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NH Rev Stat § 487:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:11 - Appeal to Division; Notice and Hearing.

    487:11 Appeal to Division;  Notice and Hearing. –||Whenever the person or occupant producing a certificate of registration which is taken up for violation of this chapter is not also the registered owner, that fact shall be made known to the department of safety, division of motor vehicles, at the time of its delivery to said division, whereupon it shall be the duty of the department of safety, division of motor vehicles, to give notice in writing of the fact of suspension and the reason for such suspension to the registered owner at the address appearing upon said registration. Such notice shall be by registered mail. Any registered owner whose certificate is suspended for violation of this chapter shall have 10 days from receipt of actual notice of said suspension to appeal to the division in protest of such suspension and to request a hearing on the question of such suspension. In such hearings the division shall have authority to compel the attendance of witnesses and the taking of testimony under oath and shall preserve in writing a summary of substantial evidence produced before it upon which any decision in such cases is rendered. Decisions of the division under this section shall be appealable pursuant to RSA 21-O:14. Nothing in this section shall operate to reinstate any certificate of registration pending a decision of the division other than by proof before it that the violation of this chapter for which the registration certificate was suspended no longer continues or by proof that no violation in fact occurred.|||Source. 1989, 339:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:12 - Operation After Suspension.

    487:12 Operation After Suspension. –||No boat shall be operated upon any waters of this state after its certificate of registration has been taken up for violation of this chapter other than from the point at which said certificate was taken up to a permanent mooring. For violation of this section said certificate of registration shall be revoked by the department of safety, division of motor vehicles, for a period of not less than 12 months.|||Source. 1989, 339:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:13 - Transfer of Title in Fraud of or After Suspension.

    487:13 Transfer of Title in Fraud of or After Suspension. –||Any transfer of a boat, the registration certificate of which has been suspended pursuant to this chapter, shall not operate to entitle the transferee to a new registration certificate free of the restrictions lawfully imposed under the provisions of this chapter, and any transferee requesting a new registration for the same boat shall be required to produce, as a condition precedent to such issuance, the registration certificate of the transferer.|||Source. 1989, 339:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:14 - Subsequent Registrations.

    487:14 Subsequent Registrations. –||Applications for original or renewal of certificates of registration from the department of safety, division of motor vehicles, shall contain a statement subject to the penalties of perjury that the boat described in such application is equipped in compliance with this chapter.|||Source. 1989, 339:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:15 - Purpose.

    487:15 Purpose. –||The general court recognizes that rapidly escalating pressures of shorefront development and recreational uses of public waters have placed increasing strains upon the state's lake resources, thereby accelerating the eutrophicationprocess in many of our public lakes through nuisance growths of aquatic macrophytes (aquatic plants) and phytoplankton (algae) and thus posing a threat to water quality. The general court further recognizes that transporting boats from one water body to another increases the risk of inadvertent transport of aquatic nuisance species, some of which are invisible to the unaided eye. This risk can be reduced by inspecting and draining all boats and water-related equipment upon leaving state waters. The general court further recognizes the need to restore, preserve and maintain the state's lakes and ponds in order that these significant environmental, aesthetic and recreational assets will continue to benefit the social and economic well-being of the state's citizens.|||Source. 1990, 143:2, eff. June 18, 1990. 2016, 227:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:16 - Definitions.

    487:16 Definitions. –||In this subdivision:||I. "Department" means the department of environmental services.||I-a. "Exotic aquatic species of wildlife" means wildlife, as defined in RSA 207:1, XXXV, that:||(a) Depend on a freshwater aquatic environment; and||(b) Are not naturally occurring in New Hampshire or have not become established in New Hampshire as a result of an intentional introduction program by a state agency.||II. The term "exotic aquatic weeds" includes only those species of vascular aquatic plants which were not part of New Hampshire's native aquatic flora before 1950. Cabomba caroliniana and Myriophyllum heterophyllum are examples of exotic aquatic weeds.||III. "Federal program" means the federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C.A. 1324, the federal clean lakes program (P.L. 92-500, section 314), as amended, now known as the Water Quality Act of 1987 (P.L. 100-4), as amended.||IV. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of environmental services.||V. "Aquatic plants" means plants that are adapted to live in freshwater aquatic environments, also referred to as aquatic macrophytes.|||Source. 1990, 143:2. 1996, 228:98, 99. 1997, 185:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1998. 2015, 164:1, eff. Aug. 25, 2015. 2016, 227:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:16-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:16-a - Exotic Aquatic Weed Prohibition.

