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NH Rev Stat § 482-B:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 482-B - New Hampshire Water Well Board|Section 482-B:6 - Display of License.

    482-B:6 Display of License. –||A water well contractor shall place in a conspicuous location on both sides of each well drilling rig or other machine used to construct a well and a pump installer shall place in a conspicuous location on both sides of each pump service truck the license number in letters not less than 2 inches high. A seal furnished by the board designating the year the license was issued or renewed and the words 'Licensed New Hampshire Water Well Contractor' or 'Licensed New Hampshire Pump Installer' shall be affixed directly adjacent to the license number.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1998, 89:12, eff. July 18, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 482-B:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 482-B - New Hampshire Water Well Board|Section 482-B:7 - Plumbers Exempted.

    482-B:7 Plumbers Exempted. –||This chapter shall not restrict a plumber from engaging in the trade for which the plumber has been licensed if such plumber holds a pump installer's license. No examination shall be required for a person who is a plumber licensed under RSA 153:27-a and holds a valid pump installer's license on the effective date of this section.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1998, 89:12, eff. July 18, 1998. 2013, 275:13, eff. July 1, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 482-B:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 482-B - New Hampshire Water Well Board|Section 482-B:8 - Refusal; Revocation; Suspension; Disciplinary Action.

    482-B:8 Refusal;  Revocation;  Suspension;  Disciplinary Action. –||I. A license may be refused, or a license duly issued may be suspended or revoked, or the renewal of such license refused by the board on the board's own investigation and motion or upon motion or written complaint of an interested party if the board has good and sufficient reason to believe or finds that the applicant for or the holder of such a license has:||(a) Made a material misstatement in the application for a license or any application for renewal of such license.||(b) Obtained the license through willful fraud or misrepresentation.||(c) Demonstrated incompetency to act as a water well contractor or pump installer as determined by the water well board.||(d) Been guilty of willful failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter or rules adopted under RSA 482-B:4.||(e) Refused to file reports as required under RSA 482-B:10.||(f) Been found guilty, by the board or by a court of competent jurisdiction of any fraud, deceit, gross negligence, incompetence, or misconduct in the industry, operations, or business of water well construction or pump installations.||II. The department may undertake one or more of the following disciplinary actions upon the department's own investigation and motion or upon written complaint and motion of an interested party if the department has good and sufficient reason to believe or finds that the applicant for or the holder of such a license has violated the provisions of RSA 482-B and the rules of the board:||(a) Written reprimand.||(b) Administrative order.||(c) Administrative fine.||(d) Requiring the licensee to participate in a program of continuing education in the area or areas in which the licensee has been found deficient.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1998, 89:13, eff. July 18, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 482-B:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 482-B - New Hampshire Water Well Board|Section 482-B:9 - Hearing.

    482-B:9 Hearing. –||I. Before taking any action under RSA 482-B:8, the board or department shall give notice of its intention to do so by certified mail to the person against whom the proposed action is to be taken. Upon receipt of such notice, the person affected may within 30 days request a hearing. If a hearing is requested, the board or department shall not act until such hearing is completed.||II. Hearings held by the board shall be held in the county in which the person affected has his or her place of business or in the office of the board, whichever the board may decide. At least 10 days prior to the date of hearing, the board shall send written notice of the time and place of such hearing to the applicant for, or holder of, such license by certified mail to the last known address of such person. The testimony presented and the proceedings of such hearing shall be recorded and preserved as the records of the board. The board shall as soon after the hearing as possible, and not later than 90 days after the date of such hearing, make its findings and determination on the license and shall send a copy of its decision to each interested party by certified mail return receipt requested or by personal service. Revocation or suspension of a license shall be effective upon receipt of such board decision.||III. Appeal from a decision of the board may be made in accordance with RSA 541.||IV. Hearings held by the department shall be held in accordance with the rules of practice and procedure of the department.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1998, 89:14, eff. July 18, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 482-B:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 482-B - New Hampshire Water Well Board|Section 482-B:10 - Record of Wells; Monitoring Wells.

