ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES,
DEPARTMENT OF
Water Quality and Quantity
Programs
(Env-Wq)
Subtitle Env-Wq was established pursuant to a rules
reorganization plan for Department rules approved by the Director of the Office
of Legislative Services on September 7, 2005.
NOTE:
Rules filed under subtitle Env-Wq
were originally numbered and filed under subtitle Env-Ws for the Division of
Water. Please see the filing history for
the Division of Water under subtitle Env-Ws for prior filings relative to water quality and quantity programs.
#8468* RESERVE
Chapter Env-Ws 1100 and amend title to Youth Recreation Camps; Readopt w/amd Env-Ws
1101-1105 renumbered as Env-Wq 1100 Public Bathing Places (eff 11-1-05)
#8566* Readopt
w/amd Env-Ws 600 renumbered as Env-Wq 600 Selection of Consulting Engineering
Firms (eff 2-9-06)
#8590* Readopt
w/amd Env-Wq 700 (formerly Env-Ws 700) Standards of Design and Construction for
Sewerage and Wastewater Treatment Facilities (eff 3-25-06)
#8703-A* Adopt,
Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq 1300 (formerly Env-Ws 1300) New
Hampshire Clean Lakes Program (eff 9-5-06)
#8786* Readopt
w/Amend Env-Wq 401 (formerly Env-Ws 421) Best Management Practices for
Groundwater Protection (eff 1-5-07)
#8883* Adopt,
Readopt w/amd Env-Wq 500 (formerly Env-C 501-509) Clean
Water State Revolving Loan Fund (eff 5-8-07)
#8887* Readopt
w/Amend Env-Wq 800 (formerly Env-Ws 800) Sludge Management Rules (eff 5-24-07)
#8955* Readopt
w/Amend Env-Wq 402 (formerly Env-Ws 1500) Groundwater Discharge Permits and Registrations (eff
7-26-07)
#9086* Adopt,
Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq 1000 (formerly Env-Ws 1000) Subdivision
and Individual Sewage Disposal System Design Rules (eff 2-9-08)
#9115 Readopt
w/Amend Env-Wq 1400 Shoreland Protection (eff 4-1-08)
#9162* Readopt
w/Amend Env-Wq 1700 (formerly Env-Ws 1700) Surface Water Quality Standards
(eff 5-21-08)
#9175 Repeal
Env-Wq 1400 (#9115) Shoreland Protection (eff 6-6-08) Exempt
from RSA 541-A pursuant to Section 20, paragraph I of SB 352 of 2008
Legislative Session
#9176 Adopt
Env-Wq 1400 (#8329, Env-Ws 1400) Shoreland Protection
(eff 6-6-08) Exempt from RSA 541-A pursuant to Section 20, paragraph II of SB 352 of
2008 Legislative Session.
#9188* EXEMPT
RULE - Adopt Env-Wq 1400 Shoreland
Protection (eff 7-1-08) Filing exempt from RSA 541-A pursuant to
2008, 171:20, IV, which specifies the effective and expiration dates of
7-1-08 and 7-1-16.
