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 524 - RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
Section Env-Wt 524.04 - Design Requirements for Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Development Projects
Current through Register No. 13, March 27, 2025
In addition to meeting the applicable design requirements established in Env-Wt 300, a residential, commercial, or industrial development project in non-tidal wetlands shall be designed to meet the following criteria:
(a) The project complies with all applicable requirements of Env-Wt 400, Env-Wt 700, Env-Wt 800, Env-Wt 900, and other applicable project-specific criteria in this chapter;
(b) The project does not use wetlands or surface waters to serve as stormwater or water quality treatment;
(c) The project provides setbacks and water quality protection measures sufficient to protect private and public drinking water supplies, source water protection areas, and fisheries;
(d) The project maintains or restores hydrologic connections to maintain flows necessary to preserve adjacent wetland and riparian functions;
(e) The project maintains existing fishery spawning, feeding, or cover habitat and fish passage necessary to maintain fishery or habitat or populations; and
(f) The project maintains existing wetland-dependent wildlife habitat and its associated migratory pathways, reproductive sites, and associated wetland complex or wetland community system.
