RSA 485-A:58 Establishment and Implementation of Cyanobacteria Mitigation Loan Program.

I. There is established in the department of environmental services the cyanobacteria mitigation loan program. The program shall provide low interest loans to:
(a) Municipalities, community water systems and non-profit lake and river watershed associations whose testing shows confirmed and chronic exceedances of the state health advisory for cyanobacteria, for remediation efforts begun after September 30, 2023.
(b) Publicly-owned and non-profit lake or river watershed associations that have a watershed management plan which specifies sources of phosphorus loading approved by the department of environmental services.
II. Projects shall only be financed after the applicant's proposed mitigation plan or watershed management plan demonstrates that such plan is the most