Bill Text: NH SB377 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered


Bill Title: Relative to emission levels of municipal waste combustion units.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-05-23 - Signed by the Governor on 05/19/2016; Chapter 0100; Effective 07/18/2016 [SB377 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2016-SB377-Chaptered.html

CHAPTER 100

SB 377 - FINAL VERSION

 

2016 SESSION

16-2859

08/03

 

SENATE BILL 377

 

AN ACT relative to emission levels of municipal waste combustion units.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Rep. Introne, Rock. 5; Rep. Richardson, Coos 4; Rep. Vose, Rock. 9; Rep. Baber, Straf. 14; Rep. Backus, Hills. 19

 

COMMITTEE: Energy And Natural Resources

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill lowers the limits on certain emission levels of municipal waste combustion units.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2859

08/03

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT relative to emission levels of municipal waste combustion units.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

100:1  Municipal Waste Combustion Units; Levels of Emissions.  Amend RSA 125-C:10-a to read as follows:

125-C:10-a  Municipal Waste Combustion Units.  Any municipal waste combustor, as defined in RSA 125-M:2, XI, with a design capacity of at least 35 tons per day but no more than 250 tons per day of municipal solid waste, as defined in RSA 125-M:2, X, shall be limited to the following levels of emissions, unless otherwise provided for by a more stringent federal regulation, or by other state statute:

I.  Particulate matter:  [27] 25 milligrams/dry standard cubic meter, corrected to 7 percent oxygen, 3-run average (run duration specified in test method).

II.  Opacity:  10 percent (6-minute average), 30 6-minute averages.

III.  Cadmium:  [0.040] 0.035 milligrams/dry standard cubic meter, corrected to 7 percent oxygen, 3-run average (run duration specified in test method).

IV.  Lead:  [0.44] 0.4 milligrams/dry standard cubic meter, corrected to 7 percent oxygen, 3-run average (run duration specified in test method).

V.  Mercury:  0.028 milligrams/dry standard cubic meter, corrected to 7 percent oxygen, or 85 percent control efficiency, 3-run average (run duration specified in test method).

VI.  Sulfur dioxide:  29 parts per million by volume, or 25 percent of the potential sulfur dioxide emission concentration, corrected to 7 percent oxygen (dry basis), monthly block geometric average concentration or percent reduction.

VII.  Hydrogen chloride:  29 parts per million by volume, or 5 percent of the potential hydrogen chloride emission concentration, corrected to 7 percent oxygen (dry basis), 3-run average (minimum run duration is 1 hour).

VIII.  Dioxins/furans:  [60] 35 nanograms/dry standard cubic meter (total mass), corrected to 7 percent oxygen, where an electrostatic precipitator-based emission control system is employed; or 30 nanograms/dry standard cubic meter (total mass) corrected to 7 percent oxygen, where an electrostatic precipitator-based emission control system is not employed, 3-run average (minimum run duration is 4 hours).

100:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 19, 2016

Effective Date: July 18, 2016

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