New Hampshire § 149-M-62 - Section 149-M:62 Regulation of Advanced Recycling.

§ 149-M-62. Section 149-M:62 Regulation of Advanced Recycling.

I. The department shall regulate advanced recycling facilities as manufacturing facilities. An advanced recycling facility and the products and by-products of advanced recycling shall be subject to applicable statutes and departmental rules relative to air, water, waste, and land use. The department may enter and inspect any advanced recycling facility to determine whether storage of materials prior to advanced recycling is a nuisance or poses a threat to the environment. The department may utilize its enforcement authorities under RSA 149-M:15 to require abatement of the nuisance or threat if found. The department may enter and inspect any advanced recycling facility to ensure compliance with all applicable statutes and departmental rules relative to air, water, waste, and land use and take any enforcement actions necessary. II. Products of advanced recycling shall not be considered "waste-derived products" or "refuse-derived fuel" and shall not be subject to the provisions of this chapter and rules created under its authority relating to waste-derived products and refuse-derived fuel, including but limited to the certification provisions of department of environmental services rule Env-Sw 1500. III. Advanced recycling facilities shall give priority to utilizing post-use polymers and recovered feedstocks generated within the state.