- (a) The presiding officer and the council shall decide questions of fact, questions of law, and mixed questions of fact and law consistent with RSA 21-M:3, IX.
(b) The final decision issued in any appeal shall:
- (1) Be in writing and conform to the requirements of Ec-Wtr 203.06 and RSA 541-A:35;
- (2) Either affirm or remand the department decision being appealed;
- (3) State the reasons for the decision;
- (4) Inform the parties of any applicable rights to rehearing or appeal of the decision.
- (c) The council shall keep any decision issued pursuant to paragraph (b) above on file in its records for at least 5 years following the date of the final decision, unless the director of the division of records management and archives of the department of state sets a different retention period pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 5:40.
Source. (See Revision Note # 1 and Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Ec-Wtr 200) #13923, eff 4-11-24