{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-483-10-b","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 483:10-b","heading":"Withholding of Section 401 Certification.","body":"The general court finds that the development of any dam or channel alteration activities within a natural river or segment or the development of any new dam within a rural, rural-community, or community river or segment, except as provided in RSA 483:9-a, II, RSA 483:9-aa, II, and RSA 483:9-b, II, will alter the physical and chemical characteristics of that river and will constitute violation of the water quality standards established under RSA 485-A:8. The commissioner shall deny certification of any federally licensed or permitted activity on such designated rivers or segments under section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, P.L. 92-500, as amended.","path":["Title L: WATER MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION","Chapter 483: NEW HAMPSHIRE RIVERS MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/L/483/483-10-b.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T16:36:14Z","sha256":"a6a55bc1269eca775d3d49a94f45f1ff77dd1c82914729978a25a16e108fddb2","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-483-10-a","next":"us-nh/rsa-483-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}