New Hampshire § 227-G-4 - Section 227-G:4 Rulemaking.

§ 227-G-4. Section 227-G:4 Rulemaking.

The commissioner shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to: I. The management of reservations, pursuant to RSA 227-H. II. Registration of primary wood processing mills, and regulation of mill sites. III. The cutting of timber near certain waters and public highways, pursuant to RSA 227-J:9. IV. The preparation and issuance of a standard request form to exceed the cutting limits near certain waters and public highways and the criteria for evaluating such a request pursuant to RSA 227-J:9, V. V. Imposition of administrative fines pursuant to RSA 227-J:14. VI. The regulation and permitting of floating timber, pursuant to RSA 485-B. VII. The definition of buying and selling of forest products in relation to deceptive forestry business practices pursuant to RSA 227-J:15. VIII. The designation of control areas for forest insect and disease infestations and rights of appeal pursuant to RSA 227-K. VIII-a. Quarantine measures that may be taken when forest pests are found in any geographic area pursuant to RSA 227-K. VIII-b. The issuing of orders and permits pursuant to RSA 227-K:15. IX. The preparation and issuance of burning permits, and the kindling of camp or cooking fires, pursuant to RSA 227-L:17. X. Emergency rules during high forest fire danger periods. X-a. The requirements for enhanced penalties pursuant to RSA 227-G:10. XI. Any other rules specifically authorized under the provisions of this title. XII. (a) Establishment and maintenance of a public registry listing forest lands located within New Hampshire that are enrolled in one or more carbon programs that reflect the land's capacity to remove and store carbon from the atmosphere, including requirements for owners of such land to file a notice of enrollment that includes the following information insofar as the information is already publicly available: (1) The legal name of the owner of the subject land; (2) Reference to the tax map and lot number of the subject land; (3) The name of the program, or program registry or registries, under which the subject land is enrolled; (4) The date of enrollment in the forest carbon credit program; (5) The period of enrollment in the forest carbon credit program; and (6) Acreage of subject land. (b) The land owner or their agent, or the forest carbon program administer, shall notify the municipality or municipalities where the subject land is located, or the applicable governing body or bodies of the territory in which the land is located, of the filing of a notice pursuant to subparagraph (a).