HB 141-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0086
08/06
HOUSE BILL 141-FN
AN ACT requiring the department of environmental services to maintain a public registry
of where certain fire suppressants have been used.
SPONSORS: Rep. Rung, Hills. 21; Rep. Edgar, Rock. 21; Rep. Petrigno, Hills. 23; Rep. Meuse,
Rock. 29; Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. Levesque, Straf. 4; Rep. Weston, Graf. 8;
Sen. Sherman, Dist 24
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the department of environmental services to maintain a public registry of
where certain fire suppressants have been used.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
 HB 141-FN - AS INTRODUCED
21-0086
08/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT requiring the department of environmental services to maintain a public registry
of where certain fire suppressants have been used.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 Class B Firefighting Foam Registry. RSA 154:8-b, XI is repealed and reenacted to read as
2 follows:
3 XI.(a) There is established in the department of environmental services a registry for
4 compilation and analysis of information relating to the sites where the class B firefighting foam has
5 been discharged, stored, captured, collected, managed, or disposed of. Such registry shall be
6 available to the public on the department of environmental services' Internet website.
7 (b) Any time a class B firefighting foam to which PFAS chemicals have been
8 intentionally added is discharged, the person or municipality making such discharge shall notify the
9 department of environmental services within 48 hours of such discharge.
10 (c) Persons or municipalities shall notify the department of environmental services of all
11 locations where class B firefighting foam is or has been stored, captured, collected, managed, or
12 disposed of.
13 (d) Within 120 days of the effective date of this paragraph, persons or municipalities
14 shall notify the department of environmental services of any known dates and locations where class
15 B firefighting foam has been discharged in the past.
16 (e) The commissioner of the department of environmental services shall adopt rules
17 pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to the content and design of forms for reporting use of class B
18 firefighting foam. Reports shall include the location, date, time, and volume of the discharge.
19 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
 LBA
21-0086
10/13/20
HB 141-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT requiring the department of environmental services to maintain a public registry
of where certain fire suppressants have been used.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
Estimated Increase / (Decrease)
STATE: FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024
Appropriation $0 $0 $0 $0
Revenue $0 $0 $0 $0
Indeterminable Indeterminable Indeterminable
Expenditures $0
Increase Increase Increase
Funding Source: [ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ ] Other
METHODOLOGY:
This bill requires the Department of Environmental Services to maintain a public registry of
where certain fire suppressants have been used. The Department of Environmental Services
indicates this bill would require it to establish a publicly available registry for compilation and
analysis of information related to the sites where Class B firefighting foam has been discharged,
stored, captured, collected, managed or disposed. The Department would be required to adopt
rules relative to the content and design of forms for reporting use of the firefighting foam. The
Department states an additional 1/2 FTE position of Environmentalist IV will be necessary to
create and maintain reporting forms and develop and maintain the electronic registry. As no
funding is provided for staff time, it is assumed all costs would come from the State General
Fund. The Department estimates the cost of the position will be $51,000 in FY 2022, $52,000 in
FY 2023 and $54,000 in FY 2024. Aside from the necessary position, the State fiscal impact is
indeterminable. There would be no fiscal impact to county and local government. The
Department assumes existing fire department staff in each town would assume responsibility for
reporting Class B foam use to the Department.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Environmental Services


Statutes affected:
latest version: 100-A:22, 100-A:16