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.