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CONCORD — The Senate killed the hopes of those fighting a proposed landfill in Dalton when it voted to kill a bill that would require a 2-mile buffer around state
Local fight over landfill lands before Senate committee
By Garry Rayno - InDepthNH | May 11, 2021
State Rep. Edith Tucker, D-Randolph, is pictured in Representatives Hall in the State House, pre-COVID. (Photo by PAULA TRACY)
CONCORD Conflicting interests collided Monday over a bill to require a two-mile buffer between a state park and a landfill.
Although the bill does not target a specific project, residents of a North Country community fought their local battle over a proposed landfill that would be close to Forest Lake State Park before a Senate committee.
The division within Dalton over the Casella Waste proposed landfill reflects the split between competing state interests as environmental groups supported House Bill 177, while professional engineering and design groups supported the project along with a lineup of Casella officials.
NH House passes bill regulating landfills
April 14, 2021REGION On April 9, the New Hampshire House passed a bi-partisan bill, that establishes a two mile buffer around all New Hampshire State Parks, in order to protect them from any landfill developments. Sponsors of the bill include Rep. Edith Tucker, Coös 5, Representative William Hatch, Coös 6, Timothy Egan, Grafton 2, Dennis Thompson, Coos 1, Larry LaFlamme Coös 3 and State Senator Erin Hennessey, District 1.
This bill prohibits the siting of new landfills, excluding expansions of existing landfills, near state parks. This bill also defines state parks for the purposes of prohibiting the siting of new landfills.
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