TABLE OF
CONTENTS
CHAPTER Env-Wt 100 DEFINITIONS;
ACCESS TO RECORDS
PART
Env-Wt 101 DEFINITIONS INCORPORATED
Section
Env-Wt 101.01 Definitions Relating to Coastal Lands
and Tidal Waters
Section
Env-Wt 101.02 Definitions Relating to Stream
Crossings
Section
Env-Wt 101.03 Terms Defined in Best Management
Practices Manuals
PART
Env-Wt 102 DEFINITIONS: A THROUGH E
Section
Env-Wt 102.01 100-Year Floodplain
Section
Env-Wt 102.02 Abandoned
Section
Env-Wt 102.03 Abutter
Section
Env-Wt 102.04 Abutting Property
Section
Env-Wt 102.05 Accessory Docking Structure
Section
Env-Wt 102.06 Administratively Complete
Section
Env-Wt 102.07 After-the-Fact Application
Section
Env-Wt 102.08 After-the Fact Permit
Section
Env-Wt 102.09 Applicant
Section
Env-Wt 102.10 Application
Section
Env-Wt 102.11 Authorized Agent
Section
Env-Wt 102.12 Avoidance
Section
Env-Wt 102.13 Avoidance, Minimization, Mitigation
Section
Env-Wt 102.14 Avoid and Minimize
Section
Env-Wt 102.15 Bank
Section
Env-Wt 102.16 Beach
Section
Env-Wt 102.17 Best Management Wetlands Practices for
Agriculture (Agriculture BMWPs)
Section
Env-Wt 102.18 Best Management Practices for
Avoidance and Minimization (A/M BMPs)
Section
Env-Wt 102.19 Best Management Practices for Forestry
Operations (Forestry BMPs)
Section
Env-Wt 102.20 Best Management Practices for Control
of Invasive Plants (Invasive Plant BMPs)
Section
Env-Wt 102.21 Best Management Practices for Marinas
(Marina BMPs)
Section Env-Wt
102.22 Best
Management Practices for Routine Roadway Maintenance (Routine Roadway BMPs)
Section Env-Wt
102.23 Best Management
Practices for Trail Construction and Maintenance (Trail BMPs)
Section
Env-Wt 102.24 Best Management Practices for Utility
Maintenance (Utility BMPs)
Section
Env-Wt 102.25 Best Management Practices for Water
Quality (Water Quality BMPs)
Section
Env-Wt 102.26 Bioengineered Bank Stabilization
Section
Env-Wt 102.27 Boardwalk
Section
Env-Wt 102.28 Boat Slip
Section
Env-Wt 102.29 Boathouse
Section
Env-Wt 102.30 Bog
Section
Env-Wt 102.31 Breakwater
Section
Env-Wt 102.32 Bulkhead
Section
Env-Wt 102.33 Canopy
Section
Env-Wt 102.34 Certified Professional Erosion and
Sediment Control Specialist (CPESC Specialist)
Section
Env-Wt 102.35 Certified Wetland Scientist
Section
Env-Wt 102.36 Commercial Docking Structure
Section
Env-Wt 102.37 Commissioner
Section
Env-Wt 102.38 Compensatory Mitigation
Section
Env-Wt 102.39 Conservation Area
Section
Env-Wt 102.40 Conservation Commission
Section
Env-Wt 102.41 Conservation Project
Section
Env-Wt 102.42 Construction Activity
Section
Env-Wt 102.43 Continued Agricultural Use
Section
Env-Wt 102.44 Corduroy
Section
Env-Wt 102.45 Crib
Section
Env-Wt 102.46 Cropland
Section
Env-Wt 102.47 DataCheck
Section
Env-Wt 102.48 DataCheck
Tool
Section
Env-Wt 102.49 Deck
Section
Env-Wt 102.50 Deck Area
Section
Env-Wt 102.51 Defined Channel
Section
Env-Wt 102.52 Department
Section
Env-Wt 102.53 Design Fetch
Section
Env-Wt 102.54 Designated River
Section
Env-Wt 102.55 Director
Section
Env-Wt 102.56 Docking Structure
Section
Env-Wt 102.57 Dock
Section
Env-Wt 102.58 Dolphin
Section
Env-Wt 102.59 Dredge
Section
Env-Wt 102.60 Dredged Material
Section
Env-Wt 102.61 Dredging Activity
Section
Env-Wt 102.62 Duly-Established 100-Foot Buffer
Section
Env-Wt 102.63 Ecological Integrity
Section
Env-Wt 102.64 Ephemeral Stream
Section
Env-Wt 102.65 Erosion Control
Section
Env-Wt 102.66 Erosional Features Caused by Proximate
Human Activity
Section
Env-Wt 102.67 Excavate
Section
Env-Wt 102.68 Existing Legal Structure
Section
Env-Wt 102.69 Exotic Aquatic Weeds
Section
Env-Wt 102.70 Expedited Permit (EXP)
PART
Env-Wt 103 DEFINITIONS: F THROUGH P
Section
Env-Wt 103.01 Federal Classification Method
Section
Env-Wt 103.02 Federal Delineation Method
Section
Env-Wt 103.03 Fetch
Section
Env-Wt 103.04 Fill
Section
Env-Wt 103.05 Fill
Section
Env-Wt 103.06 Filling Activity
Section
Env-Wt 103.07 Finger
Section
Env-Wt 103.08 Flats
Section
Env-Wt 103.09 Float
Section
Env-Wt 103.10 Floodplain Wetland
Section
Env-Wt 103.11 Forest Management Activities
Section
Env-Wt 103.12 Forester
Section
Env-Wt 103.13 Functional Assessment
Section
Env-Wt 103.14 Grandfathered Structure
Section
Env-Wt 103.15 Hardened Shoreline
Section
Env-Wt 103.16 Hydric Soil
Section
Env-Wt 103.17 Hydrologic Integrity
Section
Env-Wt 103.18 Ice Cluster
Section
Env-Wt 103.19 Impact Analysis
Section
Env-Wt 103.20 In the Dry
Section
Env-Wt 103.21 Intermittent Stream
Section
Env-Wt 103.22 Invasive Species
Section
Env-Wt 103.23 Jetty
Section
Env-Wt 103.24 Jurisdiction
Section
Env-Wt 103.25 Jurisdictional Area
Section
Env-Wt 103.26 Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)
Section
Env-Wt 103.27 LAC Jurisdiction
Section
Env-Wt 103.28 Local Advisory Committee (LAC)
Section
Env-Wt 103.29 Local Governing Body
Section
Env-Wt 103.30 Located Adjacent to a Structure to
Which a Watercraft May Be Secured
Section
Env-Wt 103.31 Lower Scrutiny Approval (LSA)
Section
Env-Wt 103.32 Maintenance
Section
Env-Wt 103.33 Major Docking System
Section
Env-Wt 103.34 Major Project
Section
Env-Wt 103.35 Man-Made Drainage Ditch
Section
Env-Wt 103.36 Marina
Section
Env-Wt 103.37 Marsh
Section
Env-Wt 103.38 Minimization
Section
Env-Wt 103.39 Minimization Measures
Section
Env-Wt 103.40 Minimum Impact Project
Section
Env-Wt 103.41 Minor Project
Section
Env-Wt 103.42 Mooring
Section
Env-Wt 103.43 Municipality
Section
Env-Wt 103.44 Natural Heritage Bureau (NHB)
Section
Env-Wt 103.45 Navigable Frontage
Section
Env-Wt 103.46 NH Method
Section
Env-Wt 103.47 Non-Tidal Wetland
Section
Env-Wt 103.48 Normal Agricultural Operations
Section
Env-Wt 103.49 Normal High Water Line
Section
Env-Wt 103.50 Ordinary High Water Mark
Section
Env-Wt 103.51 Perched Beach
Section
Env-Wt 103.52 Person
Section
Env-Wt 103.53 Perennial Stream
Section
Env-Wt 103.54 Permanent Dock
Section
Env-Wt 103.55 Permanent Impacts
Section
Env-Wt 103.56 Permit Action
Section
Env-Wt 103.57 Permit-By-Notification (PBN)
Section
Env-Wt 103.58 Permit Jurisdiction
Section
Env-Wt 103.59 Pier
Section
Env-Wt 103.60 Pile
Section
Env-Wt 103.61 Poorly Drained Soils
Section
Env-Wt 103.62 Practicable
Section
Env-Wt 103.63 Preservation
Section
Env-Wt 103.64 Primary Vernal Pool Indicators
Section
Env-Wt 103.65 Priority Resource Area (PRA)
Section
