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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 146-A:17

  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
Any person who is determined to be strictly liable for discharge or spillage of oil and who willfully fails to comply with a department order requiring investigation, containment, cleanup, removal, remedial measures, or corrective measures, shall be liable to the state in double the amount of cost recoverable funds expended by the state in undertaking investigative, remedial, or corrective action.