Section Env-Wq 1708.06 - Protection of Water Quality in High Quality Waters(a) Subject to (b) through (d), below, high quality waters shall be maintained and protected.(b) The department shall evaluate and authorize insignificant changes in water quality as specified in Env-Wq 1708.09.(c) The department shall allow degradation of significant increments of water quality, as determined in accordance with Env-Wq 1708.09, in high quality waters only if the applicant can demonstrate to the department, in accordance with Env-Wq 1708.10, that allowing the water quality degradation is necessary to accommodate important economic or social development in the area in which the receiving waters are located.(d) If the waterbody is class A water, the requirements of Env-Wq 1708.05 also shall apply.N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-Wq 1708.06
(See Revision Note #1 at chapter heading for Env-Wq 1700) #7151, eff 12-10-99; ss by #9034, INTERIM, eff 12-10-07; ss by #9162, eff 5-21-08 (See Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Env-Wq 1700)
Amended by Volume XXXVI Number 49, Filed December 8, 2016, Proposed by #12042, Effective 12/1/2016, Expires 12/1/2026.