SB 443 — relative to wastewater engineering.

CHAPTER 62 SB 443 - VERSIONFINAL ADOPTEDVERSION BY BOTH BODIES SESSION 26-2235 08/06 SENATE BILL 443 AN ACT relative to wastewater engineering.

CHAPTER 62 SB 443 - VERSIONFINAL ADOPTEDVERSION BY BOTH BODIES 26-2235 08/06 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT relative to wastewater engineering.

162:1 Duties of Department;

262:2 Duties of the Department;

[Innovative/alternative waste treatment systems shall include solar and such other systems as shall be identified or accepted by the department.] To [reject, if necessary, or modify and] review and approve or deny as deemed necessary for the purposes of the state water pollution control program all engineering or other documents associated with the design and construction of pollution control projects and perform such other related engineering or inspectional work as will provide for proper design, construction and operation of the facilities involved, and take such other action as the department deems necessary, including but not limited to establishing a permitting program, to maximize the effectiveness of sewerage and other pollution control facilities, both proposed and in construction.[Theconstruction. department is authorized to purchase professional liability insurance annually in order to provide coverage in connection with resident construction engineering services which may be made available to municipalities by the department for projects undertaken with benefit of a federal grant under the provisions of this chapter;

[The department is authorized to purchase professional liability insurance annually in order to provide coverage in connection with resident construction engineering services which may be made available to municipalities by the department for projects undertaken with benefit of a federal grant under the provisions of this chapter;

362:3 Duties of the Department;

To review and provide conditions for industrial discharge permits issued by municipalities or sewer utility districts if such discharges are not to an Environmental Protection Agency approved pretreatment program.    SB 443 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES - Page 2 - IX-c.

To review and approve or deny as deemed necessary plans, specifications and engineering documents associated with the request to discharge additional sewage or industrial wastes to a municipal sewer system through administration of a sewer connection permit program.    4CHAPTER 62 SB 443 - FINAL VERSION - Page 2 - 62:4 New Paragraphs;

Requirements under RSA 485-A:4, IX-bIX-b, relative to industrial discharge permits.

562:5 New Paragraph;

662:6 Rulemaking.

The requirements for permits under RSA 485-A:4, IX, XVI-aXVI-a, and XVI-b.

762:7 Effective Date.

Approved:

May 08, 2026 Effective Date:

July 07, 2026