An upland buffer preservation area offered for compensatory mitigation shall:

1. (a) Be adjacent to a jurisdictional area that meets or exceeds the functions and values of the jurisdictional areas to be impacted by the project, as determined through a functional assessment;
2. (b) Benefit the resource to be protected by maintaining water quality, wildlife habitat, or other functions and values of wetlands and surface waters; and
3. (c) Be consistent with the local and regional land use conservation goals and any applicable river corridor management plans developed per RSA 483:10.

Source. #8062, eff 3-13-04; ss by #8341, eff 4-25-05; ss by #8911, eff 6-20-07; ss by #11000, eff 2-1-16; ss by #12808, eff 12-15-19 (See Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Env-Wt 800)