] |
| HB 559 | ive to expenditures from the Energy Efficiency Fund [March 27, 2018] |
| HB1101 | regulating groundwater pollution caused by polluting emissions in the air [January 23, 2018] [February 20, 2018] [April 3, 2018] |
| HB1104 | relative to certain regulatory permits and forms and relative to time limits under RSA 541-A [January 23, 2018] [April 4, 2018] |
| HB1202 | relative to town revolving funds for group net metering [January 23, 2018] [March 20, 2018] |
| HB1212 | establishing a local option for commercial buildings with environmental liability that are delinquent on property taxes [January 23, 2018] |
| HB1226 | relative to restricting the watering of lawns through the use of private wells [January 16, 2018] |
| HB1227 | relative to an unattended idling vehicle on private property [January 23, 2018] |
| HB1230 | establishing a commission to study the economic impact of national carbon pricing on New Hampshire [January 24, 2018] |
| HB1233 | preempting local regulation of seeds and fertilizer [January 23, 2018] [April 24, 2018] |
| HB 1254 | establishing a committee to study the procedures for adoption of national codes by New Hampshire [April 18, 2018] |
| HB1328 | relative to motor vehicle inspections [January 10, 2018] |
| HB1338 | establishing a committee to study the changes in law necessary to allow for microgrids in electricity supply [January 24, 2018] |
| HB1371 | repealing certain exemptions from permitting requirements for temporary seasonal docks [January 16, 2018] |
| HB1472 | relative to the state building code provisions for energy conservation in new building construction [January 11, 2018] [April 18, 2018] |
| HB1488 | HB1488 establishing a committee to study the public utilities commission's role and scope of duties in a deregulated environment [March 26, 2018] |
| HB1507 | relative to state inspection of new motor vehicles [January 30, 2018] |
| HB1515 | relative to an exemption from the combustion ban on construction and demolition debris [January 23, 2018] [April 24, 2018] |
| HB1541 | relative to registration and road toll fees for hybrid and electric vehicles [January 11, 2018] |
| HB1544 | establishing a committee to identify the requirements needed to commit New Hampshire to a goal of 100 percent renewable energy for electricity by 2040 [January 24, 2018] |
| HB1550 | requiring electric bills to include the cost of compliance with renewable energy standards [January 10, 2018] |
| HB1553 | relative to removal of trees from state property [January 23, 2018] |
| HB1590 | relative to standards for perfluorinated chemicals in surface water [January 11, 2018] |
| HB1592 | requiring the commissioner of the department of environmental services to revise rules relative to arsenic contamination in drinking water [January 10, 2018] [February 21, 2018] [April 10, 2018] |
| HB1610 | requiring sellers of real property to disclose certain information concerning environmental hazards [February 13, 2018] |
| HB1611 | requiring sellers of real property to disclose certain information concerning environmental hazards [January 24, 2018] |
| HB1616 | requiring legislative approval for regional planning commissions to accept money from governmental sources other than the state of New Hampshire or its political subdivisions [January 24, 2018] |
| HB1618 | relative to ambient water quality standards and maximum contaminant levels for perfluorinated chemicals [January 11, 2018] |
| HB1647 | relative to inclusion of energy storage in distributed energy resources for electricity transmission and distribution [January 16, 2018] |
| HB1689 | repealing the repeal of the pollution prevention program of the department of environmental services [January 23, 2018] [April 10, 2018] |
| HB1701 | making the Coakley Landfill Group subject to the provisions of RSA 91-a [January 25, 2018] |
| HB1708 | requiring the state to remove standing deadwood trees and make an appropriation therefor [January 23, 2018] |
| HB1727 | relative to monitoring perfluorinated chemicals in public water supplies [January 11, 2018] |
| HB1736 | relative to increasing the threshold required for governor and council approval of expenditures from the dam maintenance fund [January 10, 2018] [April 3, 2018] |
| HB1737 | relative to the permissible level of methyl tertiary butyl ether in drinking water [January 11, 2018} |
| HB1745 | making appropriations for costs involved in controlling invasive aquatic species [January 11, 2018] |
| HB1763 | establishing a road usage fee and making an appropriation therefor [January 16, 2018] [April 10, 2018] |
| HB1796 | relative to the legislative oversight committee on electric utility restructuring [January 10, 2018] [March 26, 2018] |
| HB1810 | establishing a commission to study the effectiveness of the current statutes related to management of non-tidal public water ways and the construction or placement of structures within them [January 23, 2018] [April 10, 2018] |
| SB119 | relative to the length of a dock on a water body [January 18, 2018] |
| SB172 | relative to non-menace dams [March 20, 2018] |
| SB240 | relative to the monitoring and treatment of contaminated wells [March 20, 2018] |
| SB309 | relative to standards for perfluorochemicals in drinking water, ambient groundwater, and surface water [January 23, 2018] [March 27, 2018] |
| SB321 | relative to group host net energy metering [January 9, 2018] [March 20, 2018] |
| SB322 | relative to access to a water utility [January 9, 2018] |
| SB330 | requiring the department of environmental services to give certain persons time to cure violations before imposing a penalty [January 11, 2018] |
| SB367 | relative to public utilities commission review of group host agreements [January 9, 2018] [March 20, 2018] |
| SB368 | establishing an exemption from shoreland protection permitting requirements for maintenance and repairs of existing roads and for borings and test wells [January 9, 2018] [March 20, 2018] |
| SB410 | establishing a registration fee for canoes and kayaks [January 10, 2018] [April 3, 2018] |
| SB445 | Designating the Warner River as a protected river [January 16, 2018] [April 3, 2018] |
| SB446 | relative to net energy metering limits for customer-generators [January 23, 2018] [March 28, 2018] |
| SB450 | establishing an advisory commission for the department of environmental services relative to the delegation of authority of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program [January 30, 2018] [March 27, 2018] |
| SB 453 | relative to requirements and criteria for a competitive grant program for drinking water protection [April 26, 2018] |
| SB468 | relative to fines and penalties collected by the department of environmental services [February 6, 2018] [March 20, 2018] |
| SB517 | establishing an electric vehicle charging stations infrastructure commission [January 30, 2018] [March 27, 2018] |
| SB528 | relative to dam registration fees and relative to permit fees for constructing or reconstructing a dam [January 23, 2018] [March 27, 2018] |
| SB529 | authorizing river maintenance in the town of Warren [January 30, 2018] [March 27, 2018] |
| SB575 | relative to electric vehicle charging stations [January 23, 2018] [March 27, 2018] |
| SB577 | An Act requiring the public utilities commission to consider its order affecting the Burgess BioPower plant in Berlin, prohibiting the import of certain liquid fuels, and relative to the production of useful thermal energy [April 11, 2018] |
Bills Tracked and Testimony Letters Presented in Past Sessions
Bills tracked and testimony letters presented by NHDES in past legislative sessions are available by year, on the webpages below.
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