Env-Wt 103.66 Private Docking Structure
Section
Env-Wt 103.67 Professional Engineer
Section
Env-Wt 103.68 Protected Species or Habitat
Section
Env-Wt 103.69 Public Docking Structure
Section
Env-Wt 103.70 Public Hearing
Section
Env-Wt 103.71 Public Infrastructure
Section
Env-Wt 103.72 Public Project
Section
Env-Wt 103.73 Public Trust Surface Waters
PART
Env-Wt 104 DEFINITIONS: Q THROUGH Z
Section Env-Wt 104.01 Qualifying Criteria
Section
Env-Wt 104.02 Reconfiguration
Section
Env-Wt 104.03 Reconstruction
Section
Env-Wt 104.04 Reference Line
Section
Env-Wt 104.05 Repair
Section
Env-Wt 104.06 Replacement Structure
Section
Env-Wt 104.07 Retaining Wall
Section
Env-Wt 104.08 Revetment
Section
Env-Wt 104.09 Rip-Rap
Section
Env-Wt 104.10 Roadway
Section
Env-Wt 104.11 Rocker Box
Section
Env-Wt 104.12 Routine Roadway Maintenance Activities
Section
Env-Wt 104.13 Scrub-Shrub Wetland
Section
Env-Wt 104.14 Seasonal Dock
Section
Env-Wt 104.15 Secondary Vernal Pool Indicators
Section
Env-Wt 104.16 Sedimentation
Section
Env-Wt 104.17 Shoal
Section
Env-Wt 104.18 Shoreline Frontage
Section
Env-Wt 104.19 Significant Environmental Impact
Section
Env-Wt 104.20 Significant Function Wetland
Section
Env-Wt 104.21 Silt Fence
Section
Env-Wt 104.22 Sluice
Section
Env-Wt 104.23 Soft Bank Stabilization Components
Section
Env-Wt 104.24 Standard Permit
Section
Env-Wt 104.25 State General Permits (SGPs)
Section
Env-Wt 104.26 Statutory Permit-By-Notification (SPN)
Section
Env-Wt 104.27 Stream Channel
Section
Env-Wt 104.28 Stream Crossing
Section
Env-Wt 104.29 Stream Restoration
Section
Env-Wt 104.30 Structure
Section
Env-Wt 104.31 Subject Property
Section
Env-Wt 104.32 Substantial Public Interest
Section
Env-Wt 104.33 Surface Water
Section
Env-Wt 104.34 Surface Waters of the State
Section
Env-Wt 104.35 Swamp
Section
Env-Wt 104.36 Temporary Impacts
Section
Env-Wt 104.37 Trail Activities
Section
Env-Wt 104.38 Turbidity Barrier
Section
Env-Wt 104.39 Turbidity Control
Section
Env-Wt 104.40 US ACE Regional Supplement
Section
Env-Wt 104.41 USGS Map
Section
Env-Wt 104.42 Upland
Section
Env-Wt 104.43 Upland Buffer
Section
Env-Wt 104.44 Vernal Pool
Section
Env-Wt 104.45 Very Poorly Drained Soils
Section
Env-Wt 104.46 Water Access Structure
Section
Env-Wt 104.47 Water Quality Control Measures
Section
Env-Wt 104.48 Watercourse
Section
Env-Wt 104.49 Watercraft
Section
Env-Wt 104.50 Watershed
Section
Env-Wt 104.51 Wave Attenuator
Section
Env-Wt 104.52 Weep Hole
Section
Env-Wt 104.53 Wet Meadow
Section
Env-Wt 104.54 Wetland
Section
Env-Wt 104.55 Wetland Creation
Section
Env-Wt 104.56 Wetland Enhancement
Section
Env-Wt 104.57 Wetland Functions
Section
Env-Wt 104.58 Wetland Permit Planning Tool (WPPT)
Section
Env-Wt 104.59 Wetland Restoration
Section
Env-Wt 104.60 Wetlands Council
Section
Env-Wt 104.61 Wetlands Rules
Section
Env-Wt 104.62 Wharf
Section
Env-Wt 104.63 Wildlife Action Plan (WAP)
Section
Env-Wt 104.64 Wildlife-Friendly Erosion Control
Materials
Section
Env-Wt 104.65 Working Day
PART
Env-Wt 105 MAINTENANCE OF AND ACCESS TO FILES
Section
Env-Wt 105.01 Retention of Files
Section
Env-Wt 105.02 Access to Files
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CHAPTER Env-Wt 200 HEARINGS,
APPEALS, AND WAIVER REQUESTS
PART
Env-Wt 201 PURPOSE;
APPLICABILITY
Section
Env-Wt 201.01 Purpose
Section
Env-Wt 201.02
Applicability
PART
Env-Wt 202 PERMIT
APPLICATION HEARINGS
Section
Env-Wt 202.01 Permit
Application Hearings: When Held
Section
Env-Wt 202.02 Permit
Application Hearings: Timing
Section
Env-Wt 202.03 Permit
Application Hearings: Procedures
PART
Env-Wt 203 APPEALS
OF DECISIONS MADE UNDER RSA 482-A
Section
Env-Wt 203.01
Definitions
Section
Env-Wt 203.02
Appealing an Enforcement Decision
Section
Env-Wt 203.03
Appealing a Permitting Decision
Section
Env-Wt 203.04 Action
on Remand: Initial Review, Determination of Additional Information Required
Section
Env-Wt 203.05 Action
on Remand: Decision
PART
Env-Wt 204 WAIVERS
Section
Env-Wt 204.01 Purpose
Section
Env-Wt 204.02
Procedures
Section
Env-Wt 204.03 Content
of Waiver Requests
Section
Env-Wt 204.04
Signature Required
Section
Env-Wt 204.05 Criteria
for Waivers to Rules
Section
Env-Wt 204.06 Criteria
for Waivers under RSA 482-A:26, III(b)
Section
Env-Wt 204.07
Decisions
Section
Env-Wt 204.08
Suspension, Revocation, or Modifications of Waivers
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CHAPTER Env-Wt 300 PERMITS
AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS; CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL
WORK IN JURISDICTIONAL AREAS
PART
Env-Wt 301 RESERVED
PART
Env-Wt 302 RESERVED
PART
Env-Wt 303 RESERVED
PART
Env-Wt 304 RESERVED
PART
Env-Wt 305 PURPOSE; APPLICABILITY; ABBREVIATIONS
AND ACRONYMS
Section
Env-Wt 305.01 Purpose
Section
Env-Wt 305.02 Applicability
Section Env-Wt
305.03 Abbreviations
and Acronyms
PART
Env-Wt 306 ACTIVITIES REQUIRING A PERMIT OR OTHER
AUTHORIZATION; REQUIRED PLANNING FOR ALL PROJECTS; WHEN ABUTTER NOTIFICATION
REQUIRED
Section
Env-Wt 306.01 Activities Eligible for a Statutory
Permit by Notification (SPN)
Section
Env-Wt 306.02 Activities Eligible For a Lower
Scrutiny Approval (LSA)
Section
Env-Wt 306.03 Activities Eligible for an Expedited
Permit (EXP)
Section
Env-Wt 306.04 Activities Requiring a Standard
Permit: When Standard Permits Are An Option
Section
Env-Wt 306.05 Required Planning For All Projects
Section
Env-Wt 306.06 Abutter Notification
PART
Env-Wt 307 CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL
ACTIVITIES IN JURISDICTIONAL AREAS
Section Env-Wt 307.01 Purpose and
Applicability
Section
Env-Wt 307.02 Requirements for Coverage Under State
General Permits
Section
Env-Wt 307.03 Protection of Water Quality Required
Section
Env-Wt 307.04 Protection of Fisheries and Breeding
Areas Required
Section
Env-Wt 307.05 Protection Against Invasive Species
Required
Section
Env-Wt 307.06 Protection of Rare, Threatened or
Endangered Species and Critical Habitat
Section
Env-Wt 307.07 Consistency Required with Shoreland
Water Quality Protection Act
Section
Env-Wt 307.08 Protection of Designated Prime
Wetlands and Duly-Established 100-Foot Buffers
Section
Section Env-Wt 307.09 Shoreline
Structures
Section
Env-Wt 307.10 Dredging Activity Conditions
Section
Env-Wt 307.11 Filling Activity Conditions
Section
