RSA 485-A:59 Duties.

I. The department of environmental services shall:
(a) Administer the cyanobacteria mitigation loan and grant program to assist municipalities; community and non-profit, lake and river watershed association; with the cost of reducing the number of chronic and extended cyanobacteria bloom that the department considers to be a threat to long term health of water bodies. For purposes of this subparagraph, administration includes oversight of the grant or loan expenditures to ensure they are not misused.
(b) Administer a loan forgiveness program to assist municipalities, community, and non-profit, lake and river watershed association with loan repayment.
(c) Award loan or grant funds to projects that meet the following criteria:
(1) The project is or was necessar