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Archive 2007

| December 2007 | November 2007 | October 2007 | September 2007 | August 2007 | July 2007 | June 2007| May 2007 | April 2007 | March 2007 | February 2007 | January 2007 |

Dec-2007
Dec-21-2007	New Hampshire Brownfields Program Accepting Brownfields Cleanup Grant applications
Dec-20-2007	State Receives Federal Help to Protect Water Resources
Dec-20-2007	Department of Justice Venture Construction-Inc.-agrees to pay $157,500 cash penalty for alleged violations of the hazardous waste storage laws at its facility in Pembroke-New Hampshire
Dec-19-2007	State Launches Aspiring Leaders Program
Dec-17-2007	Town of Seabrook Agrees to Pay $2,000 for Open Burning Violations
Dec-13-2007	Media Advisory Governor Lynch and DES Commissioner Burack Launch Aspiring Leaders Program
Dec-12-2007	Members of United Kingdom Parliament Visit New Hampshire
Dec-10-2007	DES and NH Rivers Council Sign Partnership Agreement
Dec-7-2007	Department of Justice Paul G. Blouin of Hooksett agrees to $150,000 penalty for alleged violations of terrain alteration and wetland laws in Unity-New Hampshire
Dec-6-2007	Office of the Governor Governor Lynch Announces Members of Climate Change Task Force
Dec-5-2007	New Audio Clip/Podcast Feature on DES Web site Listen and download DES Public Service Announcements-Commissioner Messages and Opinion Editorials
Dec-3-2007	Lincoln-NH Partners with EPA's WaterSense Program
Dec-3-2007	New Hampshire Coastal Program Accepting Grant Applications
Dec-3-2007	Independent Evaluation of Recent Flooding in New Hampshire

Nov-2007
Nov-28-2007	Department of Justice New Hampshire Joins Lawsuit To Strengthen Toxics Reporting
Nov-20-2007	Department of Justice Timken Aerospace to pay $154,000 Penalty For Violating State Air Pollution Control Requirements
Nov-19-2007	Opinion/Editorial Liberty Hill remedy will be protective of human health and the environment
Nov-5-2007	DES and NH Association of Conservation Commissions Sign Partnership Agreement

Oct-2007
Oct-29-2007	Draft Total Maximum Daily Load Studies For Chlorides in Waterbodies in the Vicinity of the I-93 Corridor from Massachusetts to Manchester-NH Available for Public Comment
Oct-25-2007	Lincoln Brownfields "Success Story" Celebrated
Oct-24-2007	Office of the Governor Gov. Lynch-Northeast Governors Call On EPA For Stronger Mercury Controls
Oct-18-2007	Media Advisory Lincoln Brownfields "Success Story" Event
Oct-15-2007	Commissioner Burack Recognizes Honorable Mention Winners of 2007 Governor’s Award for Pollution Prevention
Oct-15-2007	Attend the 2007 Watershed Conference
Oct-11-2007	US Environmental Protection Agency Energy Efficient Lights Lower Utility Costs for Nashua Seniors
Oct-10-2007	DES Partners with Shaw's to Clarify Fish Consumption Message
Oct-9-2007	Department of Justice New Hampshire Joins Largest Clean Air Settlement
Oct-8-2007	No Health Risk From Exposure to Debris From Mohawk Tannery Fire
Oct-8-2007	Media Advisory DES and Shaw's Supermarket to Unveil "Fish is an Important Part of a Healthy Diet" Poster
Oct-8-2007	Media Advisory DES Commissioner and Executive Councilor Ray Burton Tour to Stop in Sunapee-Newport and Claremont
Oct-7-2007	DES and EPA Respond to Mohawk Tannery Fire in Nashua
Oct-3-2007	Governor Lynch and Executive Council Proclaim October 3rd ‘ENERGY STAR Change a Light-Change the World Day’
Oct-3-2007	NH Coastal Program Grant Helps Fund Hampton Falls Project
Oct-2-2007	2006 Recycling Rates for NH Municipalities

Sep-2007
Sep-28-2007	Department of Justice Homeowners Must Remove Part of Building After Violating State Laws
Sep-27-2007	Public Information Meeting DES to Provide Update on Invasive Alga in the Connecticut Riv
Sep-26-2007	Source to Sea Cleanup Volunteers sought for Sep-29th
Sep-25-2007	New Hampshire State Geologist to Testify on Geothermal Research
Sep-24-2007	5th Annual AltWheels Festival
Sep-24-2007	Media Advisory Make a Splash Water Education Event
Sep-21-2007	Governor Lynch Recognizes Winners of 2007 Governor’s Award for Pollution Prevention
Sep-19-2007	Gulf of Maine Council Presents Visionaries Awards
Sep-18-2007	Area Stores and Public Invited to Seabrook Cains Brook and Ponds Cleanup Meeting
Sep-17-2007	DES Wins the 2007 National Most Valuable Pollution Prevention Award
Sep-17-2007	Governor Lynch to Present 2007 Governor’s Award for Pollution Prevention
Sep-12-2007	Annual Coastal Cleanup Welcomes Everyone
Sep-12-2007	Volunteers Needed for I-93 Focus Group
Sep-4-2007	State Announces Its 2007 Fall Drawdown of Lakes