Env-Wt 307.12 Restoring Temporary Impacts; Site
Stabilization
Section
Env-Wt 307.13 Property Line Setbacks
Section
Env-Wt 307.14 Rock Removal
Section
Env-Wt 307.15 Use of Heavy Equipment in Wetlands
Env-Wt 307.16
Adherence to Approved Plans Required
Section
Env-Wt 307.17 Unpermitted Activities
Section
Env-Wt 307.18 Reports
PART
Env-Wt 308 ACTIVITIES ALLOWED OR PROHIBITED BY
STATUTE
Section
Env-Wt 308.01 Activities Exempted by Statute from
Permit Requirements
Section
Env-Wt 308.02 Clarification of Statutory Exemptions
Section
Env-Wt 308.03 Activities Prohibited or Limited by Statute
Section
Env-Wt 308.04 Statutory Permits-by-Notification
(SPNs)
Section
Env-Wt 308.05 Activation of an SPN
Section
Env-Wt 308.06 SPN Notifications
Section
Env-Wt 308.07 Post-Notification Requirements for
SPNs other than Utility Project SPNs
Section
Env-Wt 308.08 Conditions for SPNs
PART
Env-Wt 309 LOWER SCRUTINY APPROVALS (LSAs)
Section
Env-Wt 309.01 Applicability; Types of LSAs
Section
Env-Wt 309.02 Projects Conditionally Authorized By
Rule
Section
Env-Wt 309.03 Registrations for Routine Roadway
Maintenance Activities
Section
Env-Wt 309.04 Information Required for Routine
Roadway Maintenance Registrations
Section
Env-Wt 309.05 Availability of Permit-by-Notification
(PBN)
Section
Env-Wt 309.06 PBN Application Requirements
Section
Env-Wt 309.07 PBN Review Procedures
Section
Env-Wt 309.08 Conditions for PBNs
Section
Env-Wt 309.09 Work Subsequent to Work Under a PBN;
Reclassification
PART
Env-Wt 310 SUBMISSIONS FOR EXPEDITED PERMITS
(EXPs)
Section
Env-Wt 310.01 EXP Submission Requirements
Section
Env-Wt 310.02 EXP Review Procedures
Section
Env-Wt 310.03 Conditions for EXPs
Section
Env-Wt 310.04 Permit Required for Small Motor
Mineral Dredging (SMMD)
Section
Env-Wt 310.05 Application for SMMD Permits
Section
Env-Wt 310.06 Submission to Municipality and
Conservation Commission Review Not Required
Section
Env-Wt 310.07 Issuance of SMMD Permit
Section
Env-Wt 310.08 Post-Issuance Requirements for SMMD
Permits
PART
Env-Wt 311 APPLICATIONS AND PROCEDURES FOR
STANDARD PERMITS
Section
Env-Wt 311.01 Application Preparation for All
Projects
Section
Env-Wt 311.02 Pre-Application Requirements for
Projects Requiring Compensatory Mitigation
Section
Env-Wt 311.03 Application for Standard Permits
Section
Env-Wt 311.04 Application Information
Section
Env-Wt 311.05 Required Project Plans
Section
Env-Wt 311.06 Maps and Other Attachments
Section
Env-Wt 311.07 Demonstration of Avoidance and
Minimization
Section
Env-Wt 311.08 Required Information for Projects with
Compensatory Mitigation
Section
Env-Wt 311.09 Required Resource-Specific Information
Section
Env-Wt 311.10 Functional Assessment
Section
Env-Wt 311.11 Required Signatures and Certifications
Section
Env-Wt 311.12 After-the-Fact Applications
Section
Env-Wt 311.13 Amendments to Applications
PART
Env-Wt 312 STANDARD PERMIT APPLICATION PROCESSING
AND REVIEW
Section
Env-Wt 312.01 Identification of Applications;
Retention of Files
Section
Env-Wt 312.02 Administrative Completeness
Determination
Section
Env-Wt 312.03 Completeness Determination of Compensatory
Mitigation Proposals
Section
Env-Wt 312.04 Complete Mitigation Proposal
Components
Section
Env-Wt 312.05 Technical Review
PART
Env-Wt 313 PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA FOR STANDARD
PERMIT DECISIONS
Section
Env-Wt 313.01 Criteria for Approving Standard Permit
Applications
Section
Env-Wt 313.02 Permit Issuance; Permit Conditions
Section
Env-Wt 313.03 Avoidance and Minimization
Section
Env-Wt 313.04 Mitigation Requirements
Section
Env-Wt 313.05 Processing of Related Wetlands and Shoreland
Permit Applications
PART
Env-Wt 314 PERMIT ACCEPTANCE, RECORDATION,
DURATION, EXTENSION, AND TRANSFER; POST-ISSUANCE REQUIREMENTS
Section
Env-Wt 314.01 Acceptance of Standard Permit
Section
Env-Wt 314.02 Recordation of Certain Permits and
Deed Restrictions
Section
Env-Wt 314.03 Notice Required Prior to Initiating
Construction
Section
Env-Wt 314.04 Permit Duration
Section
Env-Wt 314.05 Permit Extensions
Section
Env-Wt 314.06 Permit Transfers
Section
Env-Wt 314.07 Permit Amendments
Section
Env-Wt 314.08 Notice of Completion and Certificate
of Compliance Required
PART
Env-Wt 315 PROCEDURES TO ADDRESS EMERGENCIES
Section
Env-Wt 315.01 Definition
Section
Env-Wt 315.02 Emergency Authorizations for Private
Property
Section
Env-Wt 315.03 Emergency Authorizations for Repairs
to Public Infrastructure
Section
Env-Wt 315.04 Emergency Authorization Tracking,
Follow-Up Work
Section
Env-Wt 315.05 Work During Emergencies Without Prior
Authorization
Section
Env-Wt 315.06 Action After Emergency
Section
Env-Wt 315.07 Authorizations Under Federal Law
PART
Env-Wt 316 PERMIT SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR
MODIFICATION
Section
Env-Wt 316.01 Purpose
Section
Env-Wt 316.02 Definition
Section
Env-Wt 316.03 Suspension or Revocation of Approvals
Section
Env-Wt 316.04 Modification of Approvals
Section
Env-Wt 316.05 Notice of Decisions; Appeals
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CHAPTER Env-Wt 400
DELINEATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF JURISDICTIONAL AREAS; CLASSIFICATION
OF PROJECTS
PART
Env-Wt 401 RESERVED
PART
Env-Wt 402 RESERVED
PART
Env-Wt 403 RESERVED
PART
Env-Wt 404 RESERVED
PART
Env-Wt 405 PURPOSE; APPLICABILITY; ABBREVIATIONS
AND ACRONYMS
Section
Env-Wt 405.01 Purpose
Section
Env-Wt 405.02 Applicability
Section
Env-Wt 405.03 Abbreviations and Acronyms
PART
Env-Wt 406 DELINEATION
AND CLASSIFICATION OF JURISDICTIONAL AREAS
Section
Env-Wt 406.01 References for Delineation of Wetlands
Boundaries
Section
Env-Wt 406.02 Delineation of Wetlands Boundaries
Section
Env-Wt 406.03 Wetlands Delineation Not Required for
Certain Projects
Section
Env-Wt 406.04 Delineation of Water Courses
Section
Env-Wt 406.05 Identification of Other Jurisdictional
Areas
Section
Env-Wt 406.06 Classification of Wetlands
PART
Env-Wt 407 BASIS
FOR CLASSIFICATION OF PROJECTS
Section
Env-Wt 407.01 Basis for Impact Classification
Section
Env-Wt 407.02 Impact Classification Adjustments
Section
Env-Wt 407.03 Jurisdictional Area Size Thresholds;
Measuring Watercourse Length
Section
Env-Wt 407.04 Project-Type Exceptions (PTEs)
PART
Env-Wt 408 PRIORITY
RESOURCE AREAS; FILL IN PUBLIC WATERS; AGGREGATION
Section
