New Hampshire Revised Statutes 125-O:6 – Powers and Duties of the Commissioner
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The commissioner may:
I. Develop a trading and banking program to provide appropriate compliance flexibility in meeting the emission caps established under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 125-O:3, III and allowance requirements of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 125-O:21 and N.H. Rev. Stat. § 125-O:22, and to encourage earlier and greater emissions reductions and the development of new emission control technologies in order to maximize the cost-effectiveness with which the environmental benefits of this chapter are achieved.
I. Develop a trading and banking program to provide appropriate compliance flexibility in meeting the emission caps established under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 125-O:3, III, and to encourage earlier and greater emissions reductions and the development of new emission control technologies in order to maximize the cost-effectiveness with which the environmental benefits of this chapter are achieved.
II. Propose to the general court for legislative enactment a program to reduce emissions that impair visibility in mandatory Class I Federal Areas, including the Great Gulf Wilderness Area and the Presidential-Dry River Wilderness, if evaluation and assessment of the program established under 125-O:6, I reveals after its implementation that further reductions of emissions that impair visibility are necessary. Any program proposed under this paragraph shall be at least as stringent as that specified in the Clean Air Act, amendments thereto, and regulations promulgated thereunder.
III. Propose to the general court for legislative enactment appropriate processes to encourage pollution prevention, energy efficiency, and other methods to cost-effectively achieve emissions reductions.
[Paragraph I effective until the date that the commissioner of the department of environmental services certifies to the secretary of state and the director of the office of legislative services that certain states have terminated or have authorized termination of their participation in the regional greenhouse gas initiative; see also paragraph I set out below.]
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 125-O:6
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
I. Develop a trading and banking program to provide appropriate compliance flexibility in meeting the emission caps established under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 125-O:3, III and allowance requirements of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 125-O:21 and N.H. Rev. Stat. § 125-O:22, and to encourage earlier and greater emissions reductions and the development of new emission control technologies in order to maximize the cost-effectiveness with which the environmental benefits of this chapter are achieved.
[Paragraph I effective the date that the commissioner of the department of environmental services certifies to the secretary of state and the director of the office of legislative services that certain states have terminated or have authorized termination of their participation in the regional greenhouse gas initiative; see also paragraph I set out above.]
I. Develop a trading and banking program to provide appropriate compliance flexibility in meeting the emission caps established under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 125-O:3, III, and to encourage earlier and greater emissions reductions and the development of new emission control technologies in order to maximize the cost-effectiveness with which the environmental benefits of this chapter are achieved.
II. Propose to the general court for legislative enactment a program to reduce emissions that impair visibility in mandatory Class I Federal Areas, including the Great Gulf Wilderness Area and the Presidential-Dry River Wilderness, if evaluation and assessment of the program established under 125-O:6, I reveals after its implementation that further reductions of emissions that impair visibility are necessary. Any program proposed under this paragraph shall be at least as stringent as that specified in the Clean Air Act, amendments thereto, and regulations promulgated thereunder.
III. Propose to the general court for legislative enactment appropriate processes to encourage pollution prevention, energy efficiency, and other methods to cost-effectively achieve emissions reductions.