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New Hampshire Administrative Code
Title Env - Department of Environmental ServicesSubtitle Env-Wt - Wetlands ProgramsChapter Env-Wt 600 - COASTAL LANDS AND TIDAL WATERS/WETLANDS
Part Env-Wt 602 - DEFINITIONS
Section Env-Wt 602.23 - Highest observable tide line (HOTL)

N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-Wt 602.23

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Current through Register No. 25, June 20, 2024
Section Env-Wt 602.23 - Highest observable tide line (HOTL)

"Highest observable tide line (HOTL)" means a line defining the farthest landward limit of tidal flow, not including storm events, that can be recognized by indicators such as the presence of a strand line of flotsam and debris, the landward margin of salt-tolerant vegetation, or a physical barrier that blocks inland flow of the tide.

N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-Wt 602.23

Derived from Volume XXXIX Number 28, Filed July 11, 2019, Proposed by #12806, Effective 12/15/2019, Expires 12/15/2029.