Env-Wt 408.01 Projects in Priority Resource Areas
(PRAs)
Section
Env-Wt 408.02 Fill in Public Waters to Make Land
Section
Env-Wt 408.03 Aggregation of Projects: Consistent
Scheme of Development
Section
Env-Wt 408.04 Aggregation of Projects; Same Property
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CHAPTER Env-Wt 500
PROJECT-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
PART
Env-Wt 501 - RESERVED
PART
Env-Wt 502 - RESERVED
PART
Env-Wt 503 - RESERVED
PART
Env-Wt 504 - RESERVED
PART
Env-Wt 505 - RESERVED
PART
Env-Wt 506 - RESERVED
PART
Env-Wt 507 - RESERVED
PART
Env-Wt 508 - RESERVED
PART
Env-Wt 509 PURPOSE; APPLICABILITY; ABBREVIATIONS
AND ACRONYMS
Section
Env-Wt 509.01 Purpose
Section
Env-Wt 509.02 Applicability
Section
Env-Wt 509.03 Abbreviations and Acronyms
PART
Env-Wt 510 AQUATIC VEGETATION CONTROL
Section
Env-Wt 510.01 Applicability
Section
Env-Wt 510.02 Approval Criteria for EAW Control
Projects
Section
Env-Wt 510.03 Hand Removal of EAW Without a Permit
Section
Env-Wt 510.04 Approval Criteria for NAV Removal
Projects
Section
Env-Wt 510.05 Application Requirements for NAV
Removal and EAW Control Projects
Section
Env-Wt 510.06 Design Requirements for EAW Control Projects
Section
Env-Wt 510.07 Construction Requirements for NAV
Removal and EAW Control Projects
Section
Env-Wt 510.08 Classification of NAV Removal and EAW
Control Projects
PART
Env-Wt 511 CONSTRUCTION OF WATER ACCESS
STRUCTURES AND BEACH REPLENISHMENT
Section
Env-Wt 511.01 Applicability; Definitions
Section
Env-Wt 511.02 Approval Criteria for Water Access
Structures
Section
Env-Wt 511.03 Water Access Structure
Project-Specific Application Requirements
Section
Env-Wt 511.04 Water Access Structure Design
Requirements
Section
Env-Wt 511.05 Water Access Structure Construction
Requirements
Section
Env-Wt 511.06 Water Access Structure Construction
Project Classification
Section
Env-Wt 511.07 Beach Replenishment Project
Classifications
Section
Env-Wt 511.08 Deck or Patio Repair Project
Classifications
PART
Env-Wt 512 BREAKWATERS
Section
Env-Wt 512.01 Applicability
Section
Env-Wt 512.02 Approval Criteria for Breakwaters
Section
Env-Wt 512.03 Application Requirements for
Breakwaters
Section
Env-Wt 512.04 Breakwater Design Requirements
Section
Env-Wt 512.05 Breakwater Construction Requirements
Section
Env-Wt 512.06 Breakwater Construction Project
Classification
Section
Env-Wt 512.07 Breakwater Maintenance and Repair
Project Classification
Section
Env-Wt 512.08 Required Modification or Removal of
Breakwaters
PART
Env-Wt 513 DOCKING STRUCTURES AND ACCESSORY
DOCKING STRUCTURES
Section
Env-Wt 513.01 Purpose
Section
Env-Wt 513.02 Applicability
` Section Env-Wt 513.03 Approval
Criteria for Docking Structures
Section
Env-Wt 513.04 Approval Criteria for Permanent
Docking Structures
Section
Env-Wt 513.05 Approval Criteria for Accessory
Docking Structures
Section
Env-Wt 513.06 Application Requirements for All
Docking Structures
Section
Env-Wt 513.07 Municipal Review of Public or
Commercial Docking Structures or Marinas
Section
Env-Wt 513.08 Information Required for Requests for
Waivers to Size Requirements
Section
Env-Wt 513.09 Design Requirements for Docking
Structures
Section
Env-Wt 513.10 Setback Requirements for Docking
Structures
Section
Env-Wt 513.11 Dimensions of Docking Structures
Section
Env-Wt 513.12 Frontage Requirements for Private and
Non-Commercial Docking Structures
Section
Env-Wt 513.13 Concrete Pads for Seasonal Docking
Structures
Section
Env-Wt 513.14 Navigation Space for Docking
Structures
Section Env-Wt
513.15 Design
Requirements for Permanent Docking Structures
Section
Env-Wt 513.16 Additional Design Standards and
Application Requirements for Marinas
Section
Env-Wt 513.17 Frontage Requirements for Public or
Commercial Docking Structures
Section
Env-Wt 513.18 Design Requirements for Public or
Commercial Docking Structures and Marinas
Section
Env-Wt 513.19 Design, Construction, and Maintenance
Requirements for Canopies
Section
Env-Wt 513.20 Design and Construction Requirements
for Dolphins, Ice Clusters, and Tie-Off Piles
Section
Env-Wt 513.21 Design and Construction Requirements
for Watercraft Lifts
Section
Env-Wt 513.22 Construction and Maintenance of
Docking Structures
Section
Env-Wt 513.23 Modification of Existing Docking
Structures
Section
Env-Wt 513.24 Docking Structure Construction,
Repair, or Replacement Project Classifications
Section
Env-Wt 513.25 Docking Structure Modification Project
Classifications
Section
Env-Wt 513.26 Accessory Docking Structure
Construction or Modification Project Classifications
Section
Env-Wt 513.27 Canopy Project Classification
PART
Env-Wt 514 BANK/SHORELINE STABILIZATION: ALL
PROJECTS
Section
Env-Wt 514.01 Purpose
Section
Env-Wt 514.02 Approval Criteria for All
Bank/Shoreline Stabilization Projects
Section
Env-Wt 514.03 Application Requirements for All
Bank/Shoreline Stabilization Projects
Section
Env-Wt 514.04 Design Requirements for All
Bank/Shoreline Stabilization Projects
Section
Env-Wt 514.05 Construction Requirements for All
Bank/Shoreline Stabilization Projects
Section
Env-Wt 514.06 On-Going Requirements for All
Bank/Shoreline Stabilization Projects
Section
Env-Wt 514.07 Bank Stabilization Construction
Project Classification
PART
Env-Wt 515 DUG-IN BASINS AND BOATHOUSES
Section
Env-Wt 515.01 Applicability
Section
Env-Wt 515.02 Definitions
Section
Env-Wt 515.03 Approval Criteria for Dug-In Basins
and Boathouses
Section
Env-Wt 515.04 Application Requirements for
Boathouses Over Dug-In Basins
Section
Env-Wt 515.05 Construction and Maintenance
Requirements for Dug-In Basins and Boathouses
Section
Env-Wt 515.06 Dug-In Basins and Boathouse
Construction or Modification Project Classification
Section
Env-Wt 515.07 Dug-In Basins and Boathouse
Maintenance and Repair Project Classification
PART
Env-Wt 516 INTAKE AND OUTFLOW STRUCTURES
Section
Env-Wt 516.01 Applicability
Section
Env-Wt 516.02 Approval Criteria for Intake and
Outflow Structures
Section
Env-Wt 516.03 Application Requirements for Intake
and Outflow Structures
Section
Env-Wt 516.04 Design and Construction Requirements
for Intake and Outflow Structures
Section
Env-Wt 516.05 Intake and Outflow Structure
Construction Project Classification
Section
Env-Wt 516.06 Maintenance and Repair of Intake and