Aug-2007
Aug-31-2007	State Posts Cyanobacteria Advisory for Baboosic Lake-Amherst
Aug-30-2007	State Posts Cyanobacteria Advisory for Forest Lake-Winchester
Aug-24-2007	State Posts Cyanobacteria Advisory for Horace Lake-Weare
Aug-24-2007	State Declares Air Quality Action Day
Aug-24-2007	Coastal Beaches Have a Banner Year
Aug-15-2007	DES Selects CEI of Merrimack to Help With State Water Resources Plan
Aug-10-2007	Acton Wakefield Watersheds Alliance (AWWA) Hosts the Youth Conservation Corps’ Lake Tour of Restoration Projects
Aug-10-2007	State Awards Grants to Assist in Landfill Closures
Aug-8-2007	State Posts Cyanobacteria Advisory for Keyser Pond-Henniker
Aug-6-2007	Department of Justice Defendants Agree to $80,000 Penalty for Alleged Violations of Terrain Alteration and Wetland Laws
Aug-6-2007	Advisory Committee to revise the New Hampshire Source Water Protection Strategy
Aug-6-2007	Statement by Department of Environmental Services on the pending enforcement case against William L. Brouck-of Kingston-New Hampshire
Aug-2-2007	State Declares Air Quality Action Day
Aug-1-2007	State Posts Cyanobacteria Advisory for French Pond-Henniker

Jul-2007
Jul-31-2007	US Environmental Protection Agency New Hampshire Receives $150,000 from EPA Brownfields Grants
Jul-27-2007	State Posts Cyanobacteria Advisory for Sondogardy Pond-Northfield
Jul-27-2007	State Declares Air Quality Action Day
Jul-27-2007	"Rock Snot" Campaign Intensifies
Jul-26-2007	State Posts Cyanobacteria Advisory for Granite Lake-Nelson
Jul-25-2007	Media Advisory "Rock Snot" Campaign Intensifies
Jul-24-2007	State Posts Cyanobacteria Advisory for Country Pond-Newton
Jul-23-2007	Agreement Between State of New Hampshire and Town of New London
Jul-19-2007	State Posts Cyanobacteria Advisory for Showell Pond-Sandown
Jul-19-2007	Public Informational Meeting Suncook River Geomorphology-based Alternatives Study
Jul-17-2007	Toxic heavy metals found in packaging in violation of state laws
Jul-12-2007	State Posts Cyanobacteria Advisory for Willand Pond-Somersworth
Jul-11-2007	Invasive Algae Threatens New Hampshire’s Rivers and Streams
Jul-10-2007	State Declares Air Quality Action Day
Jul-3-2007	Clean Beaches Week is Underway

Jun-2007
Jun-28-2007	Office of Senator Judd Gregg Gregg Announces Senate Appropriations Committee Support for Two New Hampshire Lake Preservation Projects
Jun-26-2007	State Declares Air Quality Action Day
Jun-22-2007	What the heck join the Secchi Dip-in
Jun-19-2007	NH Fish and Game Department Atlantic Coast Shellfishing Closed Because of "Red Tide"
Jun-14-2007	State Ban on Disposal of TVs and Computer Monitors in Landfills and Incinerators Goes Into Effect July 1-2007
Jun-13-2007	Mike Wimsatt Confirmed as Waste Management Division Director
Jun-12-2007	Press Conference Today! Improper Hazardous Waste Disposal by DOT
Jun-11-2007	New Air Quality Notification System Now Available

May-2007
May-31-2007	DES Partners with EPA’s WaterSense Program
May-30-2007	NHDES Thanks Estuaries Project for Equipment Donation to Volunteer Monitoring Groups
May-25-2007	State Declares Air Quality Action Day
May-14-2007	DES to Discuss Proposed Legislation to Change the Comprehensive Shoreland Protection Act
May-14-2007	Exeter River Study on Course
May-9-2007	Town Celebrates River and the Return of the Alewife
May-9-2007	Construction and Demolition Debris Task Force Created
May-9-2007	Media Advisory Clean Water Week Celebration
May-3-2007	NH Drinking Water Week Proclaimed for May-6-12
May-2-2007	Workshop Offered for Volunteers Interested in Lake Monitoring

