On Tuesday, January 18, the NH Environment and Agricultural committee will be reviewing bills that are critical to our goal of stopping the landfill at Forest Lake and modernizing New Hampshire’s waste management policy.
Please electronically register your support for these bills – HB1420, HB1454, HB1121 – by Monday evening.
This process will take 5 minutes but each intention of support will influence the committee to send the bills to the house for a floor vote.
- Visit the House hearing website here.
- Select the date Jan 18
- Select the committee: House Environment and Agriculture
- Choose the Bill – HB1420, HB1454, or HB1121
- Designate yourself as a Member of the Public
- Select the option I Support This Bill
- Click Continue
- On the next screen enter your name, town, and e-mail address, then click Continue
- On the next screen, confirm your selections by checking the box, and click Continue
- Click Sign Up Again and repeat the process for the other two bills.
You may also send an e-mail to houseenvironmentandagriculturecommittee@leg.state.nh.us expressing your support for this critically important legislature.
HB1420 Prohibiting the issuance of new landfill permits until the state’s solid waste plan is updated: https://legiscan.com/NH/bill/HB1420/2022
HB1454 Relative to permits for the siting of new landfills, groundwater: https://legiscan.com/NH/bill/HB1454/2022
HB1121 Relative to new solid waste sites, this bill requires an applicant for a new solid waste landfill to provide proof of insurance and obtain a surety bond against all damages: https://legiscan.com/NH/bill/HB1121/2022