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Proposed and Recently Adopted Rules

The "Proposed" section below contains copies of rules and rulemaking filing documents related to rules that DES has proposed but has not yet adopted. Rulemaking Notices list the date, time, and place of the public hearing and the date on which the public comment period ends. Final Proposals are posted once the rule has been filed for review by the Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules ("JLCAR"). The "Recently Adopted" section below contains copies of rules that DES has adopted but not yet certified. Until the certified text is available, the adopted text is the official text of the rules. For rulemakings which amend only a portion of a set of existing rules, the amendments posted here must be read in conjunction with the remaining rules (available at the DES Administrative Rules listing).

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Proposed:

This contains copies of rules and rulemaking filing documents related to rules that the Department has proposed. These rules have not been adopted. Please note the following:

  1. For Initial Proposals, the public comment period is noted on the associated Rulemaking Notice. If the public comment period has ended but a Final Proposal has not been posted, it means that the Department is considering the comments it has received in order to prepare a Final Proposal.
  2. If a Final Proposal is posted, it means that the rule has been filed for review by the Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules ("JLCAR"). The date the rules are expected to be reviewed by the JLCAR is noted below.

PROPOSED AIR PROGRAM RULES (Env-A)

 

PROPOSED CROSS-PROGRAM RULES (Env-C)

 

PROPOSED DAM & RELATED RULES (Env-Wr)

 

PROPOSED DRINKING WATER & RELATED RULES (Env-Ws; to become Env-Dw)

  • Env-Dw 502.21(d) Certified Operators; Responsibilities of Owners of Privately Owned Redistribution Systems - JLCAR review anticipated February 19, 2010

Final Proposal - Annotated
Final Proposal - Fixed Text

Initial Proposal
Rulemaking Notice
Fiscal Impact Statement

Final Proposal - Fixed Text [no change from Initial Proposal]

Initial Proposal
Rulemaking Notice
Fiscal Impact Statement

PROPOSED HAZARDOUS WASTE RULES (Env-Hw)

 

PROPOSED OIL & REMEDIATION RULES (Env-Wm; to become Env-Or)

 

PROPOSED SOLID WASTE RULES (Env-Sw)

 

PROPOSED WATER QUALITY/QUANTITY RULES (Env-Ws; to become Env-Wq)

  • Env-Wq 1800 Rivers Mgmt & Protection; Tidal River Amendments (regular amendments) - JLCAR review anticipated February 19, 2010

Final Proposal - Fixed Text (No changes from Initial Proposal)

Initial Proposal
Rulemaking Notice
Fiscal Impact Statement

PROPOSED WETLANDS RULES (Env-Wt)

SPECIAL NOTICE: The Final Proposals for the rules relating to stream crossings were filed with the Office of Legislative Services on January 20, 2010, and are posted below. The Summary of Public Comment, With DES Responses summarizes all public comments received on the proposed rules and explains the changes that have been made to the proposed rules in response to the comments or the reason(s) why DES did not make changes. DES believes that the Summary will address many of the questions and comments you may have regarding the Final Proposals.

 

  • Env-Wt 101 misc. sections Stream Crossing Definitions - JLCAR review anticipated February 19, 2010

Final Proposal - Annotated
Final Proposal - Fixed Text

Initial Proposal
Rulemaking Notice
Fiscal Impact Statement

Public Hearings for Env-Wt 101 misc. sections

  • Env-Wt 300-500-800 misc. sections Amendments Relative to Stream Crossings - JLCAR review anticipated February 19, 2010

Final Proposal - Annotated
Final Proposal - Fixed Text

Initial Proposal
Rulemaking Notice
Fiscal Impact Statement

PRELIMINARY DRAFT Final Proposal

Public Hearings for Env-Wt 300-500-800 misc. sections

  • Env-Wt 900 Stream Crossings - JLCAR review anticipated February 19, 2010

Final Proposal - Annotated
Final Proposal - Fixed Text

Initial Proposal
Rulemaking Notice
Fiscal Impact Statement

PRELIMINARY DRAFT Final Proposal

Public Hearings for Env-Wt 900

PROPOSED COUNCIL & BOARD RULES

 
Recently Adopted:
This section contains copies of rules that have been adopted by the Department but for which the certified text is not yet available. Until the certified text is available, this is the official text of the rules. Once the certified text is available, the certified text is the official version of the rules and will be available at the NHDES Administrative Rules listing.

Note that for rulemakings which amend only a portion of a set of existing rules, the amendments posted here must be read in conjunction with the remaining rules (available at the NH NHDES Administrative Rules listing).

RECENTLY ADOPTED AIR PROGRAM RULES (Env-A)

RECENTLY ADOPTED CROSS-PROGRAM RULES (Env-C)

RECENTLY ADOPTED DAM PROGRAM & RELATED RULES (Env-Wr)

 

RECENTLY ADOPTED DRINKING WATER & RELATED RULES (Env-Ws; to become Env-Dw)

RECENTLY ADOPTED HAZARDOUS WASTE RULES (Env-Hw)

 

RECENTLY ADOPTED OIL & REMEDIATION RULES (Env-Wm; to become Env-Or)

 

RECENTLY ADOPTED SOLID WASTE RULES (Env-Sw)

RECENTLY ADOPTED WATER QUALITY/QUANTITY RULES (Env-Ws; to become Env-Wq)

RECENTLY ADOPTED WETLANDS RULES (Env-Wt)

 

RECENTLY ADOPTED COUNCIL & BOARD RULES

 

 

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