#9196* INTERIM
RULE - Amend, Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq 1400 various
sections and paragraphs (eff 7-1-08) EXPIRES: 12-28-08
#9279* Adopt Env-Wq
2100 Water Use
Registration and Reporting (eff 9-24-08)
#9330* Readopt
w/Amend Env-Wq 1800 Rivers Management and Protection Program (eff 11-26-08)
#9343* Readopt
w/Amend Env-Wq 1500 (formerly Env-Ws 415) Alteration
of Terrain (eff 1-1-09)
#9349* Adopt,
Amend, Readopt, Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq 1402-1406
various sections & paras. & 1412.03(e) Shoreland Protection Amendments
(eff 12-20-08)
#9394 INTERIM
RULE - Adopt, Amend, Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq 500
various parts, sections, and paragraphs - State Water Pollution Control
Revolving Loan Fund Amendments (eff 3-1-09) EXPIRES: 8-28-09
#9409* Adopt,
Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq 900 (formerly Env-Ws 1120)
Youth Recreation Camps
(eff 3-12-09)
#9488* Amend,
Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq 1306.01, 1306.04(a), &
1307.01 Clean Lakes Program Amendments (eff 6-23-09)
#9530 INTERIM
RULE Amend Env-Wq 1803.02(i), 1804.01(f), 1805.05(b) Tidal Rivers Amendments
(eff 8-26-09) EXPIRES: 2-22-10
#9531* Amend, Readopt, Readopt
w/Amend Env-Wq 500 various parts, sections, & paragraphs Clean Water State
Revolving Fund Amendments (eff 8-26-09)
#9569* Readopt
w/Amend Env-Wq 403 (formerly Env-Ws 388) Large Groundwater Withdrawals (eff
10-17-09)
#9570* Readopt
w/Amend Env-Wq 2000 Coastal Program Grant Rules (eff 10-17-09)
#9657* Adopt,
Amend, Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq 1800 various paragraphs
& subparagraphs Tidal Rivers Amendments (eff 2-22-10)
#9798-A* Readopt
w/Amend Env-Wq 1200 various sections & paragraphs Winnipesaukee River Basin
Program Rules (eff 10-9-10)
#9798-B* Readopt
w/Amend Env-Wq 1205.03 (var. par.), 1205.09, 1206.03 (var. par.), & 1206.09
Winnipesaukee River Basin Program Rules Forms (eff 10-9-10) DO NOT EXPIRE
#9817-A* Adopt,
Amend, Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
1501-1504, 1507, 1508 various sections & paras Amendments to Alteration of
Terrain Forms (eff 12-1-10)
#9817-B* Readopt
with Amend Env-Wq 1503.27 Amendments to Alteration of Terrain Rules Form (eff
12-1-10) DO NOT EXPIRE
#9842* Adopt, Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq 404 (formerly Env-Ws 384) Underground
Injection Control Requirements (eff 12-23-10)
#9904-A* Adopt, Amend, Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq 1000 various sections &
paragraphs (eff 4-16-11)
#9904-B* Amend, Readopt w/Amend
Env-Wq 1003.04 intro., (e)(2), & (r), 1003.06 intro., (b), (e), (f), (o), (p), (q), (ab), & (ag), 1003.08(a) Subdivision and
Individual Sewage Disposal System Design Rules - Amendments to Forms (eff
4-16-11) DO NOT EXPIRE
#9936* Readopt Env-Wq 1900
Instream Flow Rules (eff 5-28-11)
#9967* EMERGENCY RULE – Adopt
Env-Wq 904.05 Gender of Camp Counselors; Sleeping Areas (eff 7-29-11) EXPIRES:
1-25-12
#9984* Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
1708.10 & 1708.12 Significant Discharges: Alternatives
Analysis/Economic-Social Importance; Water Transfers (eff 8-23-11)
#10134* Adopt Env-Wq 904.05 Gender
of Counselors; Sleeping Areas; Privacy Areas (eff 5-23-12)
#10346* Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
306 (formerly Env-Ws 905) Management of Mercury-Containing Amalgam (eff
5-22-13)
#10348* Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
301 (formerly Env-Ws 401) State Surface Water Discharge Permits (eff 5-22-13)
#10381* Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
305 (formerly Env-Ws 904) Standards for Pretreatment of Industrial Wastewater
(eff 8-1-13)
#10392* Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
304 (formerly Env-Ws 901) Certification of Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators
(eff 8-1-13)
#10447* INTERIM RULE – Adopt Env-Wq 2200 Certified Salt Applicator
Program (eff 11-1-13) EXPIRES: 4-30-14)
#10466* Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq 1600 Septage Management (eff 11-26-13)
#10480-A* Readopt
w/Amend Env-Wq 2101 Water Conservation (eff 12-3-13)
#10577* Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
1100 Public Bathing Places (eff 5-1-14)
