Bill Text - HB27 (2011)

Relative to de minimis impact work in designated rivers.


Revision: Dec. 30, 2010, midnight

HB 27 – AS INTRODUCED

2011 SESSION

11-0430

06/05

HOUSE BILL 27

AN ACT relative to de minimis impact work in designated rivers.

SPONSORS: Rep. Kappler, Rock 2; Rep. L. Vita, Straf 3; Rep. C. Vita, Straf 3; Rep. Spang, Straf 7

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

ANALYSIS

This bill permits the commissioner of the department of environmental services to approve de minimis impact work to restore channel geomorphic characteristics.

This bill is a request of the department of environmental services.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11-0430

06/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to de minimis impact work in designated rivers.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Natural Rivers Protection. RSA 483:9, III(b) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

(b) Permanent channel alterations to restore the channel’s geomorphic characteristics, which have only de minimis impact, and are made in conjunction with the repair or maintenance of a bridge, road, or riprap which is in place at the time a river or segment is designated.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.