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Committee refers road-salt storage bill to interim study after hearing on contamination risks
Summary
Lawmakers heard testimony from sponsor Rep. Rosemarie Rung, New Hampshire Lakes, and DES on HB 16-07, which would require statutory controls for road-salt storage; the committee referred the bill for interim study to gather more data and consider funding and municipal impacts.
After extensive testimony, the Public Works and Highways committee voted to refer House Bill 16-07, which would put statutory controls on the storage of road salt, to interim study.
Sponsor Representative Rosemarie Rung told the committee that voluntary DES best practices have not produced uniform compliance and that rising chloride levels in groundwater and drinking wells motivated statutory action. ‘‘We have recorded a 150% increase in the number of contaminated drinking-water supply wells over the last 30 years,’’ she said,…
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