The department shall issue a written response to a request for a waiver or equivalency determination within 90 days of receipt of the request. If the request is denied, the response shall specify the reason(s) for the decision.

1. (978) 323-7929

   mail@neiwpcc.org

   809.05(d)

   “The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators Guide to Biosolids Sampling Plans”, September 2006

   No cost to download from:

   http://click.neiwpcc.org/neiwpcc_docs/biosampleguide/biosampleguide_web.pdf

   807.08(a)

   TR-16, “Guides for the Design of Wastewater Treatment Works”, 2011

   $95.00 (hardcopy)

   $25 (CD)

   http://www.neiwpcc.org/tr16guides.asp

   Appendix C: Statutory Definitions

   RSA 485-A:2:

   IX. “Person” means any municipality, governmental subdivision, public or private corporation, individual, partnership, or other entity.

   XI-a. “Sludge” means the solid or semisolid material produced by water and wastewater treatment processes, excluding domestic septage; provided, however, sludge which is disposed of at solid waste facilities permitted by the department shall be considered solid waste and regulated under RSA 149-M.

   XIV. “Surface waters of the state” means perennial and seasonal streams, lakes, ponds, and tidal waters within the jurisdiction of the state, including all streams, lakes, or ponds bordering on the state, marshes, water courses, and other bodies of water, natural or artificial.

   XVI-a. “Wastewater treatment plant” means the treatment facility or group of treatment devices which treats domestic or combined domestic and industrial wastewater through alteration, alone or in combination, of the physical, chemical, or bacteriological quality of the wastewater and which dewaters and handles sludge removed from the wastewater.

   XXII. “Biosolids” means any sludge derived from a sewage wastewater treatment facility that meets the standards for beneficial reuse specified by the department.

   XXIII. “Short paper fiber” means any sludge derived from a pulp or paper mill wastewater treatment facility that meets the standards for beneficial reuse specified by the department.

   RSA 483:4:

   VIII. “Designated river” means that portion of a river which has been specifically designated by the general court pursuant to RSA 483:15.

   XVIII. “River corridor” means the river and the land area located within a distance of 1,320 feet of the normal high water mark or to the landward extent of the 100 year floodplain as designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, whichever distance is larger.

Source. (See Revision Note #1 and Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Env-Wq 800) #10998, eff 1-1-16

Appendix A: Statutes Implemented

Rule

Statute

Env-Wq 800 (see also specific part listed below)

RSA 485-A:4, XVI-b

Env-Wq 811

RSA 541-A:22, IV

Appendix B: Incorporated References

Rule (Env-Wq)

Reference

Obtain From (Cost)

806.01(c)(9)

Site-Specific Soil Mapping Standards for New Hampshire and Vermont, Special Publication No. 3, February 2011

Society of Soil Scientists of Northern New England

No cost to download from:

http://sssnne.org/sssnne-publications/

806.07(h)(3)

Best Management Practices: Biosolids, July 2014

UNH Cooperative Extension

No cost to download from:

https://extension.unh.edu/resources/files/Resource005011_Rep7148.pdf

New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC)

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650 Suffolk Street, Suite 410

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