    482-B:10 Record of Wells;  Monitoring Wells. –||I. Within 90 days after completion of a well, the water well contractor shall provide the board with a record of the well containing the following information:||(a) Name of the owner of the property on which the well is situated.||(b) Name of the building contractor, if applicable.||(c) Location of the well by:||(1) Coordinates provided by global positioning technology in units of degrees and decimal minutes of latitude and longitude, with at least 3 decimal places of precision and referenced to the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84) datum or its successor;||(2) Street address of the property as listed in the enhanced 911 street address guide to the extent it is publicly available on the date of submission of the report;||(3) Tax map and lot number of the property; and||(4) A drawing indicating the position of each well, if more than one well is located within the lot, relative to significant permanent man-made or natural features at a given site.||(d) Date well was completed.||(e) Proposed use of well.||(f) Reason for constructing well.||(g) Type of well.||(h) Total depth of well.||(i) Casing details.||(j) Method or methods of sealing casing into bedrock, if applicable.||(k) Screen details, if applicable.||(l) Results, method, and duration of yield test or tests conducted.||(m) Static water level, if encountered.||(n) Depth to bedrock.||(o) Description and depth intervals of unconsolidated surficial deposits encountered during the well drilling process.||(p) Yield test at various depths, if performed.||(q) Hydro fracturing or other well development details, if applicable.||(r) Name of water well contractor or technical driller.||(s) Additional well seals installed, if applicable.||(t) A statement specifying whether a water quality sample was collected by the driller.||(u) If the well location does not comply with setback requirements for wells under New Hampshire law or rules of the water well board, a statement identifying the law or rule with which the wells do not comply.||(v) Date of the report.||(w) Any other information required by rules adopted by the water well board.||II. At a minimum, the technical drillers shall comply with the requirements of paragraph I for the deepest monitoring well installed at each property or place of business and for each monitoring well installed into the bedrock at each property or place of business.||III. If the technical driller does not comply with the requirements of paragraph I for all the monitoring wells the driller installs at a single property or place of business, then the technical driller shall prepare and submit a map showing the location of each monitoring well installed by the technical driller relative to significant permanent man-made or natural features at a given site and relative to wells located with GPS coordinates in accordance with paragraph I.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1998, 89:15. 2007, 89:1, eff. Dec. 8, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 482-B:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 482-B - New Hampshire Water Well Board|Section 482-B:11 - Wells Constructed for Oil, Gas, Brine, or Mining.

    482-B:11 Wells Constructed for Oil, Gas, Brine, or Mining. –||Drilling, excavating and pumping associated with the oil, gas or brine well industries and the construction, quarrying, and mining industries and the disposal of any materials shall be subject to this chapter only insofar as they relate to the pollution and depletion of underground water resources.|||Source. 1989, 339:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 482-B:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 482-B - New Hampshire Water Well Board|Section 482-B:12 - Wells Constructed for Farming or Private Use.

    482-B:12 Wells Constructed for Farming or Private Use. –||Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a person from constructing a well on the person's own or leased property if the well is intended for use only for noncommercial farming purposes or if the waters to be produced are not intended for use by the public or by persons in any residence other than the person's own permanent residence. Such person shall submit records as required under RSA 482-B:10 and shall comply with any applicable rules.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1998, 89:16, eff. July 18, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 482-B:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 482-B - New Hampshire Water Well Board|Section 482-B:13 - Exemptions.

    482-B:13 Exemptions. –||Where the board finds that compliance with all the requirements of this chapter or rules adopted under RSA 482-B:4 would result in undue hardship, an exemption from any one or more of such requirements may be granted by the board to the extent necessary to ameliorate such undue hardship and to the extent such exemption can be granted without impairing the intent and purpose of this chapter.|||Source. 1989, 339:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 482-B:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 482-B - New Hampshire Water Well Board|Section 482-B:14 - Fees.

    482-B:14 Fees. –||Fees received under this chapter shall be paid over to the state treasurer and deposited in the general fund.|||Source. 1989, 339:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 482-B:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 482-B - New Hampshire Water Well Board|Section 482-B:15 - Maintenance and Repair of Wells and Pumps.

    482-B:15 Maintenance and Repair of Wells and Pumps. –||All wells shall be maintained in a proper condition to conserve and protect groundwater resources and shall not be a source or cause of contamination or pollution of the water supply of any aquifer. All materials and construction practices used in the construction of a new well or new pump installation or in the maintenance, repair, or replacement of any well or pump installation shall conform with rules adopted by the board. All maintenance and repair work shall be done only by a licensed water well contractor, licensed pump installer, licensed plumber or licensed electrician.|||Source. 1989, 339:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 482-B:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 482-B - New Hampshire Water Well Board|Section 482-B:17 - Exceptions.

