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I. Any person who wishes to conduct an activity requiring a permit or other approval from the department under 2 or more of the affected programs may choose to apply for an integrated land development permit from the department in lieu of all individual program permits or approvals otherwise required under the affected programs, subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a)All permits or approvals otherwise required under the applicable affected programs shall be included in the application for an integrated land development permit and in any permit issued based on the application.
(b)No person shall be eligible under this chapter if the person is the subject of a state administrative, civil, or criminal enforcement action for violating this chapter or any of the affected prog
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I. Any person who wishes to conduct an activity requiring a permit or other approval from the department under 2 or more of the affected programs may choose to apply for an integrated land development permit from the department in lieu of all individual program permits or approvals otherwise required under the affected programs, subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) All permits or approvals otherwise required under the applicable affected programs shall be included in the application for an integrated land development permit and in any permit issued based on the application.
(b) No person shall be eligible under this chapter if the person is the subject of a state administrative, civil, or criminal enforcement action for violating this chapter or any of the affected programs at the time of initiating the application process.
(c) No person shall be eligible under this chapter if the person was the subject of a state administrative, civil, or criminal enforcement action for violating this chapter or any of the affected programs within the 5 years prior to initiating the application process, unless the action was withdrawn or overturned on appeal.
(d) No property shall be eligible under this chapter if the property is or has been the subject of an administrative enforcement action for violations of this chapter or any of the affected programs, unless the violations have been remediated or will be remediated as part of the proposed project and any outstanding fees, fines, and penalties assessed against the same person who owns the property at the time of the application have been paid in full.
(e) No property shall be eligible under this chapter without the prior consent of the attorney general if the property is, at the time of initiating the application process, or has been, within the 5 years prior to initiating the application process, the subject of a civil or criminal enforcement action for violations of this chapter or any of the affected programs. This subparagraph shall not apply to any action that was withdrawn or overturned on appeal.
(f) This chapter shall not apply if any of the work that is part of the project, other than preliminary site evaluation activities such as surveys or test pits not requiring a permit from the department, has been initiated or completed prior to the application process being initiated.
(g) This chapter shall not apply to permits for shoreline structures unless they are part of a larger project.
(h) This chapter shall not apply to emergency authorizations.
II. For projects that would otherwise require only a single permit from the department under the affected programs, the applicant may request a waiver of the requirement for 2 or more permits provided the project incorporates low-impact or minimum-impact design practices and the applicant demonstrates that the proposed project will achieve a superior overall environmental outcome in accordance with the requirements and procedures specified in RSA 489:9.