Outflow Structures
Part
Env-Wt 517 TRAILS, PATHWAYS, AND BOARDWALKS
Section
Env-Wt 517.01 Applicability
Section
Env-Wt 517.02 Approval Criteria for Trail, Pathway,
and Boardwalk Projects
Section
Env-Wt 517.03 Application Requirements for Trail,
Pathway, and Boardwalk Projects
Section
Env-Wt 517.04 Design and Construction Requirements
for Trail and Pathway Projects
Section
Env-Wt 517.05 Design and Construction Requirements
for Boardwalks
Section
Env-Wt 517.06 Classification of Trail and Pathway
Projects
Section
Env-Wt 517.07 Classification of Boardwalk
Construction Projects
Section
Env-Wt 517.08 Maintenance and Repair of Boardwalks
Section
Env-Wt 517.09 Removal of Boardwalks
PART
Env-Wt 518
OTHER WATER-RELATED NON-DOCKING STRUCTURES
Section
Env-Wt 518.01 Applicability
Section
Env-Wt 518.02 Approval Criteria for Dikes
Section
Env-Wt 518.03 Approval Criteria for Dry Hydrants
Section
Env-Wt 518.04 Approval Criteria for Boat Launches
Section
Env-Wt 518.05 Application Requirements for Boat
Launches
Section
Env-Wt 518.06 Design Requirements for Boat Launches
Section
Env-Wt 518.07 Classification of Non-Docking
Structure Projects
PART
Env-Wt 519 PONDS
Section
Env-Wt 519.01 Applicability
Section
Env-Wt 519.02 Definition
Section
Env-Wt 519.03 Approval Criteria for Ponds
Section
Env-Wt 519.04 Application Requirements for Ponds
Section
Env-Wt 519.05 Design Requirements for Ponds
Section
Env-Wt 519.06 Design Requirements for Wildlife Ponds
Section
Env-Wt 519.07 Construction Requirements for Ponds
Section
Env-Wt 519.08 Classification of Pond Construction
Projects
Section
Env-Wt 519.09 Classification of Pond Maintenance and
Repair Projects
PART
Env-Wt 520 FORESTRY
Section
Env-Wt 520.01 Applicability
Section
Env-Wt 520.02 Approval Criteria for Forestry
Projects
Section
Env-Wt 520.03 Forestry Notice and Application
Requirements
Section
Env-Wt 520.04 Design and Construction Requirements
Section
Env-Wt 520.05 Forestry Project Classification
Section
Env-Wt 520.06 Maintenance and Repair
PART
Env-Wt 521 UTILITY PROJECTS; PROJECTS IN PUBLIC
RIGHT-OF-WAY
Section
Env-Wt 521.01 Applicability
Section
Env-Wt 521.02 Utility Project Criteria for Approval
Section
Env-Wt 521.03 Approval Criteria for Standard Utility
Permits
Section
Env-Wt 521.04 Utility Project Application
Requirements
Section
Env-Wt 521.05 Utility Design and Construction
Requirements
Section
Env-Wt 521.06 Utility Project Classification
Section
Env-Wt 521.07 Maintenance and Repair
PART
Env-Wt 522 AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
Section
Env-Wt 522.01 Applicability
Section
Env-Wt 522.02 Approval Criteria for Agricultural
Projects
Section
Env-Wt 522.03 Application Requirements for
Agricultural Projects
Section
Env-Wt 522.04 Design Requirements for Agricultural
Projects
Section
Env-Wt 522.05 Construction Requirements for
Agricultural Projects
Section
Env-Wt 522.06 Classification of Agricultural
Construction Projects
PART
Env-Wt 523 NON-TIDAL DREDGING
Section
Env-Wt 523.01 Applicability
Section
Env-Wt 523.02 Criteria for Approval of Dredging
Projects
Section
Env-Wt 523.03 Application Requirements for Dredging
Projects
Section
Env-Wt 523.04 Classification of Dredging Projects
PART
Env-Wt 524 RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
Section
Env-Wt 524.01 Applicability
Section
Env-Wt 524.02 Approval Criteria for Residential,
Commercial, and Industrial Development Projects
Section
Env-Wt 524.03 Application Requirements for Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Development Projects
Section
Env-Wt 524.04 Design Requirements for Residential,
Commercial, and Industrial Development Projects
Section
Env-Wt 524.05 Construction Requirements for
Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Development Projects
Section
Env-Wt 524.06 Classification of Residential and
Commercial or Industrial Development Projects
PART
Env-Wt 525 RESTORATION/ENHANCEMENT ACTIVITIES
Section
Env-Wt 525.01 Applicability; Definitions
Section
Env-Wt 525.02 Approval Criteria for
Restoration/Enhancement Activities
Section
Env-Wt 525.03 Application Requirements for
Restoration/Enhancement Activities
Section
Env-Wt 525.04 Design and Construction Requirements
for Restoration/Enhancement Activities
Section
Env-Wt 525.05 Restoration/Enhancement Activities
Construction Project Classification
PART
Env-Wt 526 DAMS
Section
Env-Wt 526.01 Applicability; Definitions
Section
Env-Wt 526.02 Approval Criteria for Dam Projects
Section
Env-Wt 526.03 Application Requirements for Dam
Projects
Section
Env-Wt 526.04 Design Requirements for Dam Projects
Section
Env-Wt 526.05 Construction Requirements for Dam
Projects
Section
Env-Wt 526.06 Construction Classification for Dam
Construction, Reconstruction, or Replacement Projects
Section
Env-Wt 526.07 Classification for Dam Modification,
Repair, or Maintenance Projects
PART
Env-Wt 527 PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
Section
Env-Wt 527.01 Applicability
Section
Env-Wt 527.02 Approval Criteria for Public Highway
Projects
Section
Env-Wt 527.03 Application Requirements for Public
Highway Projects
Section
Env-Wt 527.04 Design Requirements for Public Highway
Projects
Section
Env-Wt 527.05 Construction Requirements for Pubic
Highway Projects
Section
Env-Wt 527.06 Maintenance and Repair for Public
Highway Projects
Section
Env-Wt 527.07 Public Highway Projects Project
Classification
TABLE OF
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CHAPTER Env-Wt 600 COASTAL
LANDS AND TIDAL WATERS/WETLANDS
PART
Env-Wt 601 PURPOSE; APPLICABILITY; INCORPORATED
DEFINITIONS; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
Section
Env-Wt 601.01 Purpose
Section
Env-Wt 601.02 Applicability and Intent
Section
Env-Wt 601.03 Incorporated Definitions,
Abbreviations and Acronyms
PART
Env-Wt 602 DEFINITIONS
Section
Env-Wt 602.01 Accessory Structure
Section Env-Wt 602.02 Aquaculture
Section
Env-Wt 602.03 Back Dune
Section
Env-Wt 602.04 Beach Nourishment
Section
Env-Wt 602.05 Coastal Areas
Section
Env-Wt 602.06 Coastal Erosion
Section
Env-Wt 602.07 Coastal Functional Assessment (CFA)
Section
Env-Wt 602.08 Coastal Hazards
Section Env-Wt
602.09 Coastal
Lands
Section
Env-Wt 602.10 Coastal Flood Risk
Section
Env-Wt 602.11 Commercial Tidal Dock
Section
Env-Wt 602.12 Developed Upland
Section