    482-B:17 Exceptions. –||The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a person who regularly employs a maintenance person whose duties include replacement and maintenance of pump installations on the property of that person when such employee is actually so engaged or to an owner or an owner's agent who does pump installation repairs or replacement on property owned by him or her; provided, however, that said repairs, replacements, and maintenance shall conform to rules relative to such repairs, replacements, and maintenance adopted by the board.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1998, 89:18, eff. July 18, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 482-B:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 482-B - New Hampshire Water Well Board|Section 482-B:18 - Complaints.

    482-B:18 Complaints. –||Written complaints filed with the board against a licensed water well contractor or a licensed pump installer shall be public records. The board may maintain a registry of written complaints. If such a registry is established, the board shall establish, by rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A, a procedure for providing information contained in the registry to the public. Written complaints shall be removed from the registry upon the request of the licensee, provided that the board has not received a written complaint for 3 consecutive years prior to the date of the request.|||Source. 1998, 89:19, eff. July 18, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 483:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 483 - New Hampshire Rivers Management and Protection Program|Section 483:1 - Statement of Policy.

    483:1 Statement of Policy. –||New Hampshire's rivers and streams comprise one of its most important natural resources, historically vital to New Hampshire's commerce, industry, and tourism, and the quality of life of New Hampshire people. It is the policy of the state to ensure the continued viability of New Hampshire rivers as valued ecologic, economic, public health and safety, and social assets for the benefit of present and future generations. The state shall encourage and assist in the development of river corridor management plans and regulate the quantity and quality of instream flow along certain protected rivers or segments of rivers to conserve and protect outstanding characteristics including recreational, fisheries, wildlife, environmental, hydropower, cultural, historical, archaeological, scientific, ecological, aesthetic, community significance, agricultural, and public water supply so that these valued characteristics shall endure as part of the river uses to be enjoyed by New Hampshire people. If conflicts arise in the attempt to protect all valued characteristics within a river or stream, priority shall be given to those characteristics that are necessary to meet state water quality standards.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1990, 233:21. 2009, 201:3, eff. July 15, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 483:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 483 - New Hampshire Rivers Management and Protection Program|Section 483:2 - Program Established; Intent.

    483:2 Program Established;  Intent. –||There is established within the department of environmental services the New Hampshire rivers management and protection program. It is the intent of the legislature that the New Hampshire rivers management and protection program shall complement and reinforce existing state and federal water quality laws, and that in-stream flows are maintained along protected rivers, or segments thereof, in a manner that will enhance or not diminish the enjoyment of outstanding river characteristics pursuant to RSA 483:1. It is also the intent of the legislature that, through said program, the outstanding characteristics including recreational, fisheries, wildlife, environmental, hydropower, cultural, historical, archaeological, scientific, ecological, aesthetic, community significance, agricultural, public water supply, instream public uses, and riparian rights of such rivers shall be restored, protected, and maintained, and notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 483-B, that nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to preempt any land and zoning authority granted to municipal bodies under RSA title LXIV.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1990, 233:1, eff. June 26, 1990. 2016, 287:1, eff. Aug. 20, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 483:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 483 - New Hampshire Rivers Management and Protection Program|Section 483:3 - Rivers Coordinator.

    483:3 Rivers Coordinator. –||There is established in the department of environmental services, a state rivers coordinator, who shall be a classified employee qualified by reason of education and experience, and who shall administer the New Hampshire rivers management and protection program.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 2007, 285:1, eff. Sept. 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 483:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 483 - New Hampshire Rivers Management and Protection Program|Section 483:5 - Coordination With Federal Statutes.

    483:5 Coordination With Federal Statutes. –||For the purposes of section 10(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Power Act, those rivers or segments designated under this chapter and any state or local river corridor management plans developed pursuant to this chapter shall constitute one element of the state comprehensive plan for river conservation and development. Designated rivers or segments shall constitute protected waterways under the provisions of the Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act, section 210(j)(2), 16 U.S.C. section 824a-3(j)(2).|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1990, 233:3, eff. June 26, 1990. 2016, 287:8, eff. Aug. 20, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 483:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 483 - New Hampshire Rivers Management and Protection Program|Section 483:7 - Legislative Designation.

