New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Env - Department of Environmental Services
Subtitle Env-Wt - Wetlands Programs
Chapter Env-Wt 500 - PROJECT-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
Part Env-Wt 510 - AQUATIC VEGETATION CONTROL
Section Env-Wt 510.02 - Approval Criteria for EAW Control Projects

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Env-Wt 510.02

Current through Register No. 13, March 27, 2025

In addition to meeting the applicable conditions established in Env-Wt 300, and subject to Env-Wt 510.03, the department shall not approve a project to remove or otherwise control EAW unless the following criteria are met:

(a) The project is conducted in accordance with a long-term management plan designed pursuant to Env-Wq 1305.03;

(b) In flowing waters, harvesting is initiated only at the most upstream location of the infestation, where practicable;

(c) The vegetation control is done in a manner that avoids impacts that would be deleterious to fish and wildlife habitat or cause degradation of water quality;

(d) The project:

(1) Minimizes the removal of NAV where such vegetation provides:
a. Spawning, nursery, or nesting habitat for fish, zooplankton, macroinvertebrates, fish, or waterfowl; or

b. Food for zooplankton, macro invertebrates, fish, waterfowl, moose, and other water-dependent species;

(2) Complies with RSA 487:15 through 25, the New Hampshire Clean Lakes Program; and

(3) Uses a construction sequence that minimizes impacts to any adjacent PRAs;

(e) The project is not located in:

(1) A PRA, except as provided in Env-Wt 407; or

(2) A diverse habitat that provides nesting or foraging habitat for fish or wildlife that would be negatively impacted by vegetation removal; and

(f) All vegetation removed will be disposed of outside of jurisdictional areas using an acceptable means of disposal as listed in Env-Wq 1303.06.

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