2016 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title X - PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 146-A - OIL DISCHARGE OR SPILLAGE IN SURFACE WATER OR GROUNDWATER
Section 146-A:19 - Elimination of Gasoline Ethers and Tertiary Butyl Alcohol from Gasoline Supplies.

    146-A:19 Elimination of Gasoline Ethers and Tertiary Butyl Alcohol from Gasoline Supplies. –
    I. No person, as defined in RSA 146-A:2, VI, shall sell, deliver for sale, import, or cause to be imported into the state for sale any neat gasoline ethers or gasoline containing MtBE, other gasoline ethers, or tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) in quantities greater than 1/2 of one percent by volume. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to prohibit the transshipment of MtBE, other gasoline ethers, or TBA content fuel through the state for disposition outside of the state including storage coincident to such shipment.
    II. Any person who violates paragraph I shall be subject to administrative fines not to exceed $2,000 for each violation issued by the department of environmental services and civil penalties not to exceed $60,000 for each violation. Each day of a continuing violation shall constitute a separate violation. In addition to civil penalties, the attorney general may institute such legal or equitable action as he or she deems necessary, including an action for injunctive relief.

Source. 2015, 142:1, eff. July 1, 2015.