    483:7 Legislative Designation. –||I. Any nomination approved by the commissioner shall require review and approval by the general court prior to inclusion in the program. Such action shall be filed as a bill in the next legislative session following the nomination.||II. Any nomination which is forwarded to the general court for review and approval shall include:||(a) A map showing the boundaries of the river or segment;||(b) A report which specifies the values and characteristics which qualify the river or segment for designation; and||(c) The classifications of the proposed designation pursuant to RSA 483:7-a.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1990, 233:4, eff. June 26, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 483:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 483 - New Hampshire Rivers Management and Protection Program|Section 483:10 - River Corridor Management Plans.

    483:10 River Corridor Management Plans. –||I. The rivers coordinator shall provide technical assistance to local river management advisory committees, regional planning commissions, and municipalities, and shall encourage the development and implementation of local river corridor management plans pursuant to RSA 483:8-a, III(c). In developing these plans, the department shall coordinate with the department of natural and cultural resources, the department of fish and game, the office of planning and development, the department of agriculture, markets, and food, the department of transportation, the department of safety, and the division of historical resources.||II. River corridor management plans developed pursuant to paragraph I shall include, but not be limited to, the following:||(a) Permitted recreational uses and activities.||(b) Permitted non-recreational uses and activities.||(c) Existing land uses.||(cc) Aquatic connectivity.||(d) Protection of flood plains, meander belts, wetlands, wildlife and fish habitat, and other significant open space and natural areas.||(e) Dams, bridges, and other water structures.||(f) Access by foot and vehicles.||(g) Setbacks and other location requirements.||(h) Dredging, filling, mining, and earth moving.||(i) Prohibited uses.||(j) State-owned lands within the corridor and tributary drainage areas thereof. The plan shall include a description of the importance of those lands to the characteristics for which the river was designated.||(k) Fluvial geomorphology and risk reduction.||III. River corridor management plans developed according to this section may include tributary drainage areas as determined by the local river management advisory committee.||IV. State agencies shall collaborate with and assist the rivers coordinator and the local river management advisory committee with the implementation of river corridor management plans.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 2003, 319:9. 2004, 257:44. 2007, 285:6. 2009, 201:11, 12, eff. July 15, 2009. 2016, 287:31, eff. Aug. 20, 2016. 2017, 156:14, I, 64, eff. July 1, 2017. 2021, 91:198, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 483:10-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 483 - New Hampshire Rivers Management and Protection Program|Section 483:10-a - Repealed by 2016, 287:38, I, eff. Aug. 20, 2016.

    483:10-a Repealed by 2016, 287:38, I, eff. Aug. 20, 2016. –|
NH Rev Stat § 483:10-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 483 - New Hampshire Rivers Management and Protection Program|Section 483:10-b - Withholding of Section 401 Certification.

    483:10-b Withholding of Section 401 Certification. –||The general court finds that the development of any dam or channel alteration activities within a natural river or segment or the development of any new dam within a rural, rural-community, or community river or segment, except as provided in RSA 483:9-a, II, RSA 483:9-aa, II, and RSA 483:9-b, II, will alter the physical and chemical characteristics of that river and will constitute violation of the water quality standards established under RSA 485-A:8. The commissioner shall deny certification of any federally licensed or permitted activity on such designated rivers or segments under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, P.L. 92-500, as amended.|||Source. 1990, 233:12, eff. June 26, 1990. 2016, 287:32, eff. Aug. 20, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 483:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 483 - New Hampshire Rivers Management and Protection Program|Section 483:11 - Rulemaking.

    483:11 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner, with the advice of the advisory committee, shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the following:||I. Content and submission of nominations, including requirements and criteria for river segments whose salinity, flow, or level is influenced by tides at its tidal mouth, under RSA 483:6, I.||I-a. Determination of the downstream extent for river segments whose salinity, flow, or level is influenced by tides at their tidal mouths.||II. Criteria for acceptance of nominations by the commissioner, including criteria listed in RSA 483:6, IV(a).||III. Preparation for legislative designation of nominated rivers or segments of such rivers under RSA 483:7.||IV. Development of standards, criteria, and procedures for establishment and enforcement of protected instream flow levels for designated rivers and segments under RSA 483:9-c.|||Source. 1989, 339:1. 1990, 233:13. 1991, 338:15. 2009, 201:17, eff. July 15, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 483:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 483 - New Hampshire Rivers Management and Protection Program|Section 483:12 - Consistency of State Action.

    483:12 Consistency of State Action. –||Upon enactment of this chapter, all state agency actions affecting rivers or segments of such rivers which may be designated for protection under this chapter shall conform to the provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 1989, 339:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.|