Reference Library

Excavation

• "RSA 155-E: The Law Governing Earth Excavations" (1999 SWRPC [Sec. IV revised 8/12/05])
• Cover Page and Section Pages 
• Preface 
• Table of Contents 
• Section I: RSA 155-E 
• Section II: Model Excavation Regulations 
• Excavation Requirements Matrix 
• Section III: NH Court Cases Relative to Excavations 
• Section IV: Excavation Tax and Taxation of Excavation Area (revised 8/12/05) 
• Appendix 1: Excavation Application and Checklist 
• Appendix 2: "Best Management Practices for Fueling and Maintenance of Excavation and Earthmoving Equipment" Fact Sheet WD-DWGB-22-6, 2008; NH Department of Environmental Services
• Appendix 3: "Vegetating New Hampshire Sand And Gravel Pits"; USDA, April 1991 
• Appendix 4: Seeding Fact Sheet; USDA, 1994
  • Concerns Regarding the Use of Topsoil in Gravel Pit Reclamation 
  • Evenly Distributing Lime and Fertilizer by Hand 
  • How to Purchase Grass Seed 
  • Tracking Warm Season Grasses 
• Appendix 5: Notice Of Intent To Excavate; New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration (hardcopy only)
• Examples of local regulations
  • Bow 2004
  • Londonderry
  • Raymond 2001
• Chapter 155-E: Local Regulation Excavations
• For regulatory information, contact Ridge Mauck at DES ridgely.mauck@des.nh.gov or (603) 271-2303
• "Can They Dig It?" (20 questions about excavations) By H. Bernard Waugh, Jr., Staff Attorney, New Hampshire Town and City April 1986

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