Section 487:24 Rulemaking.
The commissioner shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to:
I. The criteria to be used in the prioritization of grants for diagnostic or feasibility studies.
II. The criteria used to determine the priority of implementation projects and maintenance projects.
III. Contracting procedures with local governments or private businesses.
IV. Application procedures to participate in the program.
V. Criteria for the determination of project eligibility.
VI. Criteria governing the conduct of and reporting requirements on diagnostic and feasibility studies, implementation projects and maintenance projects.
VII. Designation of plants as exotic aquatic weeds as defined in RSA 487:16, II.
VII-a. Administration and enforcement of, and exemptions to, the exotic aquatic weed prohibition under RSA 487:16-a.
VII-b. Criteria governing the emergency response protocol under RSA 487:17, II(c).
VII-c. Designation of restricted use exotic aquatic weed control areas under RSA 487:17, II(d).
VIII. Any other matters that are necessary to implement the provisions of this subdivision.
Source. 1990, 143:3. 1997, 185:5. 1999, 204:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.