Env-Wt 602.13 Dredge Prism
Section
Env-Wt 602.14 Dune Slack Area
Section
Env-Wt 602.15 Dune Vegetation
Section
Env-Wt 602.16 Federal Navigation Project (FNP)
Section
Env-Wt 602.17 Fertilizer
Section
Env-Wt 602.18 Fore Dune
Section
Env-Wt 602.19 Forming Dune
Section
Env-Wt 602.20 Functionally-Equivalent Use
Section
Env-Wt 602.21 Ground Cover
Section
Env-Wt 602.22 High Salt Marsh
Section
Env-Wt 602.23 Highest Observable Tide Line (HOTL)
Section
Env-Wt 602.24 Impervious Surface
Section
Env-Wt 602.25 Impervious Surface Area
Section
Env-Wt 602.26 Industrial Tidal Dock
Section
Env-Wt 602.27 Landscaping
Section
Env-Wt 602.28 Line of Encroachment
Section
Env-Wt 602.29 Living Shoreline
Section
Env-Wt 602.30 Living Shoreline Sill
Section
Env-Wt 602.31 Low Phosphate, Slow Release Nitrogen
Fertilizer
Section
Env-Wt 602.32 Mean High Tide
Section
Env-Wt 602.33 Mean High Water
Section
Env-Wt 602.34 Mean Higher High Water
Section
Env-Wt 602.35 Mean Low Water
Section
Env-Wt 602.36 Mean Lower Low Water
Section
Env-Wt 602.37 Mean Tide Level
Section
Env-Wt 602.38 Natural Condition
Section
Env-Wt 602.39 Overdredge
Section
Env-Wt 602.40 Primary Structure
Section
Env-Wt 602.41 Protected Tidal Zone
Section
Env-Wt 602.42 Public Infrastructure
Section
Env-Wt 602.43 Qualified Coastal Professional
Section
Env-Wt 602.44 Residential Tidal Dock
Section
Env-Wt 602.45 Sand Dune
Section
Env-Wt 602.46 Sea-Level Rise
Section
Env-Wt 602.47 Sequential Dredging
Section
Env-Wt 602.48 Special Aquatic Sites
Section
Env-Wt 602.49 Storm Surge
Section
Env-Wt 602.50 Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
Section
Env-Wt 602.51 Tidal Beach
Section
Env-Wt 602.52 Tidal Buffer Zone
Section
Env-Wt 602.53 Tidal Dock Infrastructure
Section
Env-Wt 602.54 Tidal Flats
Section
Env-Wt 602.55 Tidal Flushing
Section
Env-Wt 602.56 Tidal Marsh
Section
Env-Wt 602.57 Tidal Shoreline
Section
Env-Wt 602.58 Tidal Surface Water
Section
Env-Wt 602.59 Tidal Waters/Wetlands
Section
Env-Wt 602.60 Tidal Wetlands
Section
Env-Wt 602.61 Transient Public Use Access Points
Section
Env-Wt 602.62 Working Waterfront
Section
Env-Wt 602.63 Unaltered State
PART
Env-Wt 603 ADDITIONAL APPLICATION INFORMATION FOR
PROJECTS IN COASTAL AREAS
Section
Env-Wt 603.01 Applicability
Section
Env-Wt 603.02 Required Information
Section
Env-Wt 603.03 Data Screening
Section
Env-Wt 603.04 Coastal Functional Assessment
Section
Env-Wt 603.05 Vulnerability Assessment
Section
Env-Wt 603.06 Project Design Narrative Required
Section
Env-Wt 603.07 Design Plans
Section
Env-Wt 603.08 Water Depth Supporting Information
Required
Section
Env-Wt 603.09 Statement Regarding Impact on Navigation
and Passage
PART
Env-Wt 604 GENERAL CRITERIAL FOR PROJECT IMPACTS
INI COASTAL AREAS
Section
Env-Wt 604.01 General Criteria for Tidal Beaches,
Tidal Shoreline, and Sand Dunes
Section
Env-Wt 604.02 General Criteria for Tidal Buffer
Zones
Section Env-Wt
604.03 General
Criteria for Tidal Waters/Wetlands
PART
Env-Wt 605 AVOIDANCE AND MINIMIZATION;
COMPENSATORY MITIGATION
Section
Env-Wt 605.01 Avoidance and Minimization
Requirements in Coastal Areas
Section Env-Wt 605.02 Additional Requirements for Projects In or Adjacent to Tidal Waters/Wetlands and Tidal Buffer Zones
Section
Env-Wt 605.03 Impacts Requiring Compensatory
Mitigation
Section
Env-Wt 605.04 Requirements for Compensatory
Mitigation for Projects in Coastal Areas
PART
Env-Wt 606 OVERWATER STRUCTURES IN COASTAL AREAS
Section
Env-Wt 606.01 Applicability
Section
Env-Wt 606.02 Avoidance and Minimization Standards
for All Overwater Structures
Section
Env-Wt 606.03 Design Requirements for All Overwater
Structures
Section
Env-Wt 606.04 Plan Requirements for All Overwater
Structures
Section
Env-Wt 606.05 Docking Construction Requirements and
Conditions
Section
Env-Wt 606.06 Residential Tidal Docks: General
Criteria
Section
Env-Wt 606.07 Residential Tidal Docks: Design
Standards
Section
Env-Wt 606.08 Commercial Tidal Docks: Local
Approvals
Section
Env-Wt 606.09 Commercial Tidal Docks: Transient
Public Use Access Points
Section
Env-Wt 606.10 Commercial Tidal Docks: Marinas
Section
Env-Wt 606.11 Tidal Docks: Aquaculture at Marinas
Section
Env-Wt 606.12 Commercial Tidal Docks: Working
Waterfront
Section
Env-Wt 606.13 Industrial Tidal Docks and
Infrastructure
Section Env-Wt
606.14 Moorings
Section
Env-Wt 606.15 Boardwalks
Section
Env-Wt 606.16 Boathouses and Shoreline Slips
Section
Env-Wt 606.17 Project Classifications
PART
Env-Wt 607 DREDGING ACTIVITIES
Section
Env-Wt 607.01 Applicability
Section
Env-Wt 607.02 Avoidance and Minimization
Section
Env-Wt 607.03 Tidal Dredge Project Descriptions;
Approval Criteria
Section
Env-Wt 607.04 Other Application Requirements
Section
Env-Wt 607.05 Additional Information Required for
Dredging Projects
Section
Env-Wt 607.06 Dredge Methods
Section
Env-Wt 607.07 Dredging Contaminated Sites
Section
Env-Wt 607.08 Sedimentation Control
Section
Env-Wt 607.09 Sediment Transport and Disposal
Section
Env-Wt 607.10 Project Classifications
PART
Env-Wt 608 TIDAL BEACH MAINTENANCE AND
STABILIZATION
Section
Env-Wt 608.01 Maintenance and Stabilization
Activities on Public Tidal Beaches
Section
Env-Wt 608.02 Project Classification
Section
Env-Wt 608.03 Construction of Private Tidal Beaches
Prohibited
Section
Env-Wt 608.04 Beach Nourishment
PART
Env-Wt 609 TIDAL SHORELINE STABILIZATION
Section
Env-Wt 609.01 Tidal Shoreline Stabilization
Requirements
Section
Env-Wt 609.02 Hierarchy of Tidal Shoreline
Stabilization Methods
Section
Env-Wt 609.03 Analysis of Existing Structure
Conditions Required
Section
Env-Wt 609.04 Techniques for Tidal Shoreline
Stabilization
Section
Env-Wt 609.05 Living Shoreline Design Plans
Section
Env-Wt 609.06 Use of Wood and Rock in Living
Shorelines
Section
Env-Wt 609.07 Tidal Shoreline Stabilization Using
New Hard-Scape or Rip-Rap
Section
Env-Wt 609.08 Repair of Existing Rip-Rap
Section
Env-Wt 609.09 Tidal Shoreline Stabilization Using
Walls
Section
Env-Wt 609.10 Minimum Impact Tidal Shoreline
Stabilization Projects
Section
Env-Wt 609.11 Tidal Shoreline Stabilization Projects
Requiring Standard Permit
PART
Env-Wt 610 PROTECTED TIDAL ZONE
Section
Env-Wt 610.01 Applicability
Section
Env-Wt 610.02 Projects in the Protected Tidal Zone
that Do Not Require a Permit
Section
Env-Wt 610.03 Design Standards
