2016 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XII - PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE
Chapter 155-E - LOCAL REGULATION EXCAVATIONS
Section 155-E:1 - Definitions.

    155-E:1 Definitions. – In this chapter:
    I. "Earth'' means sand, gravel, rock, soil or construction aggregate produced by quarrying, crushing or any other mining activity or such other naturally-occurring unconsolidated materials that normally mask the bedrock.
    II. "Excavation'' means a land area which is used, or has been used, for the commercial taking of earth, including all slopes.
    III. "Regulator'' means:
       (a) The planning board of a city or town, or if a town at an annual or special meeting duly warned for the purpose so provides, the selectmen of the town or the board of adjustment; or
       (b) If there is no planning board, the selectmen of the town or the legislative body of the city; or
       (c) The county commissioners if the land area is in an unincorporated place.
    IV. "Dimension stone'' means rock that is cut, shaped, or selected for use in blocks, slabs, sheets, or other construction units of specified shapes or sizes and used for external or interior parts of buildings, foundations, curbing, paving, flagging, bridges, revetments, or for other architectural or engineering purposes. Dimension stone includes quarry blocks from which sections of dimension stone are to be produced. Dimension stone does not include earth as defined in RSA 155-E:1, I.
    V. "Excavation site'' means any area of contiguous land in common ownership upon which excavation takes place.
    VI. "Excavation area'' means the surface area within an excavation site where excavation has occurred or is eligible to occur under the provisions of this chapter.

Source. 1979, 481:2. 1988, 285:6, 7. 1989, 363:2. 1991, 310:3. 2002, 103:9, eff. April 1, 2002 at 12:01 a.m.