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 527 - PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
Section Env-Wt 527.02 - Approval Criteria for Public Highway Projects

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Env-Wt 527.02

Current through Register No. 13, March 27, 2025

In addition to meeting applicable standards established in other chapters of subtitle Env-Wt, the department shall not approve an application for a public highway project unless the following criteria are met, subject to the rebuttable presumption in RSA 482-A:3, I-a that for applications "proposed, sponsored, or administered by the department of transportation", NH DOT "has exercised appropriate engineering judgment in the project's design":

(a) The project meets the design criteria specified in Env-Wt 527.04;

(b) The project is consistent with RSA 482-A:1, RSA 483, RSA 483-B, RSA 485-A, and RSA 212-A;

(c) The purpose of the project is to improve or maintain public safety, consistent with federal and state safety standards;

(d) The project will not cause displacement of flood storage wetlands or cause diversion of stream flow impacting abutting landowner property; and

(e) For a project in the 100-year floodplain, the project will not increase flood stages off-site.

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