For the purposes of this chapter:
I. “Board” means the New Hampshire water well board established under RSA 482-B.

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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482-B:2

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9

I-a. “Commissioner” means the commissioner of environmental services.
I-b. “Department” means the department of environmental services.
II. “Person” includes an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or organization, or any combination thereof.
III. “Pump installations” means and includes the industry, procedure, and all operations engaged in by any person, full time or part time, for compensation or otherwise, to connect a pump or pipe to a water system or its appurtenances, or to install a pump or pipe in a well.
IV. “Pump installer” means a person who engages in pump installations.
IV-a. “Technical drilling” means and includes the industry, procedure and all operations engaged in by any person, full time or part time, for compensation or otherwise, to conduct subsurface soil exploration, foundation borings including cased or auger borings, rock core drilling, and monitoring well installation.
IV-b. “Technical driller” means a person licensed to engage in technical drilling.
V. “Water well construction” means and includes the industry, procedure, and all operations engaged in by any person, full time or part time, for compensation or otherwise, to obtain water from a well by drilling, digging, developing including hydrofracturing, or other method, for any purpose or use.
VI. “Water well contractor” means a person who engages in water well construction.
VII. “Well” means a hole or shaft sunk into the earth which is deeper than it is wide to observe, sample, or withdraw groundwater, or to transfer heat to or from the subsurface.