New Hampshire Revised Statutes 485-A:58 – Establishment and Implementation of Cyanobacteria Mitigation Loan Program
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I. There is established in the department of environmental services the cyanobacteria mitigation loan program. The program shall provide low interest loans to:
(a) Municipalities, community water systems and non-profit lake and river watershed associations whose testing shows confirmed and chronic exceedances of the state health advisory for cyanobacteria, for remediation efforts begun after September 30, 2023.
(b) Publicly-owned and non-profit lake or river watershed associations that have a watershed management plan which specifies sources of phosphorus loading approved by the department of environmental services.
II. Projects shall only be financed after the applicant’s proposed mitigation plan or watershed management plan demonstrates that such plan is the most cost-effective solution, as reviewed and approved by the department of environmental services. The applicant shall provide evidence in the application for funding that there are no no-cost or low-cost efforts that would result in a substantial decrease in external phosphorus loading. The applicant shall also show that there is no responsible party identified by department of environmental services or that the responsible party, potentially including the applicant, has provided their appropriate share of the funding for the proposed project.
III. Loans or grants may be made for up to the total cost of the project, after any responsible party’s contribution, addressing the contamination.
IV. The cyanobacteria mitigation program shall forgive up to 10 percent of the loan principal to community water systems, publicly owned or non-profit lake or river watershed associations using the same qualifying standards for forgiveness used in the drinking water state revolving loan program established under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 486:14.
V. Total loan forgiveness under this section shall not exceed $1,000,000 in a fiscal year.
(a) Municipalities, community water systems and non-profit lake and river watershed associations whose testing shows confirmed and chronic exceedances of the state health advisory for cyanobacteria, for remediation efforts begun after September 30, 2023.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 485-A:58
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- 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
(b) Publicly-owned and non-profit lake or river watershed associations that have a watershed management plan which specifies sources of phosphorus loading approved by the department of environmental services.
II. Projects shall only be financed after the applicant’s proposed mitigation plan or watershed management plan demonstrates that such plan is the most cost-effective solution, as reviewed and approved by the department of environmental services. The applicant shall provide evidence in the application for funding that there are no no-cost or low-cost efforts that would result in a substantial decrease in external phosphorus loading. The applicant shall also show that there is no responsible party identified by department of environmental services or that the responsible party, potentially including the applicant, has provided their appropriate share of the funding for the proposed project.
III. Loans or grants may be made for up to the total cost of the project, after any responsible party’s contribution, addressing the contamination.
IV. The cyanobacteria mitigation program shall forgive up to 10 percent of the loan principal to community water systems, publicly owned or non-profit lake or river watershed associations using the same qualifying standards for forgiveness used in the drinking water state revolving loan program established under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 486:14.
V. Total loan forgiveness under this section shall not exceed $1,000,000 in a fiscal year.