Published: 4/18/2021 9:00:20 AM
On April 9th, HB 177 passed in the NH House. Representatives from both parties worked behind the scenes on the last day of the session. HB 177 would create a 2-mile setback to protect all NH state parks from an abutting landfill development. Casella Waste Systems first introduced itself to Dalton in April 2019, when it attempted a failed “lot-line adjustment” to sneakily cut out neighboring abutters, including NH state parks, in order to circumvent the notification process required during the permitting process. Casella chose this site simply because it found a large landowner willing to sell to them in a small, poor, rural town with no zoning.