N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-Wr 101.30
“Menace to public safety” as used in RSA 482:2, V and “menace to the public safety” as used in RSA 482:9, III, means that the failure or misoperation of the dam would threaten human life or interrupt safety services. The term applies to any low hazard, significant hazard, or high hazard dam but not to any non-menace structure.
Source. #4278, eff 6-30-87; ss by #5080, eff 2-22-91; ss by #6462-A, eff 2-21-97; ss by #8288, INTERIM, eff 2-21-05, EXPIRES: 8-20-05; ss by #8412, eff 8-20-05; ss by #10508, eff 1-22-14; ss by #13979, eff 5-24-24 (formerly Env-Wr 101.26) (see Revision Note at chapter heading for Env-Wr 100)