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CHAPTER
Res 100 ORGANIZATIONAL RULES
PART
Res 101 DEFINITIONS
Res 101.01 "Department" means the
Source. #2221, eff 12-23-82; ss by #2979, eff
2-21-85; EXPIRED 2-21-91
New. #5798, eff 3-18-94, EXPIRED: 3-18-00
New. #7395,
eff 11-1-00, EXPIRED: 7-1-18
Res 101.02 "Commissioner" means the
commissioner of the department of resources and economic development.
Source. #2221, eff 12-23-82; ss by #2979, eff
2-21-85; EXPIRED 2-21-91
New. #5798, eff 3-18-94, EXPIRED: 3-18-00
New. #7395,
eff 11-1-00, EXPIRED: 7-1-18
Res 101.03 "Division" means a principle unit
within the department.
Source. #5798, eff 3-18-94, EXPIRED: 3-18-00
New. #7395,
eff 11-1-00, EXPIRED: 7-1-18
Res 101.04 "Bureau" means a principle unit
within a division.
Source. #5798, eff 3-18-94, EXPIRED: 3-18-00
New. #7395,
eff 11-1-00, EXPIRED: 7-1-18
Res 101.05 "Subdivision" means a principal
unit within the division of economic development.
Source. #5798, eff 3-18-94, EXPIRED: 3-18-00
New. #7395,
eff 11-1-00, EXPIRED: 7-1-18
Res 101.06 "DRED properties" means all state
properties owned, leased, managed, or under the control of the department of
resources and economic development as listed below in tables 101.1 DRED owned
lands and 101.2 DRED leased lands.
TABLE
101.1 DRED Owned Lands
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Agnew
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Hooksett |
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Bear
Dens Natural Area Gilsum |
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Gilmanton |
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Big
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Binney
Pond Natural Area New
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Bradford
Pines Natural Area |
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Branch
Stream Conservation Easement |
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Carroll
Recreation Trail Carroll |
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Hale's
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Stewartstown |
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Constitution,
Fort Historic Site |
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Craney
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Curtiss
Dogwood Natural Area Lyndeboro |
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Duncan,
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Duston,
Hannah Historic Site Boscawen |
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Eisenhower
Memorial Area Crawford's
Purchase |
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Eldridge
Recreation Trail Ossipee |
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Endicott
Rock Historic Site |
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Federal
Hill Fire Tower |
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Marlow |
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Frost
Farm Historic Site |
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George
Pond Lot |
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Wilmot |
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Heath
Pond Bog Natural Area Ossipee |
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Lempster |
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Marlow |
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Humphrey
Ledge Natural Area |
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Indian
Stream Recreation Trail |
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Jeremy
Hill Natural Area Pelham |
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Kearsarge,
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Warner |
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Wilmot |
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Little
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Lochmere
Archeological Area Belmont |
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Madison
Boulder Natural Area |
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Major,
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Mascot
Mine Natural Area Gorham |
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Hopkinton |
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Nansen
Ski Jump Milan |
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Nansen
Wayside Area |
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Odell |
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Stark |
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Strafford |
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North
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Nursery,
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Oak
Hill Fire Tower Loudon |
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Otter
Brook |
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Pierce
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Ossipee |
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Plummer
Ledge Natural Area Wentworth |
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Profile
Recreation Trail |
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Ragged
Mountain Conservation Easement |
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Wilmot |
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Ragged
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Reed's
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Rockingham
Recreational Trail |
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Hampstead |
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Sandown |
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Mason |
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New
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Sculptured
Rocks Geologic Site |
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Seabrook
Fish Pier Seabrook |
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Stark,
Fort Historic Site |
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Sunapee,
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Newbury |
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Taylor
Mill Historic Site |
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Errol |
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Coos Branch Recreation Trail |
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Urban
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Henniker |
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Weare |
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Wade
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Warehouse,
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Warner
Hill Fire Tower |
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Warren
Recreation Trail |
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Washington,
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Webster
Birthplace Historic Site |
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Wentworth,
Governor Historic Site Wolfeboro |
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Wentworth-Coolidge
Historic Site |
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White
Farm Concord |
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Northwood |
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Yatsevitch
Conservation Easement Cornish |
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TABLE
101.2 DRED Leased Lands
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Lessor Towns |
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Robert
Andrews Millsfield |
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Bayroot LLC
Lands Atkinson |
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Carroll |
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Colebrook |
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Dix's
Grant |
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Dixville |
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Dummer |
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Errol |
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Gilmanton |
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Millsfield |
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Shelburne |
