Section 487:38 – Volunteer River Assessment Program Established.
487:38 Volunteer River Assessment Program Established. – There is established within the department of environmental services the New Hampshire volunteer river assessment program to provide: I. Water quality and related environmental data to the state and federal governments to define water quality trends; II. Data for river protection, management, and restoration programs; III. Information […]
Section 487:39 – Purpose.
487:39 Purpose. – The general court finds that landscape changes and recreational and other uses of rivers and their watersheds have placed increasing stress upon the state’s rivers, posing a threat to water quality and the continued support of designated uses. The general court recognizes the need for adequate data to identify the status […]
Section 487:40 – Duties of the Department.
487:40 Duties of the Department. – To the extent that funds are available, the department shall: I. Assist volunteer organizations in monitoring the water quality of rivers and streams; II. Provide technical assistance to local river management advisory committees, watershed organizations, municipalities, educational facilities, and the general public for the purpose of monitoring river […]
Section 487:41 – Volunteer River Assessment Program Coordinator.
487:41 Volunteer River Assessment Program Coordinator. – There is established in the department of environmental services a state volunteer river assessment program coordinator who shall be a classified employee qualified by reason of education and experience and who shall administer the New Hampshire volunteer river assessment program. Source. 2009, 201:18, eff. July 15, 2009.
Section 487:42 – Acceptance and Expenditure of Funds.
487:42 Acceptance and Expenditure of Funds. – The commissioner may apply for and accept gifts, donations of money, federal, municipal, or private grants, or other funds or incentives from any source. The funds accepted under this section shall be paid into the rivers management and protection fund established under RSA 483:13. The commissioner may […]
Section 487:43 – Aquatic Invasive Species Decal.
487:43 Aquatic Invasive Species Decal. – I. No person shall operate a powerboat registered in another state on New Hampshire public waters without displaying a New Hampshire aquatic invasive species decal from the department of environmental services. II. Boats operating on interstate waters shared with the state of Maine shall be exempt from the […]
Section 487:36 – Definitions.
487:36 Definitions. – In this subdivision: I. " Commissioner " means the commissioner of the department of environmental services. II. " Coastal waters " means surface waters of the state, as defined in RSA 485-A:2, XIV, that are subject to the influence of the tides. III. " Department " means the department of environmental […]
Section 487:37 – Healthy Tidal Waters and Shellfish Protection Fund Established.
487:37 Healthy Tidal Waters and Shellfish Protection Fund Established. – I. A special healthy tidal waters and shellfish protection fund is established for exclusive use by the department to accomplish the purposes of this subdivision. This fund shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated to the department for the purposes of this subdivision. II. The […]
Section 487:37-a – Lease of State-Owned Land for Shellfish Restoration.
487:37-a Lease of State-Owned Land for Shellfish Restoration. – I. The commissioner, jointly with the executive director of the fish and game department, shall make recommendations pursuant to RSA 4:40 concerning the leasing of state-owned submerged lands in the Great Bay estuary for the purpose of shellfish restoration. II. Leases granted under this section […]
Section 487:26 – Grant Program Established.
487:26 Grant Program Established. – There is hereby established a grant program to be administered by the department of environmental services for the allocation of money to state agencies, non-profit organizations, and municipalities or political subdivisions of the state which seek to administer a milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program, and to […]