SB506: relative to site plan review by planning boards in mining and reclamation projects.

SB 506 - AS INTRODUCED

2004 SESSION

04-3227

06/09

SENATE BILL 506

AN ACT relative to site plan review by planning boards in mining and reclamation projects.

SPONSORS: Sen. Odell, Dist 8; Rep. Phinizy, Sull 23

COMMITTEE: Environment

ANALYSIS

This bill provides for site plan review of proposed mining projects by the planning board in the town or city where the project is sited.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04-3227

06/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Four

AN ACT relative to site plan review by planning boards in mining and reclamation projects.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Site Plan Review. Amend RSA 12-E:5, I to read as follows:

I. Upon filing of a permit application or an application for an amended permit, the operator shall publish notice of such application in a newspaper in general circulation of each county wherein the affected land lies at least once each week for 2 successive weeks after filing the application. The operator shall notify landowners within 1/2 mile of the proposed permit area in writing of the application and shall file a copy of the mining and reclamation plan, or amended plan with the town clerk or city solicitor of the town or city wherein the land lies. The town or city planning board may review the plan under the municipality's site plan review regulations.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2005.