NATURAL
AND CULTURAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF
NOTE:
The Department of Resources and Economic
Development was abolished pursuant to 2017, 156:15, effective 7-1-17, which
amended the establishment clause RSA 12-A:1 to delete the reference to the Department of Resources and Economic Development and
establish a new agency, the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. The Department of Cultural Resources was also
abolished pursuant to 2017, 156:37, LIV, effective 7-1-17, which repealed RSA
21-K. Various other sections in 2017,
156, effective 7-1-17, either amended other statutes besides RSA 12-A:1 to
refer to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, or they repealed
statutes which had referred to the Department of Resources and Economic
Development or the Department of Cultural Resources.
Another new agency, the Department of
Business and Economic Affairs, was established pursuant to 2017, 156:40,
effective 7-1-17, which adopted RSA 12-O.
Other provisions of 2017, 156, effective 7-1-17, amended references in
the statutes to replace the Department of Resources and Economic Development with
the Department of Business and Economic Affairs, or they repealed statutes relative
to the Department of Resources and Economic Development to effectuate the
changes in the new RSA 12-O.
Pursuant to 2017, 156:49, effective
7-1-17, “existing rules of the department of resources and economic development
shall continue in effect and be enforced by the commissioner of the department
of natural and cultural resources or the commissioner of the department of
business and economic affairs, as applicable, until they expire or are repealed
or amended in accordance with applicable law.”
#12825* INTERIM RULE – Adopt Ncr
1100 Natural Heritage Program Rules (eff 7-10-19) EXPIRES:
1-6-20
#12964* Readopt w/Amend Ncr
312 Natural Heritage Inventory Rule (eff 1-1-20)
#12980* Readopt, Readopt
w/Amend Ncr 301-311 Natural Heritage Program Rules
(eff 1-24-20)
#14055 EMERGENCY RULE – Adopt Ncr
730 Parks and Recreation (eff 8-19-24) EXPIRES: 2-15-25
#14056 EMERGENCY
RULE – Adopt Ncr 740 Reserved and Privileged Use of
Lands, Facilities, and Resources (eff 8-19-24) EXPIRES: 2-15-25
#14059 EMERGENCY
RULE - Adopt Ncr 780 Administrative Fines Pertaining
to Violations of Recreational Use Rules (eff 8-19-24) EXPIRES: 2-15-25
#14243* INTERIM
RULE - Adopt Ncr 5200, Ncr
5300, Ncr 5400, Ncr 5500, Ncr 5600, Ncr 5800, Ncr 5900 The Operation of Wood Processing Mills and Wood
Concentration Yards; The Harvesting of Timber; Floating Timber; Forestry
Health; Forest Fire Service; Administrative Fines; Enhanced Penalties (eff
4-23-25) EXPIRES: 10-20-25
#14254* INTERIM
RULE – Adopt Ncr 200 Rules of Practice and Procedure
(eff 5-23-25) EXPIRES: 11-19-25
#14287* Adopt
Ncr 780 Administrative Fines Pertaining to Violations
of Recreational Use Rules (eff 6-25-25) EXPIRES: 6-25-35
#14288* Readopt
w/Amend Ncr 850 Bureau Trail Use Rules (eff 6-25-25)
EXPIRES: 6-25-35
#14291* Adopt
Ncr 730 Rules for Parks and Recreation (eff 6-25-25)
EXPIRES: 6-25-35
#14292* Adopt
Ncr 740 Reserved and Privileged Use of Department
Lands, Facilities and Resources (eff 6-25-25) EXPIRES: 6-25-35
#14293* Readopt
w/Amend Ncr 840 Rules for the Grant-in-Aid Program
(eff 6-25-25) EXPIRES: 6-25-35
#14312* Adopt
Ncr 750 Volunteer Programs (eff 7-10-25) EXPIRES:
7-10-35
#14447* Readopt
Ncr 200 Rules of Practice and Procedure (eff 12-4-25)
DO NOT EXPIRE
#14452* Readopt
w/Amendment Ncr 520 – Ncr
590 The Operation of Wood Processing Mills and Wood Concentration Yards; The
Harvesting of Timber; Floating Timber; Forestry Health; Forest Fire Service;
Administrative Fines; Enhanced Penalties (eff 12-6-25) EXPIRES: 12-6-35