Duncan Ross

I ask all of our elected officials on this committee to put aside industry influenced politics and focus on your duties as stewards of this great state. Are industry profits from out of state trash more important than our rights as citizens to enjoy our natural resources and have safe drinking water? Permitting decisions are being made while outdated and outmoded regulations are being revised, we need to pause and get that right before we make decisions that cannot be undone. Decisions that will impact generations of New Hampshire residents to come, all in the name of short term profits for a select few. Science continues to reveal new threats to our water supply with data to show that the current landfill designs and operations are creating while we have yet to develop the means to abate these pollutants. Another reason to pause and revisit the appropriate regulations to best site, design and operate these facilities. We need to put New Hampshire’s people and our precious natural resources first. We will not be able to achieve waste reduction goals and de-risk landfill operations if we rubber stamp new developments under current regulations. Thank you for considering the moral and environmental impacts to all of us and not the unfair influence of the trash lobby and ignorance of current DES officials