RSA 482:8-a · Annual Registration Fee

482:8-a Annual Registration Fee. –
Annual registration fees for dams shall be payable to the department on January 1 of each calendar year. Yearly dam registration fees shall be based on classification as follows: Low hazard potential = $800; Significant hazard potential = $1,500; High hazard potential = $3,000. If the hazard classification designated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a dam differs from the classification designated by the department, the annual dam registration fees shall be based on the classification designated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission except that a dam which is classified as a non-menace dam by the department shall be exempt from the annual dam registration fee for as long as the dam is classified by the department as a non-menace dam. Revenues from this annual registration are to be collected by the department and deposited in the dam maintenance fund established in RSA 482:55 to be used for the inspection of dams.
Source. 1989, 408:74. 1990, 3:82. 1991, 287:1. 1996, 228:106, 107. 1997, 122:2. 2006, 306:4. 2007, 329:1. 2008, 272:4. 2009, 31:1, eff. July 14, 2009. 2025, 141:171, eff. July 1, 2025.
Erection and Inspection of Dams