Whoever pushes over, cuts, saws, or operates on or causes to be pushed over, cut, sawed, or operated on any timber, brush, lumber, or wood shall dispose of the slash and mill residue caused by such action so that slash and mill residue shall not remain:
I. In any stream, river, or brook which normally flows throughout the year or in any other standing body of water, public highway, or active railroad bed.
II. On the property of another, or in a cemetery.
III. Within 25 feet of land of another, or fourth order stream.
IV. Within 50 feet of any great pond, any standing body of water 10 acres or more in area, public highway, or active railroad bed.
V. Within 100 feet of any occupied structure as defined in RSA 635:1, III, including all barns, sheds, and other storage buildings, except a temporary lumber camp.
VI. Disposal of slash and mill residue shall be in such manner that it is disposed of within the area between 50 feet and 150 feet of any great pond, standing body of water 10 acres or more in area, or public highway so it lies on the ground and no part of the slash or residue extends more than 4 feet above the ground.
VII. If more than one of the limitations in paragraphs I-VI on the disposal of slash and mill residue shall be applicable, the most restrictive shall control.
VIII. Any person who pushes over, cuts, saws, or operates on or who causes to be pushed over, cut, sawed, or operated on any such timber, brush, lumber or wood, or any owner of land where cutting is done, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for each 200 linear feet or fraction thereof of property boundaries, water frontage, public highway, and railroad frontage from which the slash and mill residue is not properly removed or disposed of as provided under RSA 227-J:10, I-VII, within 30 days after such cutting unless an extension is approved by the director. If the person refuses or neglects to properly remove or dispose of the slash or mill residue within the time prescribed, the person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor as provided in this paragraph for each subsequent 30-day period of refusal or neglect to so remove or dispose of such slash or mill residue.
Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.