    487:16-a Exotic Aquatic Weed Prohibition. –||No exotic aquatic weeds shall be offered for sale, distributed, sold, imported, purchased, propagated, transported, or introduced in the state. The commissioner may exempt any exotic aquatic weed from any of the prohibitions of this section consistent with the purpose of this subdivision.|||Source. 1997, 185:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:16-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:16-b - Exotic Aquatic Weed Penalties.

    487:16-b Exotic Aquatic Weed Penalties. –||It shall be unlawful to offer for sale, distribute, sell, import, purchase, propagate, negligently transport, or introduce exotic aquatic weeds into New Hampshire waterbodies. Notwithstanding RSA 487:7, any person engaging in such an activity shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1999, 204:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2000. 2016, 227:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:16-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:16-c - Transport of Aquatic Plants or Exotic Aquatic Weeds On Outside of Boats, Vehicles, and Equipment.

    487:16-c Transport of Aquatic Plants or Exotic Aquatic Weeds On Outside of Boats, Vehicles, and Equipment. –||No person shall negligently transport any aquatic plants or plant parts or exotic aquatic weed or weed parts to or from any New Hampshire waters on the outside of a vehicle, boat, ski craft as defined in RSA 270:73, trailer, or other equipment.|||Source. 2016, 227:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:16-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:16-d - Draining of Water Conveyances.

    487:16-d Draining of Water Conveyances. –||I. When leaving waters of the state, a person shall drain his or her boat and other water-related equipment that holds water, including live wells and bilges.||II. Drain plugs, bailers, valves, or other devices used to control the draining of water from ballast tanks, bilges, and live wells shall be removed or opened while transporting boats and other water-related equipment, if the vessel is so equipped.||III. Commercial enterprises transporting boats for off-site storage, maintenance, or repairs, and emergency response vehicles and their related equipment are exempted from paragraphs I and II, however all such exempt commercial enterprises shall drain all water-related equipment holding water and live wells and bilges prior to transporting the equipment to another water body.|||Source. 2016, 227:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:16-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:16-e - Use of Best Available Technology at Public Boat Access Sites.

    487:16-e Use of Best Available Technology at Public Boat Access Sites. –||I. Public boat access facility owners such as state agencies and municipalities, may provide various technologies including, but not limited to, garden hoses, cleaning tools or units, and decontamination units at their access sites for the purposes of cleaning, draining, drying, or decontaminating boats, trailers, and aquatic gear in order to prevent the spread of aquatic exotic invasive species.||II. Prior to entering and after exiting the waterbody through a boat access facility, boaters using public boat access facilities shall use the clean, drain, dry, or decontamination technology made available at that site when such technology is available, without cost, and not otherwise restricting access to the public waterbody.|||Source. 2019, 100:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:16-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:16-f - Penalties.

    487:16-f Penalties. –||Notwithstanding RSA 487:7, any person who violates RSA 487:16-c through 487:16-e shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of $50 for a first offense, $100 for a second offense, and $250 for any subsequent offense. The authority to enforce these sections shall extend to all peace officers in the state of New Hampshire.|||Source. 2019, 100:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:18 - Project Prioritization.

