Bill > HB171

This bill establishes a temporary halt, known as a moratorium, on the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) issuing permits for any new landfill facilities. While the DES can still accept and review applications for completeness, they cannot proceed with further evaluation or processing until new regulations, data, technologies, and policies are developed, ensuring a thorough assessment of the need, benefit, harm, and appropriateness of proposed landfill sites. This moratorium does not apply to the expansion or modification of existing landfills that were permitted under RSA 149-M:9 and had a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Subtitle D landfill on their site as of December 1, 2022. A "site" is defined as a single or adjacent parcels of land owned by a landfill operator or its affiliates as of that date. Importantly, Section 2 of this bill repeals this moratorium on July 1, 2028, meaning the ban on new landfill permits will expire on that date, while the rest of the bill takes effect immediately upon passage.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

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