Pursuant to RSA 482:A:8, Env-Wt 202, and Env-C 205.03, the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services is providing notice of a Public Hearing scheduled on June 1, 2023, commencing at 3:00 pm. The hearing will be held at the NHDES Pease Field Office, 222 International Drive, Suite 174, Room A, Portsmouth, NH.

The purpose of this public hearing is to receive public comments regarding NHDES application #2020-02959, submitted by the City of Portsmouth, requesting to replace a six-mile cross-country drinking water transmission waterline that brings drinking water from the Madbury Water Treatment Plant to the Newington Booster Pump Station.

The project will permanently impact 4,370 square feet within tidal waters to replace the existing subaqueous crossing of Little Bay from Durham to Newington. In addition, the project will temporarily impact a total of 78,460 square feet of jurisdictional area during construction, including 2,995 square feet within palustrine emergent wetlands, 26,595 square feet within the tidal buffer zone, 2,120 square feet within tidal marsh, and 46,750 square feet within tidal waters.

Compensatory mitigation is proposed as a one-time payment into the Aquatic Resource Mitigation (ARM) Fund within the Salmon Falls / Piscataqua River watershed account.   

Applicant: City of Portsmouth

Subject Property: Town of Durham tax map 12, lot 5-2 and tax map 12, lot 8-2; Town of Newington tax map 1, lot 1-1

See the Notice of Public Hearing.

The complete application file will be made available for review at the offices of NHDES, 29 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH during regular business hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.  To schedule an appointment to review the file, email a request to: filereview@des.nh.gov.