HB451 (2015) Detail

Relative to local approval of mining permits.


CHAPTER 193

HB 451 – FINAL VERSION

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2015 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 451

AN ACT relative to local approval of mining permits.

SPONSORS: Rep. Sterling, Ches 14; Rep. Hunt, Ches 11

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill requires certain exempt mining activities to receive local approval for such activities.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

4Mar2015… 0435h

05/21/2015 1735s

15-0269

08/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

AN ACT relative to local approval of mining permits.

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

193:1 Mining Permit Exemptions; Local Approval of Permits. Amend RSA 12-E:1, IX(a) to read as follows:

(a) Mining activities for which the permit site would be 5 acres or less and would result in less than 2,000 cubic yards per year excavated; provided, however, that all mineral dredging activity in any waters of the state of New Hampshire, unless classified as small motor mineral dredging pursuant to RSA 482-A:3, XI, and all solution mining activity shall, regardless of the size of the area involved, be subject to the permit requirement and other conditions set forth in this chapter. Mining activities exempt under this subparagraph shall be subject to local ordinances, including site plan review under RSA 674.

193:2 New Paragraph; Mining Permit; Local Approval. Amend RSA 12-E:4 by inserting after paragraph X the following new paragraph:

XI. Mining activities exempt from departmental permitting by RSA 12-E:1, IX(a) shall be subject to local ordinances, including site plan review under RSA 674.

193:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: July 6, 2015

Effective Date: September 4, 2015