Bill Text: NH HB1376 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishing a committee to study the safe delivery of oil and gas, including natural gas and propane, throughout the state of New Hampshire and making a technical correction in the oil pipeline facility spill response plan.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-2)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-04 - Signed by the Governor on 8/01/2014; Chapter 0303; Section 6 Effective as provided in Section 7. 11/1/2014. Remainder Effective 8/1/2014. [HB1376 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2014-HB1376-Introduced.html

HB 1376 – AS INTRODUCED

2014 SESSION

14-2079

08/04

HOUSE BILL 1376

AN ACT requiring the department of environmental services to examine the potential harm to the public and the environment of New Hampshire from the transportation of bituminous tar sands through Coos county by the Portland-Montreal pipeline

SPONSORS: Rep. Hammon, Coos 5; Rep. Rappaport, Coos 1; Rep. Raymond, Belk 4; Rep. Shepardson, Ches 10; Rep. Lauer, Graf 15; Rep. Massimilla, Graf 1; Rep. Ford, Graf 3; Rep. Ratzki, Merr 1; Rep. Rideout, Coos 7; Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

ANALYSIS

This bill requires the department of environmental services to examine the potential harm to the public and the environment of New Hampshire from the transportation of bituminous tar sands through Coos county by the Portland-Montreal pipeline.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14-2079

08/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT requiring the department of environmental services to examine the potential harm to the public and the environment of New Hampshire from the transportation of bituminous tar sands through Coos county by the Portland-Montreal pipeline

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

1 Examination by the Department of Environmental Services. The commissioner of the department of environmental services shall examine the potential harm to the public and the environment of New Hampshire from the transportation of bituminous tar sands through Coos county by the Portland-Montreal pipeline.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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