This coming Tuesday, February 15, the NH Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will be reviewing a bill that is critical to our goal of modernizing New Hampshire’s waste management policies and preventing the siting of landfills inappropriately.
Please electronically register your support for Senate Bill – SB380 – by Monday evening February 14.
See below for a brief description of this bill and a screen shot example of the registration form.
This process will take 5 minutes but each registration of support will influence the committee to send the bills to the Senate for a floor vote.
- Visit the Senate hearing website here.
- Select the date February 15.
- Select the committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
- Choose the Bill – 9:00 AM – SB380.
- 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
Again, thank you so much for your help in this important matter. Every voice counts.
SB380 will:
I. Creates a committee to study the prohibition of any landfill in the state from accepting waste from municipalities with no solid waste plan.
II. Creates a committee to study the development of a solid waste disposal site evaluation committee.
III. Requires statutes and rules in effect at the time an application for a solid waste permit is complete to apply to the application.
IV. Requires the department of environmental services to consider the net public benefit when reviewing an application for a solid waste permit.