Apr-2007
Apr-26-2007	Air Quality Awareness Week
Apr-17-2007	Flood-Related Public Service Announcements "Flood Water" "Dealing with Mold" "Carbon Monoxide" "Household Hazardous Waste" "Asbestos"
Apr-17-2007	Environmental Services Urges Safety of Drinking Water in Flooded Areas
Apr-16-2007	State Issues Bacteria Warning For Coastal Beaches
Apr-11-2007	Settlement with Waste Management paying for Dover Arena Energy Efficiency Upgrades
Apr-11-2007	Northeast States Develop Plan Aimed at Lowering Mercury Levels in Fish
Apr-10-2007	Media Advisory Lincoln Brownfields "Success Story" Sign Unveiling
Apr-6-2007	NHDES Recognizes Kendal at Hanover For Its Safety and Health Programs
Apr-5-2007	NHDES to Oversee Taylor River Fish Sampling Effort
Apr-3-2007	Public Meeting Notice NHDES and US Army Corps of Engineers to Host Public Meeting Regarding the Proposed Reissuance Of The Department of the Army New Hampshire Programmatic General Permit
Apr-3-2007	DES to Host Public Availability Session Regarding Liberty Hill Road in Gilford
Apr-2-2007	Opinion/Editorial "Climate change gives new mission to Earth Day" Thomas S. Burack – Department of Environmental Services Commissioner

Mar-2007
Mar-30-2007	2007 Training Workshops Offered for Volunteers Interested in River Monitoring
Mar-28-2007	DES Clarifies Community Chemical Release Data
Mar-27-2007	DES to Lower Opechee Lake in Laconia
Mar-26-2007	DES Wants to Know About Your Earth Day Events
Mar-19-2007	Lyme’s Pay-As-You-Throw Solid Waste Disposal Program Generates Remarkable Increase in Recycling
Mar-15-2007	DES Awards Grants to Protect Land Near Drinking Water Sources
Mar-12-2007	DES Encourages Measures to Protect Groundwater
Mar-8-2007	DES Releases Public Health Assessment for Ambient Air Quality in Suncook Village
Mar-5-2007	Public Health Assessment of Ambient Air Quality in Suncook Village
Mar-1-2007	DES to Provide One More Auto Salvage Yard Training Workshop for Municipalities

Feb-2007
Feb-27-2007	2006 Volunteer River Assessment Program Reports Now Available Online
Feb-27-2007	Public Meeting March 8 in Alstead DES to Discuss Restoration Plan for Cold River-Bowers Brook and Warren Brook
Feb-26-2007	Department of Justice Plea of Samuel E. Rosario Moreta (D.O.B. 7/9/1959) to Tampering with Public or Private Records
Feb-26-2007	Public Meeting Announcement Former Chlor-Alkali Facility Superfund Site in Berlin
Feb-9-2007	DES Grant Benefits Wason Pond in Chester
Feb-6-2007	Public Meeting Announcement Liberty Hill Road Site-Gilford-NH
Feb-2-2007	Pay-As-You-Throw Helps Increase Recycling Rates
Feb-2-2007	DES Announces New Pet Waste Outreach Grant and Workshop
Feb-1-2007	DES Revokes License of Asbestos Abatement Contractor
Feb-1-2007	New Hampshire Celebrates Release of Gulf of Maine Council 2007-2012 Action Plan

Jan-2007
Jan-31-2007	DES Recognizes Dick’s Truck Sales for Environmental Achievement
Jan-29-2007	Opinion Editorial MTBE Ban is Good News For Environment NHDES Commissioner Thomas Burack
Jan-26-2007	Apply for the 2007 Governor’s Award for Pollution Prevention
Jan-25-2007	Fish & Game Department Additional Shellfishing Areas Opened in Hampton/Seabrook Harbor
Jan-22-2007	Public Service Announcement "Carbon Monoxide"
Jan-19-2007	DES to Provide Salvage Yard Enforcement Training for Municipalities
Jan-17-2007	EPA/DES Clean up Work Completed at New Hampshire Plating Superfund Site in Merrimack
Jan-17-2007	The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services funds effort to update the 2001 Ashuelot River Corridor Management Plan
Jan-9-2007	Statement from DES Commissioner Thomas Burack and NH Attorney General Kelly Ayotte on a New Scientific Study That Links Mercury Pollution Hotspots to US Coal-Fired Power Plants and Other Sources
Jan-3-2007	National Radon Action Month

 

 

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