    487:18 Project Prioritization. –||Project approval shall be based upon prioritization factors to be established by rules adopted under RSA 541-A. Such rules shall give first priority for expenditure of available funds to the control or eradication of new infestations of exotic aquatic weeds pursuant to RSA 487:17, II(b). Otherwise, preference shall be given to lakes that have public access or that serve as a public drinking water supply. Implementation measures shall be based upon an assessment of potential success, technical feasibility, practicability, and cost effectiveness. Restoration and preservation projects shall include watershed management plans to control and reduce incoming nutrients wherever possible through best management practices. Repeated short-term solutions shall be discouraged where long-term solutions are feasible and cost effective. Treatments shall be designed to minimize any adverse effect upon fish and wildlife, their habitats, and the environment.|||Source. 1990, 143:2. 2002, 201:5. 2007, 263:103, eff. July 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:19 - Public Hearings.

    487:19 Public Hearings. –||No project for the implementation of a lakes restoration or preservation program shall be approved or initiated until at least 2 public hearings have been held on the project. Said hearings shall be held in one or more of the affected municipalities.|||Source. 1990, 143:3, eff. June 18, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:20 - Eligibility.

    487:20 Eligibility. –||To be eligible for funding under this subdivision, a body of water shall be any freshwater lake or pond which meets priorities established under RSA 487:18. Lakefront associations, private businesses, citizens and local government agencies shall be eligible to apply for funding under this subdivision.|||Source. 1990, 143:3, eff. June 18, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:21 - Cost Sharing.

    487:21 Cost Sharing. –||I. For diagnostic and feasibility studies where the federal government has made financial assistance available in the amount of 70 percent of the cost, the department may provide an amount not exceeding 30 percent of the total eligible costs as determined by the department. Where no federal funding is available, the department may provide an amount not exceeding 80 percent of the total eligible costs.||II. For implementation of restoration or preservation projects where the federal government has made financial assistance available in the amount of 50 percent of the costs, the department may provide an amount not exceeding 35 percent of the total eligible costs, as determined by the department. Where no federal funding is available, the department may provide an amount not exceeding 80 percent of the total eligible costs.||III. For water quality maintenance programs, the department may provide an amount of funding not to exceed 80 percent of the total eligible costs, as determined by the department, except that for the control of new infestations of exotic aquatic weeds the state may assume 100 percent of the cost.||IV. The local cost share shall be the cost of a project remaining after taking into account any state and federal funding.||V. An amount up to 10 percent of the total available funding may be expended on research that addresses the problems of lake eutrophication and exotic aquatic weeds.|||Source. 1990, 143:3. 1996, 228:106. 2002, 201:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:22 - Municipal Agreements.

    487:22 Municipal Agreements. –||Whenever a project requires a commitment of cooperative action or local cost sharing involving 2 or more municipalities, all participating municipalities shall execute an intermunicipal agreement relative to their respective obligations. No project which requires a local match shall be initiated with state funding until such an agreement, if applicable, has been approved by the legislative bodies of all the involved municipalities.|||Source. 1990, 143:3, eff. June 18, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:23 - Agency Cooperation.

    487:23 Agency Cooperation. –||The department shall make a concerted effort to integrate and coordinate the clean lakes program with other environmental management programs involving lakes and their watersheds, whether such programs fall within the jurisdiction of the department of environmental services or within that of another state department. The university system and the department shall maintain regular communication for the purpose of sharing data bases and other relevant information.|||Source. 1990, 143:3. 1996, 228:101, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:24 - Rulemaking.

    487:24 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to:||I. The criteria to be used in the prioritization of grants for diagnostic or feasibility studies.||II. The criteria used to determine the priority of implementation projects and maintenance projects.||III. Contracting procedures with local governments or private businesses.||IV. Application procedures to participate in the program.||V. Criteria for the determination of project eligibility.||VI. Criteria governing the conduct of and reporting requirements on diagnostic and feasibility studies, implementation projects and maintenance projects.||VII. Designation of plants as exotic aquatic weeds as defined in RSA 487:16, II.||VII-a. Administration and enforcement of, and exemptions to, the exotic aquatic weed prohibition under RSA 487:16-a.||VII-b. Criteria governing the emergency response protocol under RSA 487:17, II(c).||VII-c. Designation of restricted use exotic aquatic weed control areas under RSA 487:17, II(d).||VIII. Any other matters that are necessary to implement the provisions of this subdivision.|||Source. 1990, 143:3. 1997, 185:5. 1999, 204:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:25 - Lake Restoration and Preservation Fund; Addition to Boat Fee.

