and NH DES Commissioner Robert Scott Welcome, Introduction & - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

EBC New Hampshire Update from U.S. EPA Regional Administrator Alexandra Dunn and NH DES Commissioner Robert Scott

Welcome, Introduction & Overview Robert Varney Chair, EBC New Hampshire Chapter President, Normandeau Associates, Inc. Environmental Business Council of New England Energy Environment Economy

Welcome to Sheehan Phinney Lynn J. Preston Chair, Environmental and Energy Practice Group Sheehan Phinney Environmental Business Council of New England Energy Environment Economy

Update from the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Robert Scott Commissioner Department of Environmental Services State of New Hampshire Environmental Business Council of New England Energy Environment Economy

NHDES Update for the Environmental Business Council New England/New Hampshire Chapter July 12, 2018

NHDES Organization Chart Bob Scott, Commissioner Air Resources Water Division Commissioner’s Office Waste Management Vacant, Clark Freise, Craig Wright, Mike Wimsatt, Director Director Directo r Ass’t Commissioner

Priorities/concerns • Water contamination o Science based standards • Infrastructure • Agency management • Waste management

Water Contamination • Per- and Polyfluoro Alkylated Substances (PFAS) o Air deposition o HB 1101/SB 309  Toxicologist and Health Risk Assessor • 1,4 Dioxane • Arsenic

Per- and Polyfluoro Alkylated Substances (PFAS) • Heightened public concerns about contamination • Risk communication challenge 9

Site PFAS Screening • ~300 State-listed hazardous waste sites - RP/PRP’s have been requested by NHDES to conduct initial PFAS screening. • ~20 NPL sites NHDES is working with both RPs and EPA to perform initial PFAS screening. • ~180 landfills (active/closed) that were required by NHDES to perform initial PFAS screening. • To date, NHDES HWRB is managing ~161 sites that have reported PFAS detects. - 99 State/NPL sites that have reported detections. - 62 landfill sites that have reported detections. • Petroleum sites have just begun performing initial PFAS screening

DWGW Trust Fund Source Water Protection/Other • Portsmouth Source Water Protection Project • Source water protection preserves drinking water sources • Reduces water treatment costs • Statewide Drinking Water Quality Sampling Project • Data on overall drinking water quality, naturally occurring, and emerging contaminants (background, prevalence)

Infrastructure Budget • CWSRF o $16 million • DWSRF o $11.1 million • DWGW Trust Fund • Dam maintenance o $4.6 million

DWGW Trust Fund Advisory Commission Update • Available from Trust Fund: $278 million • Advisory Commission Approved Projects from Nov 2017 • Grants: 9 projects, $11,330,00 • Loans: 11 projects, $23,174,700 • Source water protection/other: 2 projects, $700K • Approved Projects include • Lead (Colebrook and Northumberland) • 1,4-dioxane (North Walpole) • MtBE (Dover and Lee Traffic Circle) • PFCs (Coakley, Dover and Pennichuck) • Disinfection Byproducts (Bethlehem) • Sanitary/Wellhead Issues (Whitefield) • PFCs (Amherst) $5 million TCI loan (SB57)

DWGW Trust Fund Source Water Protection/Other • Portsmouth Source Water Protection Project o Source water protection preserves drinking water sources o Reduces water treatment costs • Statewide Drinking Water Quality Sampling Project o Data on overall drinking water quality, naturally occurring, and emerging contaminants (background, prevalence)

2018 DWGW Trust Fund Applications • Grant/Loan Applications and Process o Workshop – April 18 th o Pre-applications due June o DWGW TF meeting July 19th o October awards?

2018 DWGW Trust Fund Funding Pre-Applications • $176.5M – Drinking Water Infrastructure Funding Requests (grant & loan) • 88 – Pre-Applications • Example – 19,000 feet of water main extension to address multiple neighborhoods with MtBE contamination or other significant water quality issues • $4.1M – Source Water Protection Land Conservation Requests • 23 – Pre-Applications • Example – add 87 acres to existing 8,000 protected acres for a large water supply serving > 100,000 people

Southern NH Drinking Water Project

Agency Management • Continuous improvement • Wetlands o rules o filled positions o Regulatory reform bill o docks • Air Permitting Fees • Expansion of duties o DWGW Trust Fund, NPDES • Position Vacancies • Water Director • LRM manager

Waste Management • Recycling challenges • Landfills o Turnkey, NCES • Waste-to-energy o Wheelabrator Concord

 China’s National Sword policy has resulted in fewer outlets for certain recyclable commodities – ripple effects nationwide  Glass recycling markets disrupted by closure of glass recycling plant in Milford, MA  Cost of recycling on the rise. NHDES fielding questions from municipalities about alternatives to traditional recycling 20

 Composting  Review & update composting regulations to remove real & perceived impediments to development of composting facilities in NH  Meeting with stakeholder workgroup  Building internal knowledge-base through technical training  Networking with regional/national groups

How is NHDES Doing?

Contact Information Bob Scott, Commissioner 271-2958 Robert.Scott@des.nh.gov NH Department of Environmental Services 29 Hazen Drive 271-3503 www.des.nh.gov

Update from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Alexandra Dapolito Dunn Regional Administrator U.S. EPA Region One Environmental Business Council of New England Energy Environment Economy

Moderated Discussion Moderator: • Robert Varney , Normandeau Associates, Inc. Panelists: • Robert Scott, NH DES • Alexandra Dunn, US EPA • Tom Burack, Sheehan Phinney • Chip Crocetti, Sanborn Head & Associates • Muriel Robinette, GZA Environmental Business Council of New England Energy Environment Economy