The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public trust, public health and safety, and the natural resource functions of New Hampshire's coastal lands and tidal waters/wetlands, and to preserve the integrity of such areas, by establishing requirements for resource analysis, resource management, site alteration, and design and construction of structures, in order to preserve the productive and protective functions of this resource area and prevent unreasonable encroachment on surface waters of the state.
N.H. Admin. Code § Env-Wt 601.01