Section Pda 510.05 - Safety and Placement of Moorings(a) The division shall issue a mooring permit for a particular mooring location. It shall be the responsibility of the mooring permit holder to install and maintain mooring equipment that will ensure that the assigned vessel and mooring equipment remain on station at the permitted location. In determining the appropriate equipment and maintenance, the mooring permit holder shall take into account the prevailing conditions existing at the permitted location including the nature of the seabed, storms, wind, waves, tides, currents, wash, and the construction and size of the vessel.(b) All mooring equipment and related gear shall be maintained in a safe condition. Badly worn or corroded shackles, eyebolts, blocks, chains, pennants, or related equipment shall be replaced.(c) Each mooring shall utilize buoys that are visible at all times.(d) Pennants shall not be over 12'. The length of a pennant shall be measured from the point of attachment on the mooring ball to the first point of contact on the vessel.(e) Subject to the Army Corps of Engineers Programmatic General Permit for New Hampshire which authorizes the division to permit moorings within the costal and tidal waters of the state, if the requested location for a mooring permit is in a special aquatic site as defined in 40 CFR § 230.3(m), then no mooring permit shall be issued unless the equipment used is designed to provide the least possible impact upon the sensitive nature of the location.N.H. Admin. Code § Pda 510.05
#7940, eff 8-23-03; ss by #9975, eff 8-20-11 (formerly Pda 510.06) (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Pda 500)
Amended by Volume XL Number 2, Filed January 9, 2020, Proposed by #12958, Effective 12/24/2019, Expires 12/24/2029.