Section
Env-Wt 610.04 Plans and Other Information Required
Section
Env-Wt 610.05 Protected Tidal Zone Restrictions
Section
Env-Wt 610.06 Maintenance of a Waterfront Buffer
Section
Env-Wt 610.07 Accessory Structures
Section
Env-Wt 610.08 Maintenance of a Woodland Buffer
Section
Env-Wt 610.09 Individual Sewage Disposal Systems
Section
Env-Wt 610.10 Erosion and Siltation
Section
Env-Wt 610.11 Minimum Lots and Residential
Development
Section
Env-Wt 610.12 Minimum Lots and Non-Residential
Development
Section
Env-Wt 610.13 Impervious Surfaces
Section
Env-Wt 610.14 Rebuilding of Non-Conforming
Structures
Section
Env-Wt 610.15 Conversion of Decks and Porches
Prohibited
Section
Env-Wt 610.16 Slope Limitation for Structures
Section
Env-Wt 610.17 Project Classifications
PART
Env-Wt 611 SAND DUNES
Section
Env-Wt 611.01 Prohibited Impacts
Section
Env-Wt 611.02 Projects That Do Not Require a Permit
Section
Env-Wt 611.03 Pre-Application Assessment
Section
Env-Wt 611.04 Design and Plan Requirements
Section
Env-Wt 611.05 Additional Requirements for Projects
in Sand Dunes
Section
Env-Wt 611.06 Project Classifications: Major Impact
Projects
Section
Env-Wt 611.07 Project Classification: Minimum Impact
Projects
PART
Env-Wt 612 AQUACULTURE
Section
Env-Wt 612.01 Applicability
Section
Env-Wt 612.02 Aquaculture Operations Not Requiring a
Permit
Section
Env-Wt 612.03 Aquaculture Operations Requiring a
Permit
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CHAPTER Env-Wt 700 PRIME
WETLANDS
PART
Env-Wt 701 PURPOSE;
DEFINITIONS; STATUTORY PARAMETERS; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
Env-Wt
701.01 Purpose
Env-Wt
701.02 Definitions
Env-Wt
701.03 Applicable
Statutory Parameters
Env-Wt
701.04 Abbreviations
and Acronyms
PART
Env-Wt 702 CRITERIA
AND PROCEDURES FOR DESIGNATION OF PRIME WETLANDS
Env-Wt 702.01
Identification of Wetlands for Consideration as Prime
Env-Wt
702.02 Selection
of Primary Wetlands Functions for Evaluation
Env-Wt
702.03 Designation
of Prime Wetlands
PART
Env-Wt 703 SUBMISSION
OF MAPS AND DOCUMENTATION
Env-Wt
703.01 Required
Information
Env-Wt
703.02 Map
Requirements
Env-Wt
703.03 Report
Requirements
Env-Wt
703.04 Acceptance
by Department
Env-Wt
703.05 Challenges
to Prime Wetlands Boundaries
Env-Wt
703.06 Use of
Delineated Prime Wetlands Boundaries
PART
Env-Wt 704
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION AND CRITERIA FOR PROJECTS PROPOSED IN
PRIME WETLANDS/BUFFER
Env-Wt
704.01 Applicability
Env-Wt
704.02 Supplementary
Information and Criteria for Approval
Env-Wt
704.03 Supplementary
Information; Criteria for Compensatory Mitigation
Env-Wt
704.04 Public
Hearing
Env-Wt 704.05
Consideration of Public Input; Decision on Application
PART
Env-Wt 705
NOTIFICATION; PERMIT ISSUANCE; APPEAL
Env-Wt
705.01 Notice
Prior to Permit Issuance
Env-Wt
705.02 Review
of Comments; Permit Issuance
Env-Wt
705.03 Appeal
PART
Env-Wt 706 WAIVERS
FOR ACTIVITIES IN PRIME WETLANDS/BUFFERS
Env-Wt
706.01 Availability
of Waivers for Activities in Prime Wetlands/Buffers
Env-Wt
706.02 Requirements
for Waiver Requests for Forestry Activities
Env-Wt
706.03 Issuance
of Waivers for Forestry Activities
Env-Wt
706.04 Requirements
for Waiver Requests for Other Activities in Buffers
Env-Wt
706.05 Issuance
of Waivers for Other Activities in Duly-Established 100-Foot Buffers
Env-Wt
706.06 Waiver
Term; Extensions of Waivers
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CHAPTER Env-Wt 800
COMPENSATORY MITIGATION
PART
Env-Wt 801 PURPOSE; APPLICABILITY; DETERMINATION OF APPROPRIATE
MITIGATION; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
Section
Env-Wt 801.01 Purpose
Section
Env-Wt 801.02 Applicability
Section
Env-Wt 801.03 Determination of Type of Compensatory
Mitigation Required
Section
Env-Wt 801.04 Abbreviations and Acronyms
PART
Env-Wt 802 DEFINITIONS
Section
Env-Wt 802.01 Conservation Easement
Section
Env-Wt 802.02 Conservation Interest
Section
Env-Wt 802.03 HUC 12-digit watershed
Section
Env-Wt 802.04 In-Lieu Mitigation Payment
Section
Env-Wt 802.05 Permittee-Responsible Mitigation
Section
Env-Wt 802.06 Qualified Professional
Section
Env-Wt 802.07 Service Area
Section
Env-Wt 802.08 Stewardship Plan
Section
Env-Wt 802.09 Sub-Watershed
PART
Env-Wt 803 COMPENSATORY MITIGATION PROPOSALS
Section
Env-Wt 803.01 Plan and Report Required for All
Mitigation Proposals
Section Env-Wt 803.02 Additional Information for Wetland Impact Projects and Wetland Restoration, Enhancement, or Creation Mitigation Proposals
Section Env-Wt 803.03
Additional Information for Stream Impact Projects and Stream
Restoration or Enhancement Mitigation Proposals
Section
Env-Wt 803.04 Mitigation Project Monitoring
Section
Env-Wt 803.05 Proposal for In-Lieu Mitigation
Payment
Section
Env-Wt 803.06 Compensatory Mitigation Site Location
Section
Env-Wt 803.07 Compensation Amount
Section
Env-Wt 803.08 Compensatory Mitigation Ratios
Section
Env-Wt 803.09 Alternative Compensatory Mitigation
Proposals
Section
Env-Wt 803.10 Criteria for Acceptance of In-Lieu
Mitigation Payments
Section
Env-Wt 803.11 Notification of Decision on a Proposed
In-Lieu Mitigation Payment
PART
Env-Wt 804 AQUATIC
RESOURCE BUFFER PRESERVATION
Section
Env-Wt 804.01 Location and Value
Section
Env-Wt 804.02 Dimensions
Section
Env-Wt 804.03 Incorporated Jurisdictional Areas
Section
Env-Wt 804.04 Criteria for Evaluation of an Aquatic
Resource Buffer
PART
Env-Wt 805 WETLAND
RESTORATION, ENHANCEMENT, OR CREATION
Section
Env-Wt 805.01 Choice
of Wetland Restoration, Enhancement, or Creation
Section
Env-Wt 805.02 Selection Criteria
Section
Env-Wt 805.03 Plans for Wetland Restoration,
Enhancement, or Creation Projects
PART Env-Wt 806 STREAM
RESTORATION OR ENHANCEMENT
Section
Env-Wt 806.01 Stream Restoration or Enhancement
Section
Env-Wt 806.02 Goals; Types of Projects
Section
Env-Wt 806.03 Information Required for Proposed
Stream Mitigation Project
Section
Env-Wt 806.04 Plans for Stream Restoration and
Enhancement Projects
PART
Env-Wt 807 REQUIREMENTS UPON APPROVAL OF
MITIGATION PLAN
Section
Env-Wt 807.01 Submittal of In-Lieu Mitigation
Payment
Section
Env-Wt 807.02 Notification of Recorded Conservation
Interest
Section
Env-Wt 807.03 Notification of Construction
Completion
Section
Env-Wt 807.04 Monitoring Report
Section
