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Committee postpones forest-burning and wood-processing rules after debate over 5-inch diameter restriction
Summary
The committee pulled rules on wood processing mills, wood concentration yards and open burning from consent and granted a one-month postponement after members questioned a 5-inch diameter limit for permissible burn materials and whether the rule exceeded statutory authority.
The Administrative Rules Committee removed a set of forestry-related rules from the consent calendar and voted to grant a waiver and postpone final action for one month to allow staff to review the rule’s 5-inch diameter restriction for permissible burn materials and its relation to state statute and environmental rules.
The rules under review cover operation of wood processing mills, wood concentration yards, forestry health, forest fire prevention and administrative fines. A committee member pulled the item from consent, saying the statute limiting permissible fires (cited in the meeting as RSA 227-L:17)…
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