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Stewartstown |
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Success |
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Wentworth |
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Thelma
Bergquist |
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James
Brady |
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Grace
Brooks Carroll |
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Bunting
Family |
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Kurt
and Tom Burke Intervale |
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Castle
Springs, LLC Moultonborough |
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Natalie
Caron |
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Clark |
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Colebrook,
Town of |
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Stewartstown |
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Conway,
Town of |
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Daniel
Cordwell |
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Oneal
Croteau |
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Davodge
Family |
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Ethan
Allen Company |
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Fairway
Village Association, Inc. |
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Leon
Faureau |
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Fitzwilliam,
Town of |
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Fraser
Paper Mills ( |
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Goffstown,
Town of |
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Hobo
Railroad |
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International
Paper Timberlands Operating |
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Odell |
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Stark |
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Barry
Kelley Dummer |
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Kennett
Company |
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Ervil
Kennett |
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Don
Laroche |
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Roland
Leveille |
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Dennis,
Larry and Lucien Lizotte Errol |
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Millsfield |
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Glen
McKinstry |
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Nature
Conservancy, The |
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Newbury,
Town of |
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New
England Power Service |
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Chet
Nicholaisen Sandown |
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John
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Ossipee,
Town of |
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Ossipee
Aggregates Ossipee |
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Errol |
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Pontook
Operating LP Dummer |
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Route
16 Parking Lot |
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Rindge, Town
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Road
Kings Motorcycle Club |
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Peter
Roberts |
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Sanbornton,
Town of |
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Six
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Stewartstown,
Town of |
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Tamworth,
Town of |
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Tillotson
Corporation (The Balsams) Dix's
Grant |
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and Michael Tolley |
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Transportation,
N.H. Department of |
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Ashuelot Branch |
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Swanzey |
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Trails) |
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Gorham
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Haverill |
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Landaff |
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Surry |
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Swanzey |
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Westmoreland |
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Boscawen |
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Campton
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Meredith
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New
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Ossipee |
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Fort Hill Branch |
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Epping |
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Deering |
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Hancock |
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Hillsborough |
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Lyndeborough |
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Epping |
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Newfields |
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Raymond |
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Monadnock Branch Jaffrey |
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Rindge |
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Mountain Division Branch |
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Carroll |
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Location |
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Stewartstown |
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Northern Branch |
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Boscawen |
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Grafton |
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Wilmot |
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Wolfeboro Branch |
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Wolfeboro |
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T.R.
Dillon Property |
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Errol |
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Success |
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Heirs Errol |
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Millsfield |
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Blackwater Flood Control Area |
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Webster |
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Hill |
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Sanbornton |
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Hopkinton-Everett Flood Control Area Dunbarton |
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Henniker |
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Hopkinton |
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Weare |
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Water
Resources Council |
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Woodward
Heirs |
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Dummer |
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Errol |
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Gorham |
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Stark |
Source. #4391-a, eff 3-30-88; ss by #5594, eff
3-12-93; ss by #5946, eff 12-23-94; ss and moved by #6209, eff 3-22-96 (from
Res 8300); amd by #6665, eff 12-31-97; ss by #7395, eff 11-1-00; ss by
#7795, eff 12-2-02;ss by 8396, eff 07-27-05, EXPIRED: 7-1-18
PART
Res 102 DESCRIPTION OF DEPARTMENT
Res 102.01 Department. The department of resources and economic
development is under the executive direction of the commissioner, and consists
of a division of forests and lands, a division of parks and recreation, a
division of travel and tourism development, and a division of economic
development. The descriptions of the
divisions that follow below are not exhaustive and simply describe the main purpose
and scope of each.
