Section 487:16 Definitions.

In this subdivision:
   I. ""Department'' means the department of environmental services.
   II. The term ""exotic aquatic weeds'' includes only those species of vascular aquatic plants which were not part of New Hampshire's native aquatic flora before 1950. Cabomba caroliniana and Myriophyllum heterophyllum are examples of exotic aquatic weeds.
   III. ""Federal program'' means the federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C.A. 1324, the federal clean lakes program (P.L. 92-500, section 314), as amended, now known as the Water Quality Act of 1987 (P.L. 100-4), as amended.
   IV. ""Commissioner'' means the commissioner of the department of environmental services.

Source. 1990, 143:2. 1996, 228:98, 99. 1997, 185:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.