Cayten v. New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services

In this case, we are called upon to delineate the relationship between New Hampshire’s wetlands statute, RSA chapter 482-A (2001 & Supp. 2006), and the Comprehensive Shoreland Protection Act (CSPA), RSA chapter 483-B (2001 & Supp. 2006), in the context of an abutter’s challenge to the issuance of a dredge and fill permit for the *648construction of a dug-in boathouse. Specifically, intervenor Laurie J. Hall, as trustee of the Cambi Squam Lake Realty Trust (Cambi), appeals a decision of the Superior Court (O’Neill, J.) overturning a decision of the New Hampshire Wetlands Council (wetlands council…