New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Env - Department of Environmental Services
Subtitle Env-Wq - Water Quality and Quantity Programs
Chapter Env-Wq 1500 - ALTERATION OF TERRAIN
Part Env-Wq 1502 - DEFINITIONS
Section Env-Wq 1502.58 - Significantly alter the characteristics of the terrain
Current through Register No. 13, March 27, 2025
"Significantly alter the characteristics of the terrain" means to undertake any activity anywhere in the state that changes or disturbs the terrain so as to impede the natural runoff or create an unnatural runoff. Examples of activities that significantly alter the characteristics of the terrain include, but are not limited to:
(a) Timber harvesting operations as covered by RSA 485-A:17, IV;
(b) Earth moving activities that result in a temporary or permanent disturbance of an area that, over a 10 year period, cumulatively exceeds 100,000 square feet of contiguous area or cumulatively exceeds 50,000 square feet of contiguous area, as calculated in accordance with Env-Wq 1503.12, if any portion of the disturbance is within the protected shoreland as defined in RSA 483-B; or
(c) Earth moving activities within the protected shoreland, as defined in RSA 483-B, that result in a temporary or permanent disturbance of an area that:
(See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for Env-Wq 1500) #9343, eff 1-1-09