Env-Wt 807.05 Adjustments to Mitigation Monitoring
Plan
Section
Env-Wt 807.06 Implementation of Remediation Plan
PART
Env-Wt 808 AQUATIC RESOURCE COMPENSATORY
MITIGATION FUND
Section
Env-Wt 808.01 Use
of Aquatic Resource Compensatory Mitigation Fund
Section
Env-Wt 808.02 Identification of Eligible Projects
Section
Env-Wt 808.03 Requirements for ARM Fund
Pre-Proposals
Section
Env-Wt 808.04 Requirements for ARM Fund Applications
Section
Env-Wt 808.05 Signatures Required for Pre-Proposals
and Applications
Section
Env-Wt 808.06 Processing of ARM Fund Applications
Section
Env-Wt 808.07 Eligibility Criteria for Wetland
Restoration, Enhancement, or Creation Projects and Stream Restoration or
Enhancement Projects
Section
Env-Wt 808.08 Eligibility Criteria for Land
Protection Projects
Section
Env-Wt 808.09 Requirements Upon Determination of
Eligibility
Section
Env-Wt 808.10 Environmental Site Assessment
Requirements
Section
Env-Wt 808.11 Survey Requirements
Section
Env-Wt 808.12 Appraisal Requirements
Section
Env-Wt 808.13 Title Examination Requirements
Section
Env-Wt 808.14 Conservation Interest Instrument
Requirements
Section
Env-Wt 808.15 Baseline Documentation Report
Section
Env-Wt 808.16 Stewardship Requirements
Section
Env-Wt 808.17 Final Approval, Execution, and Deed
Recordation
Section
Env-Wt 808.18 Site Selection Committee
Section
Env-Wt 808.19 Application Ranking and election by
the Site Selection Committee
Section
Env-Wt 808.20 Project Evaluation
Section
Env-Wt 808.21 Annual Report
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CHAPTER Env-Wt 900 STREAM
CROSSINGS; CERTIFIED CULVERT MAINTAINER PROGRAM
PART
Env-Wt 901 PURPOSE; APPLICABILITY; EXEMPTIONS;
INCORPORATED DEFINITIONS; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
Env-Wt 901.01
Purpose
Env-Wt 901.02
Applicability
Env-Wt 901.03
Exemptions
Env-Wt 901.04
Incorporated Definitions, Abbreviations, and Acronyms
PART
Env-Wt 902 DEFINITIONS
Env-Wt 902.01
Aggradation
Env-Wt 902.02
Aquatic Organism
Env-Wt 902.03
Bankfull Depth
Env-Wt 902.04
Bankfull Flow
Env-Wt 902.05
Bankfull Width
Env-Wt 902.06
Closed-Bottom Culvert
Env-Wt 902.07
Connectivity
Env-Wt 902.08
Design Storm
Env-Wt 902-09
Embedded
Env-Wt 902.10
Entrenchment Ratio
Env-Wt 902.11
Existing Legal Crossing
Env-Wt 902.12
Flood-Prone Width
Env-Wt 902.13
Geomorphic Compatibility
Env-Wt 902.14
Grade Control
Env-Wt 902.15
High Bank Erosion
Env-Wt 902.16
Hydraulic Capacity
Env-Wt 902.17
Longitudinal Profile
Env-Wt 902.18
NH Stream Crossing Guidelines
Env-Wt 902.19
Open-Bottom Culvert
Env-Wt 902.20
Permanent Crossing
Env-Wt 902.21
Pipe Arch
Env-Wt 902.22
Reference Reach
Env-Wt 902.23
Rehabilitation
Env-Wt 902.24
Repair
Env-Wt 902.25
Replace In-Kind
Env-Wt 902.26
Replacement
Env-Wt 902.27
Self-Mitigating
Env-Wt 902.28
Sinuosity
Env-Wt 902.29
Span Structure
Env-Wt 902.30
Stream Channel
Env-Wt 902.31
Stream Enhancement
Env-Wt 902.32
Stream Simulation
Env-Wt 902.33
Temporary Crossing
Env-Wt 902.34
Tier 1 Stream Crossing
Env-Wt 902.35
Tier 2 Stream Crossing
Env-Wt 902.36
Tier 3 Stream Crossing
Env-Wt 902.37
Tier 4 Stream Crossing
PART
Env-Wt 903 STREAM CROSSINGS: CLASSIFICATIONS AND APPLICATIONS
Env-Wt 903.01
Classification of Stream Crossings and Stream Crossing Projects
Env-Wt 903.02
Application Fees
Env-Wt 903.03
Information Required for a Stream Crossing SPN, LSA, or EXP
Env-Wt 903.04
Information Required for All Stream Crossing Standard Permit
Applications
Env-Wt 903.05
Information Required for Certain Stream Crossing Standard Permit
Applications
Env-Wt 903.06
Hydraulic Capacity Report
PART
Env-Wt 904 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF STREAM
CROSSINGS
Env-Wt 904.01
General Design Considerations
Env-Wt 904.02
Conditions Applicable to All Stream Crossing Work
Env-Wt 904.03
Tier 1 Stream Crossings
Env-Wt 904.04
Tier 2 Stream Crossings
Env-Wt 904.05
Tier 3 Stream Crossings
Env-Wt 904.06
Tier 4 Stream Crossings
Env-Wt 904.07
Design Criteria for Tier 2, Tier 3, and Tier 4 Stream Crossings
Env-Wt 904.08
Repair, Rehabilitation, or Replacement of Tier 1 or Tier 2
Existing Legal Crossings
Env-Wt 904.09
Repair, Rehabilitation, or Replacement of Tier 3 and Tier 4
Existing Legal Crossings
Env-Wt 904.10
Alternative Designs
PART Env-Wt 905 CERTIFIED CULVERT
MAINTAINER PROGRAM
Env-Wt 905.01
Applicability
Env-Wt 905.02
Definitions
Env-Wt 905.03
Qualifications for Initial Certificate
Env-Wt 905.04
Application for Initial Certificate
Env-Wt 905.05
Signature Required
Env-Wt 905.06
Issuance of Certificate
Env-Wt 905.07
Certificate Renewal; Continuing Education Required
Env-Wt 905.08
Obligations and Responsibilities of Certified Individuals
Env-Wt 905.09
Quarterly Reporting Required
Env-Wt 905.10
Suspension, Revocation, or Refusal to Renew Certificate
Env-Wt 905.11
Approved Provider Application
Env-Wt 905.12
Designation as Approved Provider
Env-Wt 905.13
Signature and Certification
Env-Wt 905.14
Expiration and Renewal of Designation
Env-Wt 905.15
Obligations of Approved Providers
Env-Wt 905.16
Delegation of Certain Administrative Functions to Approved
Providers
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
CHAPTER Env-Wt 1000
REGISTRATION OF LEGALLY EXISTING DOCKING STRUCTURES IN NON-TIDAL WATERS
PART
Env-Wt 1001 PURPOSE; APPLICABILITY
Section
Env-Wt 1001.01 Purpose
Section
Env-Wt 1001.02 Applicability
PART
Env-Wt 1002 DEFINITIONS
Section
Env-Wt 1002.01 Owner
PART
Env-Wt 1003 REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
Section
Env-Wt 1003.01 Fee and registration Information
Required
Section
Env-Wt 1003.02 Registration Fee and Documents
Required
Section
Env-Wt 1003.03 Specifications for Plans and
Photographs of Current Conditions; Information, Details, and Quality
PART
Env-Wt 1004 PROCESSING OF REGISTRATION
Section
Env-Wt 1004.01 Review of Registration Requests
Section
Env-Wt 1004.02 Notification of Department
Determination
Section
Env-Wt 1004.03 Failure to Timely Process Registration
Submittal
Section
Env-Wt 1004.04 Display of Registration Numbers on
Docking Structures
Section
Env-Wt 1004.05 Period of Validity and Modifications
PART
Env-Wt 1005 REGISTRATION RENEWALS
Section
Env-Wt 1005.01 Registration Renewal Information and
Timing
Section
Env-Wt 1005.02 Filing Fee and Documents Required
Section
Env-Wt 1005.03 Processing of Registration Renewal
Requests