Public Notice: Designated River Prioritization for Protected Instream Flow Study

The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES), in compliance with RSA 483:9-c, II will hold a public hearing to receive comments on determining the next rivers on which to conduct a protected instream flow study. The hearing will be held jointly with the NH Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the NH House of Representatives Resources, Recreation and Development Committee. It will be held on November 30, 2022, at 4:30 PM at the NHDES offices in Rooms 111-114 at 29 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH. 

The 2022 Priority List can be reviewed online.

The comment period is open November 7, 2022, through December 9, 2022, at 4:00 PM. After the close of the comment period, NHDES shall consider the public comments received before commencing the next protected instream flow study.

You may submit written comments even if you do not attend the public hearing.

Deadline for written comments: Friday, December 9, 2022 - 4:00 pm.

For more information about the proposed Instream Flow Program’s Designated River Prioritization process, please visit the Instream Flow webpage. 

Submit Comments to:
     Joseph Schmidl, Instream Flow Specialist
     NH Dept. of Environmental Services
     29 Hazen Drive; PO Box 95
     Concord, NH 03302-0095
     Phone #: (603) 271-3280
     Fax #: (603) 271-7894
     E-mail: Joseph.Schmidl@des.nh.gov