#10693* Readopt
w/Amend Env-Wq 700 Standards of Design and Construction for Sewerage and Wastewater
Treatment Facilities (eff 10-15-14)
#10696* Readopt, Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq 1300 New Hampshire Clean Lakes
Program (eff 10-18-14)
#10697* Adopt Env-Wq 2200 Voluntary
Certified Salt Applicator Program (eff 10-18-14)
#10726* Adopt Env-Wq 1703.01 Compliance
Schedules in NPDES Permits (eff 11-22-14)
#10737* Amend, Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq 901.01, 901.02, 902.03, 903.02(b)
intro & (5), 904.04(c), & 908 Amendments to Youth Recreation Camp Rules
(eff 12-2-14)
#10738* Adopt Env-Wq 909 Certification
Required for Youth Skill Camps (eff 12-2-14)
#10828* Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
401 Required Best Management Practices for Groundwater Protection (eff 5-19-15)
#10934* Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
1106.02 Public Swimming Pools - Materials and Methods of Construction (eff
9-19-15)
#10984* Adopt, Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq 500 State Water Pollution Control
Revolving Loan Fund (eff 12-1-15)
#10998* Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
800 Sludge Management (eff 1-1-16)
#11036* Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
402 Groundwater Discharge Permits and Registrations (eff 3-1-16)
#11184* Adopt, Repeal, Readopt, Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq 1000 Subdivisions; Individual Sewage
Disposal Systems (eff 10-1-16)
#12042* Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
1700 Surface Water Quality Standards (eff 12-1-16)
#12062* Adopt, Repeal, Readopt, Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq 1400 Shoreland Protection (eff
12-17-16)
#12135* Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
2102 Water Use Registration and Reporting (eff 3-21-17)
#12185* Amend, Repeal, Readopt, Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq 1800 Rivers Management and Protection
Program (eff 5-25-17)
#12342* Adopt, Readopt, Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq 1500
Alteration of Terrain (eff 8-15-17)
#12364* Adopt,
Repeal, Readopt, Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq 900 Youth
Camps (eff 9-1-17)
#12493* Readopt
w/Amend Env-Wq 403 Large Groundwater Withdrawals (eff
3-21-18)
#12530* Adopt,
Amend, Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
2200 various sections & paragraphs Voluntary Certified Salt Applicator
Amendments, including Application Fee (eff 6-1-18)
#12553* Adopt,
Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
402.05, 402.24, 402.25, 402.255 Amendments Relative to Groundwater Discharges
of Wastewater Containing I,4-Dioxane and the Required Response to Exceedances
of Ambient Groundwater Quality Standards (eff 9-1-18)
#12695* Readopt
w/Amend Env-Wq 1900 Instream Flow Rules (eff
12-22-18)
#12716* Amend,
Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq 1000
various sections & paragraphs Amendments Regarding Individual Sewage
Disposal System Loading Calculations, Amended ISDS Plans, Daily Flow
Calculations (eff 1-24-19)
#12728* Readopt
w/Amend Env-Wq 404 Underground Injection Control
Requirements (eff 3-1-19)
#12739* Readopt,
Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq 1200 Winnipesaukee
River Basin Program Rules (eff
3-19-19)
#12780* Readopt
w/Amend Env-Wq 904.01, 907.02, 907.04, 907.07 Amendments
to Operating Standards for Youth Recreational Camps (eff 5-18-19)
#12810* Readopt
w/Amend Env-Wq 1405.02 & 1405.03 Amendments
Relative to Accessory Structures Under RSA 483-B (eff 12-15-19)
#12836* Amend,
Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq 402
various sections & paragraphs Discharges to Groundwater of Wastewater
Containing Certain Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (eff 9-30-19)
#12949* EMERGENCY
RULE - Amend Env-Wq 1503.19(h) Amendment to Criteria
for Issuance of AOT Permits (eff 12-20-19) EXPIRES: 6-17-20)
#12955* Amend
Env-Wq 1001.03(c)(4), (f)(3), & (k) Amendments to
Waiver Requirements for Septic Systems (eff 12-21-19)
#10381* Readopt w/Amendment Env-305 Pretreatment of
Wastewater (eff 8/1/13)
#13045* Amend
Env-Wq 1503.19 (h) Amendments to Criteria for
Issuance of Alteration of Terrain Permits (eff 6-2-20)
