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Meanwhile, environmental groups and some lawmakers are preparing to challenge broader landfill siting regulations, which took effect in December.
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The new law adds additional permit application requisites for prospective new landfills and expansions for existing dumps, including on-site treatment of leachate as well as its transportation to off-site treatment facilities.
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Algunos legisladores del North Country dicen que planean presentar nuevas regulaciones para vertederos otra vez en la próxima sesión.
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‘We’ll start from scratch again’: Changes to NH’s landfill rules will have to wait till next sessionDisagreement between the House and Senate this year sank a proposal that would have included a moratorium on new landfills and the creation of a site evaluation committee, a body that would oversee where landfills could be placed.
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Granite State Landfill LLC is suing the state’s Department of Environmental Services over their decision to deny a permit. Regulators said the permit application was incomplete for more than a year.
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New Hampshire House lawmakers hoping to enact a temporary moratorium on new landfills in NH, lowered their aim to a three-year pause in an attempt to strike the right balance to negotiate with their counterparts in the Senate and Gov. Kelly Ayotte.
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The moratorium will be part of the policy section of the state budget. It will also introduce a new siting proposal that would allow the community to have a say when these projects come up.
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The new rules cover where landfills in the state can be located, and how they are built and maintained.
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Advocates and residents had raised concerns that the proposed regulations – which are being updated, as required, after 10 years – had been overly molded by industry, and that they were not adequately protective.
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At a public hearing Monday, not one attendee voiced agreement with the environmental agency’s proposed rule changes.