    487:25 Lake Restoration and Preservation Fund;  Addition to Boat Fee. –||I. The fee of $9.50 collected under the provisions of RSA 270-E:5, II(a) shall be paid to the director of the division of motor vehicles. The director of the division of motor vehicles shall pay over said fee to the state treasurer who shall keep the fee in a special fund to be expended by the department of environmental services. The department shall use $.50 of the fee for lake restoration and preservation measures, exclusive of exotic aquatic weed control, $5 of the fee for the control of exotic aquatic weeds, and $4 of the fee for the milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program. The department shall deposit the $4 into a special account within the lake restoration and preservation fund which shall be used to administer the milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program. The special fund shall be nonlapsing. All funds received under this section are continually appropriated to the department for the purposes of this subdivision.||II. The department is authorized to utilize such methods of control and to employ such personnel, consultant services, and equipment as, in its judgment, will control aquatic nuisances in the surface waters of the state as defined in RSA 485-A:2.||III. The department shall be the agency to receive and utilize federal funds, gifts, or grants from any person or association, which may be made available for the purposes of this subdivision.|||Source. 1990, 143:3. 1996, 228:102, 106. 1997, 185:6. 2002, 201:2. 2009, 144:149, eff. Aug. 28, 2009. 2014, 231:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:26 - Grant Program Established.

    487:26 Grant Program Established. –||There is hereby established a grant program to be administered by the department of environmental services for the allocation of money to state agencies, non-profit organizations, and municipalities or political subdivisions of the state which seek to administer a milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program, and to institutions of higher learning which seek to conduct research on milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants remediation techniques. The grant program shall be funded by the portion of the lake restoration and preservation fund, established in RSA 487:25, and allocated to the milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program. Approximately 3/4 of the moneys distributed from the fund to the milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program shall be allocated for the purposes of milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention and the remainder shall be allocated to milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants remediation research, as appropriate, based on grant requests. Of the moneys in the milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program, the moneys allocated specifically for the purposes of the milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention shall be distributed upon approval of the commissioner of the department of environmental services and the commissioner of safety. Of the moneys in the milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program, the moneys allocated specifically for the purposes of milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants remediation research shall be distributed upon approval of the commissioner of the department of environmental services.|||Source. 2002, 201:3. 2010, 352:1, eff. Sept. 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:27 - Management Plan.

    487:27 Management Plan. –||The commissioner of the department of environmental services, or designee, in consultation with the commissioner of safety, or designee, shall establish a management plan to implement the grant program. The management plan shall include, but not be limited to:||I. Eligibility determination criteria and procedures.||II. Application requirements and procedures.||III. Project selection and prioritization requirements and procedures.||IV. Stewardship requirements and procedures, including annual reporting to the department by the grantee.|||Source. 2002, 201:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 487:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title L - Water Management and Protection|Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth|Section 487:28 - Eligible Applicants; Matching Funds.

    487:28 Eligible Applicants;  Matching Funds. –||I. The department of environmental services shall distribute funds for projects to further the purposes of this program only to eligible applicants. Eligible applicants shall include:||(a) Publicly-supported nonprofit corporations exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.||(b) Municipalities or other political subdivisions of the state.||(c) Institutions of higher learning.||(d) State agencies.||II. All eligible applicants shall provide a minimum level of matching resources equal to 50 percent of the proposed program budget. The department may exempt institutions of higher learning from the required match. The cost-sharing match may be met through the use of in-kind services. Qualifying matching funds from the applicant may include, but are not limited to, municipal appropriations, private donations, federal funds, and the value of goods and services provided by the applicant.|||Source. 2002, 201:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2003.|