Section Agr 705.02 - Land Evaluation(a) Each application filed pursuant to Agr 702.01, shall be evaluated to determine the potential suitability of the soils for agricultural production.(b) The New Hampshire Soil Potential Index (SPI) developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service shall be used. The commissioner hereby adopts as a rule the Soil Potential Index for Current Use Assessment of Farmland in New Hampshire, published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, New Hampshire Natural Resources Conservation Service, Dover, NH, dated 2000, available as indicated in Appendix II.(c) The extent of each soil map unit on the subject property shall be measured and the acreage multiplied by the SPI for that soil.(d) The resultant values shall be totaled and divided by the total acreage of the application. (e) The value calculated in (d) above shall be the average SPI for the entire parcel. The average SPI for the parcel shall be multiplied by 0.3 and the product rounded to the nearest whole number, which shall be the number of points assigned to the application under this section.(f) The maximum possible score for this section shall be 30.N.H. Admin. Code § Agr 705.02
#1601, eff 7/1/1980; ss by # 2237, eff 1/1/1983; ss by #2887, eff 10/22/1984; ss by #4098, eff 7/22/1986, EXPIRED: 7/22/1992; #7463, eff 3/21/2001, EXPIRED: 3/21/2009.Amended by Number 50, Filed December 14, 2023, Proposed by #13804, Effective 11/9/2023, Expires 11/9/2033 (see Revision Note at chapter heading for Agr 700).Amended by Number 15, Filed April 11, 2024, Proposed by #13910, Effective 3/21/2024, Expires 3/21/2034 (see Revision Note at chapter heading for Agr 700).