Source. #2221, eff 12-23-82; ss by #2979, eff
2-21-85; EXPIRED 2-21-91
New. #5798, eff 3-18-94, EXPIRED: 3-18-00
New. #7395,
eff 11-1-00, EXPIRED: 7-1-18
Res 102.02 Office of the Commissioner.
(a)
The office of the commissioner shall include the commissioner and 2
sections which shall be directly responsible to the commissioner.
(b)
The commissioner shall be ultimately responsible for organizing and
directing all department policies, activities, projects and programs. Directors of divisions shall be subject to
the supervisory authority of the commissioner who shall establish policy as
well as to control the actual operations of the department and its
divisions. Rulemaking authority for the
entire department shall be vested exclusively in the commissioner. As authorized by RSA 12-A:1-d, the
commissioner shall have police powers and shall confer same upon certain
individuals in the department of resources and economic development.
(c)
The business management section shall be responsible for all financial
accounting for the department, human resource management, data management,
information technology management as well as management of the department's
warehouse and supply depot.
(d)
The design, development and maintenance section shall be responsible for
all the engineering and construction needs of the department. The section shall also administer all
contracts necessary to adequately maintain and construct department facilities.
Source. #2221, eff 12-23-82; ss by #2979, eff
2-21-85; EXPIRED 2-21-91
New. #5798, eff 3-18-94, EXPIRED: 3-18-00
New. #7395,
eff 11-1-00, EXPIRED: 7-1-18
Res 102.03 Division of Forests and Lands.
(a)
The division of forests and lands shall be responsible for the
maintenance, protection, conservation, multiple use, and rehabilitation of
forests for social, economic and environmental benefits. The director of the division of forests and
lands shall be responsible for the execution of all matters pertaining to
forestry, forest management and forest lands within the state. The division shall consist of 5 bureaus which
shall be directly responsible to the director of the division of forests and
lands.
(b)
The forest protection bureau shall be responsible for fire detection,
prevention, presuppression and suppression in all
(c)
The forest information and planning bureau shall deliver information to
the general public, landowners, homeowners, communities, and professional
resource managers and educate citizens about the value of forest resources and
forestry. The bureau shall be
responsible for the management of
(d)
The land management bureau shall be responsible for acquisition of land
for expansion of the state reservations and state easements. The bureau shall also be responsible for the
disposal of land surplus to the department's needs. Also, the bureau shall maintain the entire
department's land records and maintain and survey boundaries of all department
properties. Mining permit programs,
special use permit programs and leased lands shall also be administered by the
bureau.
(e)
The forest management bureau shall be responsible for the forest
management of all reservations and forest lands under the jurisdiction of the
state. The bureau shall also be
responsible for the cultivation and the sale of seedlings through the state
forest nursery and the research, demonstration, and promotion of scientific
forestry through the Fox Research Program.
Also, the bureau shall maintain oversight and protection of rare and
imperiled native plants through the natural heritage inventory program.
(f)
The cooperative forestry and wildlife bureau shall, through a memorandum
of understanding with the
Source. #2221, eff 12-23-82; ss by #2979, eff
2-21-85; EXPIRED 2-21-91
New. #5798, eff 3-18-94, EXPIRED: 3-18-00
New. #7395,
eff 11-1-00, EXPIRED: 7-1-18
Res 102.04 Division of Parks and Recreation.
(a)
The division of parks and recreation shall be responsible for managing
the state park system, including recreation areas, a state ski area, historic
sites, trails, and natural areas under the division's jurisdiction. The director of the division of parks and
recreation shall execute all matters pertaining to the administration and
operation of recreational facilities and services for public use on lands under
the divisions jurisdiction. The division
shall consist of 3 bureaus which shall be directly responsible to the director.
(b)
The trails bureau shall be responsible for programs relative to off
highway recreational vehicles, state-owned multi-purpose recreational trails,
the New Hampshire Heritage Trail, and New Hampshire Conservation Corps
programs.
(c)
The parks bureau shall be responsible for the development,
administration and operation of recreational facilities and services for public
use on all public areas of recreational significance such as state parks,
forests, reservations, and historic sites.
