New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Env - Department of Environmental Services
Subtitle Env-Wt - Wetlands Programs
Chapter Env-Wt 700 - PRIME WETLANDS
Part Env-Wt 706 - WAIVERS FOR ACTIVITIES IN PRIME WETLANDS/BUFFERS
Section Env-Wt 706.04 - Requirements for Waiver Requests for Other Activities in Buffers

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Env-Wt 706.04

Current through Register No. 13, March 27, 2025

(a) The applicant for a waiver under Env-Wt 706.01(b) shall submit a request for a waiver to the department at the same time the applicant submits the notification for an SPN or application for a PBN, EXP, or standard permit, as applicable, by submitting a completed Prime Wetlands Waiver Forestry & Other Activities, NHDES-W-06-088, dated May 2020.

(b) The waiver request shall include the following:

(1) A sketch of the property depicting the best approximate location of the duly-established 100-foot buffer in which work is proposed and the location of proposed work, including access roads;

(2) A written description of the work to be performed;

(3) A list of the prime wetlands values identified by the municipality when the prime wetlands associated with the buffer was designated;

(4) Such information as is required to demonstrate that there will be no significant net loss of wetlands values identified by the municipality when the prime wetlands was designated; and

(5) As authorized by RSA 482-A:11, IV(b)(4)(B), a filing fee of:

a. $200 for projects that would otherwise qualify as a minimum impact project if it was not located in a designated prime wetlands buffer;

b. $500 for projects that do not qualify under a., above, and are not major projects; and

c. $1,250 for major projects.

(1) At the time the applicant submits the waiver request to the department, the applicant also shall notify, by certified mail, the local governing body, the planning board, if any, and the conservation commission, if any, of the municipalities in which the waiver is being sought that the waiver is being requested; and

(2) If the buffer associated with the application extends onto an abutting property, the property owner requesting the waiver shall provide notice that the waiver is being requested to the owner of that abutting property.

(d) The applicant shall send the notice required by (c)(2), above, by certified mail.

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