Pipeline Task Force Committee Scope (cont'd)

RSA 162-H was established to balance the impacts of site selection on the welfare of the population, private property, location and growth of industry, economic growth, the environment, historic sites, aesthetics, air and water quality, natural resources and public health and safety. The SEC serves as a statewide planning board for energy projects to ensure that the construction and operation of energy facilities is treated as an aspect of land use planning in which all environmental, economic and technical issues are resolved in an integrated fashion. The SEC is comprised of the DES Commissioner, The DOT Commissioner, the DRED Commissioner, the Commissioner, Cultural Resources or Director of Division of Historical Resources and two Public Members, one of whom must be an attorney.