New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Env - Department of Environmental Services
Subtitle Env-Wq - Water Quality and Quantity Programs
Chapter Env-Wq 400 - GROUNDWATER PROTECTION
Part Env-Wq 402 - GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE PERMITS AND REGISTRATIONS
Section Env-Wq 402.36 - Discharge Registrations

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Env-Wq 402.36

Current through Register No. 13, March 27, 2025

(a) Within 30 days of receipt of a complete registration application, the department shall grant the registration or, if the activities covered by the application are not consistent with the registration requirements, notify the applicant in writing to apply for a groundwater discharge permit.

(b) The department shall register the discharge if the application demonstrates that the discharge is eligible for registration and is in compliance with Env-Wq 402.04.

(c) Discharges other than those described in the registration shall be prohibited.

(d) The department shall include such conditions in the registration for the registrant to sample or monitor discharged wastewater, groundwater, or soil as are necessary to verify compliance with these rules.

(e) The registrant shall notify the department in writing when the registered discharge has ceased.

(f) If a registrant proposes to abandon an injection well, the registrant shall propose procedures for abandonment in writing to the department with a completed Discharge Well & Floor Drain Pre-Closure Notification Form dated January 2015. The department shall approve the proposed procedures if they:

(1) Are consistent with well-abandonment requirements established under RSA 482-B;

(2) Are adequate to protect human health and the environment;

(3) Demonstrate that the well will be closed in a manner that will not allow the movement of fluids containing any contaminant into the groundwater; and

(4) Demonstrate that any soil, gravel, sludge, or other material(s) removed from and/or adjacent to your discharge well will be disposed of or otherwise managed in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local requirements.

(g) Unless otherwise provided in the registration, the facility owner shall provide a sampling tap suitable for sampling at the point of discharge to the groundwater.

(h) If the department receives information indicating that the discharge is not in compliance with the discharge registration and Env-Wq 402, the registrant shall:

(1) Sample the discharge and provide the analytical results to the department for the parameter(s) requested; and

(2) Make all existing records and other pertinent information concerning the discharge available to the department for review and copying.

(See Revision Note at part heading for Env-Wq 402) #8955, eff 7-26-07

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