#13198* Adoption/Readopt
w/Amendment Env-Wq 1100 Public Bathing Places (eff
5-1-21)
#13241* Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq 305 Pretreatment of Industrial Wastewater (eff 7-24-21)
#13287* Readopt
w/Amend Env-Wq 306 Standards for Management of
Mercury-Containing Amalgam (eff 12-1-21)
#13317 Env-Wq 1503.08, 1503.19, 1503.22, 1503.33, 1504.09, 1504.13,
1504.18, 1506.15 Requirements for Alteration of Terrain Permits and
Consultation with NH Fish and Game Department (eff 12-22-21)
#13425* Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
1402.08, Env-Wq 1405.02, Env-Wq
1405.03, Env-Wq 1406.04, Env-Wq
1406.15, Env-Wq 1406.20, & Env-Wq 1406.21 Amendments Related to Cross-Program Consistency
and Accessory Structures under RSA 483-B (eff 8-2-22)
EXPIRES: 8-2-32
#13511* Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
500 State Water Pollution Control Revolving Loan Fund (CWSRF) (eff 12-20-22)
EXPIRES: 12-20-32
#13613* Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
301 State Surface Water Discharge Permits (eff 5-22-23) EXPIRES: 5-22-33
#13755* Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
304 Certification of Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators (eff 9-27-23)
EXPIRES: 9-27-33
#13758* Adopt/Readopt/w Amend/Repeal Env-Wq 1500 various Alteration of Terrain (eff 9-28-23)
EXPIRES: 9-28-33
#13858 INTERIM – Adopt Env-Wq
2300 Cyanobacteria Mitigation Fund (CMF) Program for Eligible Projects (eff
1-25-24) EXPIRES: 7-25-24
#13944* Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
1600 Septage Management (eff 4-27-24) EXPIRES: 4-27-34
#13982* Adopt/Repeal/Readopt/Readopt/w Amend Env-Wq 2200 Voluntary Certified Salt Applicator Program (eff
5-24-24) EXPIRES: 5-24-34
#14004* Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
2101 Water Conservation (eff 6-22-24) EXPIRES: 6-22-34
#14078* Readopt Env-Wq 2300
Cyanobacteria Mitigation Fund (CMF) Program for Eligible Projects (eff 9-24-24)
EXPIRES: 9-24-34
#14079* Adopt/Readopt/w Amend Env-Wq
1500 various Alteration of Terrain (eff 9-24-24) EXPIRES: 9-24-34
#14186* Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
1300 New Hampshire Clean Lakes Program (eff 1-25-25) EXPIRES: 1-25-35
#14203* Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
1700 Surface Water Quality Regulations (eff 2-26-25) EXPIRES: 2-26-35
#14205* EXPEDITED
REVISIONS TO AGENCY FORMS – Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
1603.10 “Application for Transfer, Modification, or Renewal of a Sludge or
Septage Permit ” form, Env-Wq 1603.12 “Application
for Transfer, Modification, or Renewal of a Sludge or Septage Permit” form,
Env-Wq 1605.01 “Application for a Septage or Sludge Hauler Permit” form, Env-Wq
1606.02 “Application for a Septage Holding Tank Permit” form, Env-Wq 1608.02 “Application for a Sludge or Septage Land
Application (Site) Permit” form, Env-Wq 1609.02 “Application
for a Sludge or Septage Facility Permit” form, Env-Wq 1610.01 “Exceptional
Quality Septage Certification Application” form, (eff 2-27-25) EXPIRES: 2-27-35
#14258* Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
700 Standards of Design and Construction for Sewerage and Wastewater Treatment
Facilities (eff 7-1-25) EXPIRES: 7-1-35
#14345* Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
401 Required Best Management Practices for Groundwater Protection (eff 8-23-25)
EXPIRES: 8-23-35
#14350* INTERIM RULE – Readopt w/Amendment Env-Wq 1406.12 Shoreland Protection: Attachments to Shoreland
Permit Application (eff 8-26-25) EXPIRES: 2-22-26
#14351* INTERIM RULE – Readopt w/Amendment Env-Wq 1500 various Alteration of Terrain (eff 8-26-25) EXPIRES: 2-22-26
#14469* Readopt Env-Wq
1406.12 Shoreland Protection: Attachments to Shoreland Permit Application (eff
1-2-26) EXPIRES: 1-2-36
#14472 Adopt/Repeal/Readopt/Readopt/w Amend Env-Wq 1500 Alteration of Terrain (eff 1-19-26) EXPIRES:
1-19-36
#14486* Adopt/Repeal/Readopt/Readopt/w Amend Env-Wq 1000 Subdivisions; Individual Sewage Disposal Systems (eff
2-1-26) EXPIRES: 2-1-36
#14571 Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
800 Sludge Management (eff 5-15-26) EXPIRES: 5-15-36
#14572 Readopt w/Amend Env-Wq
1600 various Septage Management Forms (eff 5-15-26) EXPIRES: 5-15-36