NH Coastal Risk and Hazards Commission Public Information Meetings
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The New Hampshire Coastal Risk and Hazards Commission (RSA 483-E) is holding two public meetings to provide information, answer questions, and receive comments on its draft report, Preparing New Hampshire for Projected Storm Surge, Sea-Level Rise, and Extreme Precipitation. The draft report summarizes New Hampshire’s vulnerabilities to coastal flood hazards and recommends actions to minimize risk and improve resilience.
The meetings are open to the public. Coastal residents, businesses, municipal officials and staff, state agency representatives, legislators, and stakeholder organizations are all encouraged to attend.
The Public Information & Comment Meetings will be held on:
Thursday, May 26, 2016, 7:00 PM – 8:45 PM
Hugh Gregg Coastal Conservation Center
Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
89 Depot Road, Greenland, NH 03840
Wednesday, June 1, 2016, 7:00 PM – 8:45 PM
Seacoast Science Center, Sugden House
Odiorne Point State Park
570 Ocean Blvd., Rye, NH 03870
For more information, please contact:
Nathalie Morison
NHDES Coastal Program
603-559-0029
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The New Hampshire Coastal Risk and Hazards Commission was established by legislation sponsored by New Hampshire senators David Watters (Dover), Nancy Stiles (Hampton) and Martha Fuller Clark (Portsmouth) in 2013 to “recommend legislation, rules, and other actions to prepare for projected sea-level rise and other coastal and coastal watershed hazards… and the risks such hazards pose to municipalities and state assets in New Hampshire.” The law also requires the Commission to consider key scientific research on coastal and future coastal risk and hazards. Representatives from New Hampshire’s 17 Atlantic Coast and Great Bay municipalities, state legislature, state agencies, regional planning commissions, academia, and private sector comprise the 36-member Commission, which is chaired by Cliff Sinnott, Executive Director of the Rockingham Planning Commission. By law, the Commission is scheduled to sunset on December 1, 2016.