Costs that are eligible under RSA 482-A:29, I, for funding from the ARM Fund shall be as follows:

1. (a) Development of final restoration, enhancement, or creation plans;
2. (b) Construction costs for restoration, enhancement, or creation such as site clearing and excavation, construction management, consulting fees, permit costs, grading and soil augmentation, disposal costs of excavated materials, planting, and monitoring and maintenance of restoration, enhancement, or creation sites to reduce risk of failure;
3. (c) Acquisition of land for the protection of mitigation sites in perpetuity and associated costs including property surveys, appraisals, closing costs, and subdivision fees;
4. (d) Acquisition of conservation interests after a qualified grantee has been identified;
5. (e) Acquisition of legal services related to the protection of land(s) in perpetuity;
6. (f) Stewardship of a conservation interest in accordance with Env-Wt 808.16, including development of a stewardship plan for the land that is subject to the conservation interest; and
7. (g) Other aquatic resource improvement or protection projects, such as water quality improvement projects, tidal wetland restoration projects, dam removal projects, stream or river restoration projects, or activities that provide habitat improvement including culvert replacement or removal.

Source. #8762, INTERIM, eff 11-21-06, EXPIRED: 5-20-07 New. #8911, eff 6-20-07; ss by #11000, eff 2-1-16 (formerly Env-Wt 807.02); ss by #12808, eff 12-15-19 (See Revision Notes #1 and #2 at chapter heading for Env-Wt 800)