(d)
The bureau of state ski operations shall be responsible for managing the
year round operations at
Source. #2221, eff 12-23-82; ss by #2979, eff
2-21-85; EXPIRED 2-21-91
New. #5798, eff 3-18-94, EXPIRED: 3-18-00
New. #7395,
eff 11-1-00, EXPIRED: 7-1-18
Res 102.05 Division of Economic Development.
(a)
The division of economic development shall be responsible for planning
and conducting programs to attract industrial concerns to the state. The director of the division of economic development
shall execute all matters relative to planning, developing and maintaining
programs relative to maintaining existing industry, expanding existing industry
and the development of new industry in the state as provided in RSA 12-A:22.
The division shall consist of 2 subdivisions which shall be directly
responsible to the director.
(b)
The office of business and industrial development subdivision shall be
responsible for all matters relative to programs for maintaining existing
business and industry, the expansion of existing business and industry as well
as the creation of new business and industry in
(c)
The office of international commerce subdivision shall be responsible
for all matters relative to international trade promotion and foreign market
development. This subdivision shall work
closely with other organizations on a local, state, and international level to
enable the
Source. #2221, eff 12-23-82; ss by #2979, eff
2-21-85; EXPIRED 2-21-91
New. #5798, eff 3-18-94, EXPIRED: 3-18-00
New. #7395,
eff 11-1-00, EXPIRED: 7-1-18
Res 102.06 Division of Travel and Tourism Development. The division of travel and tourism
development shall be responsible for all matters relative to attracting
tourists, visitors and other interested parties to the state. The director of the division of travel and
tourism development shall be responsible for researching and analyzing the
effectiveness of promotional and assistance programs administered by the
division. It shall also be the
director's responsibility to carry out plans and programs consistent with the
Source. #2221, eff 12-23-82; ss by #2979, eff
2-21-85; EXPIRED 2-21-91
New. #5798, eff 3-18-94, EXPIRED: 3-18-00
New. #7395,
eff 11-1-00, EXPIRED: 7-1-18
PART
Res 103 REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION
Res 103.01 Requests for Information.
(a)
Requests for information, including but not limited to, requests made
pursuant to RSA 91-A:4, the Right-to-Know Law, shall be made directly to the
division described in Res 102 which is responsible for the operation of the
program for which information is being requested.
(b)
All requests for information shall be addressed directly to the division
as follows:
(c)
Telephone inquiries for information shall be addressed directly to the
division as set forth in table 101.03 department telephone numbers.
Table
101.03 Department Telephone Numbers
Office
of the Commissioner (603)
271-2411
Business Office (603)
271-3728
Design, Development and Maintenance (603)
271-2606
Division
of Forests and Lands (603)
271-2215
Forest Protection Bureau (603)
271-2217
Land Management Bureau (603) 271-3457
Forest Management Bureau (603)
271-3456
Division
of Parks and Recreation (603)
271-3556
Trails Bureau (603)
271-3254
Parks Bureau (603)
271-3627
State Ski Operations Bureau (603)
271-2006
Division
of Economic Development (603)
271-2341
Office of Business and Industrial
Development (603)
271-2591
Office of International Commerce (603)
334-6074
Division
of Travel and Tourism Development (603)
271-2665
(d)
All actual costs associated with providing requested information shall
be paid by the requesting party.
Source. #5798, eff 3-18-94, EXPIRED: 3-18-00
New. #7395,
eff 11-1-00, EXPIRED: 7-1-18
APPENDIX
|
RULE
NUMBER |
STATUTE(s)
IMPLEMENTED |
|
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|
Res
101.01 through Res 101.05 |
RSA
12-A:1 and RSA 541-A:16, I(a) |
|
Res
101.06 |
RSA
12-A:1, RSA 215-A:3, V, RSA 215-A:3-a and RSA 541-A:16, I(a) |
|
Res
102 |
RSA
12-A:1 and RSA 541-A:16, I(a) |
|
Res
103 |
RSA
541-A:16, I(a) and RSA 91-A:4 |