We were disappointed with the governor’s decision on June 24 to veto HB 1454. This widely popular bipartisan legislation can protect groundwater throughout New Hampshire from poorly sited new landfills.
Businesses and individuals from around the state and beyond have supported the bill in stunning numbers alongside conservation organizations including NH Sierra Club, Patagonia, Community Action Works, Conservation Law Foundation and our local partners, Save Forest Lake and Forest Lake Association.
This strong coalition will move forward together to press for an override of the governor’s veto.
As we continue to see, hundreds of millions of taxpayers’ dollars spent remediating contaminants like PFAS, it is clear our state must prevent foreseeable pollution at every opportunity. HB 1454 is a simple, data driven, science-based measure that makes sense for the waste industry and for safeguarding environmental and public health.
There will be a pause in our work with legislators now, but NCABC will be planning next steps. In August we’ll be in touch with you again, rallying to ask State Representatives and Senators to override the veto and ensure proper siting requirements are met when our Department of Environmental Services issues permits with generational impacts. The override vote is expected in the fall.
As always, you have our warm thanks and appreciation for your responsiveness—the phone calls, emails, letters and generous donations that drive NCABC’s initiatives for smarter, safer waste management in our beautiful state.
Wishing you a wonderful summer,
NCABC Board of Directors
Wayne Morrison, Tom Tower, Mary Menzies, Eliot Wessler, Erik Johnson, Gary Ghioto, Sarah Doucette