Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482:16

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Dam: means any artificial barrier, including appurtenant works, which impounds or diverts water and which has a height of 6 feet or more, or is located at the outlet of a great pond. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482:2
  • Department: means the department of environmental services. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482:2
  • Reconstruction: means :
    (a) A change in the height, length, or discharge capacity of the structure;
    (b) Restoring a breached dam or one in ruins;
    (c) Modification of flashboards which either increases their height or increases the headwater elevation at which the flashboards will fail; or
    (d) A change in the structural configuration of a dam. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482:2
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
The expense of examining plans or specifications and of inspecting the construction or reconstruction of a dam as authorized in this subdivision, including the salaries of the regular employees of the department for the time actually devoted to work necessary to such examination or inspection, shall be paid to the department by the owner of the dam in connection with which it is incurred. If any owner shall not promptly pay the expense of such examination or inspection, when requested by the department, it may be collected in an action brought by the attorney general in the name of the state. All sums so received shall be paid to the state, and shall be added to the appropriation available for the use of the department in the employment of experts.