New Hampshire § 146-A:11-c Rulemaking

New Hampshire Statutes

§ 146-A:11-c — Rulemaking

New Hampshire § 146-A:11-c

Title XPUBLIC HEALTH

Ch. 146-AOIL DISCHARGE OR SPILLAGE IN SURFACE WATER OR GROUNDWATER

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Bluebook

N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 146-A:11-c (2026).

Text

The commissioner shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A, after public hearing, relative to:

I.Operation and inspection of oil terminal facilities, including equipment related to the operation of oil terminal facilities. I-a. Requirements for facility owners to prepare, submit, and comply with a spill prevention, control, and countermeasure (SPCC) plan prepared in accordance with 40 C.F.R. part 112, provided that no such rules shall require the owner of a qualified facility, as defined in RSA 146-A:2, XIV, to engage a professional engineer to prepare or approve the SPCC plan for that facility. I-b. Requirements for oil pipeline facility spill response plans under RSA 146-A:3-f.

II.Operation and inspection of vessels, including railway carriers.

III.Methods for the prevention of oil discharges

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The commissioner shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A, after public hearing, relative to:
I. Operation and inspection of oil terminal facilities, including equipment related to the operation of oil terminal facilities.
I-a. Requirements for facility owners to prepare, submit, and comply with a spill prevention, control, and countermeasure (SPCC) plan prepared in accordance with 40 C.F.R. part 112, provided that no such rules shall require the owner of a qualified facility, as defined in RSA 146-A:2, XIV, to engage a professional engineer to prepare or approve the SPCC plan for that facility.
I-b. Requirements for oil pipeline facility spill response plans under RSA 146-A:3-f.
II. Operation and inspection of vessels, including railway carriers.
III. Methods for the prevention of oil discharges into or onto the surface water or groundwater of the state, including rules for expenditures on research programs under RSA 146-A:11-a, I.
IV. Procedures for reporting actual or potential oil discharges under RSA 146-A:5.
V. Procedures and equipment to be used in the removal or containment of oil under RSA 146-A:4.
V-a. Procedures for mitigation and prevention of damage due to oil leakage or spillage.
V-b. [Repealed.]
VI. The establishment of control regions and rules to meet each region's particular requirements.
VII. [Repealed.]
VIII. Bonding under RSA 146-A:13.
VIII-a. The exemptions and liability limitations for holders and fiduciaries.
IX, X. [Repealed.]
XI. [Repealed.]
XII. [Repealed.]
XIII. [Repealed.]
XIV. [Repealed.]

Legislative History

1985, 287:6. 1986, 182:4, III; 202:6, I(a). 1987, 377:8, 10. 1988, 271:9, IV-VI. 1989, 230:6. 1991, 92:17, 18, 45, III. 1993, 171:5; 323:5. 1996, 228:110, eff. July 1, 1996. 2012, 147:6, eff. July 1, 2012. 2014, 137:5, eff. June 16, 2014.