Section Ec-Wet 103.02 - Council ResponsibilitiesThe responsibilities of the council are as follows:
(a) As required by RSA 21-O:5-a, IV, the council shall consult with and advise the commissioner of the department of environmental services, or his or her designee, on a continuing basis with respect to the policy, programs, goals, and operations of the department as they relate to wetlands and protected shorelands with particular emphasis on long-range planning for the department and on education of the public relative to the functions of the department;(b) As required by RSA 21-O:5-a, V, the council shall hear all administrative appeals from department decisions made under RSA 482-A relative to wetlands, or under RSA 483-B relative to shoreland protection and shall decide all disputed issues of fact in such appeals, in accordance with RSA 21-O:14;(c) As required by RSA 21-O:5-a, VI, the council shall consider all proposed rules of the commissioner relative to wetlands and protected shorelands and shall present any objections to proposed rules to the commissioner in writing within 15 days;(d) As required by RSA 21-O:5-a, VII, the council shall adopt rules in accordance with the rulemaking provisions of RSA 541-A to govern its proceedings;(e) As required by RSA 21-O:5-a, VIII, the council shall approve disbursements of the aquatic resource compensatory mitigation fund established under RSA 482-A:29; and(f) The council shall perform any additional functions assigned to it by amendment to RSA 21-O:5-a.N.H. Admin. Code § Ec-Wet 103.02
Derived from Volume XLII Number 2, Filed January 13, 2022, Proposed by #13305, Effective 12/15/2021 (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Ec-Wet 100).