N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-Wt 521.02

Current through Register No. 25, June 20, 2024

Section Env-Wt 521.02 - Utility Project Criteria for Approval

(a) Work may be done under utility SPN only if:

(1) The project meets the minimum impact criteria in Env-Wt 521.06(a);

(2) The project has only:

a. Temporary impacts associated with inspections, maintenance, and repair of existing utility assets and rights of way; and

b. Less than 3,000 SF of permanent impacts for replacement of utility assets; and

(3) The project proponent agrees to follow the Utility BMPs, available as noted in Appendix B.

(b) Work shall not be done under a utility SPN if the project:

(1) Establishes one or more new permanent access roads in jurisdictional areas;

(2) Installs one or more permanent crossings of streams or wetlands, or both;

(3) Constructs one or more new utility corridors or rights-of-way;

(4) Installs new utility assets within existing utility corridors or rights-of-way;

(5) Does not meet the standard conditions in Env-Wt 307; or

(6) Otherwise exceeds the minimum impact criteria.

N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-Wt 521.02

Derived from Volume XXXIX Number 28, Filed July 11, 2019, Proposed by #12805, Effective 12/15/2019, Expires 12/15/2029.