SCR 7 - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
08/09
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 7
A RESOLUTION urging the federal government to consider the impacts on New Hampshire and the smaller states of interstate waste legislation.
SPONSORS: Sen. Russman, Dist 19; Sen. Johnson, Dist 3; Sen. Pignatelli, Dist 13; Sen. Cohen, Dist 24; Sen. Below, Dist 5; Rep. Musler, Straf 6; Rep. Patten, Carr 9; Rep. Hess, Merr 11; Rep. Bradley, Carr 8; Rep. M. Fuller Clark, Rock 36
This senate concurrent resolution urges the federal government and New Hampshire's congressional delegation to consider the impacts on New Hampshire and other small states of interstate waste legislation and to support federal authorization of state and local governments' authority to prohibit or limit the receipt of out-of-state municipal solid waste.
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00-2824
08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
A RESOLUTION urging the federal government to consider the impacts on New Hampshire and the smaller states of interstate waste legislation.
Whereas, the state of New Hampshire is a net importer of solid waste in the amount of 700,000 tons/year received from out of state versus 100,000 tons/year exported from the state in the latest year of record; and
Whereas, the capacity of New Hampshire landfills is diminishing at a rate greater than new capacity is being permitted and developed; and
Whereas, actions in other states such as a moratorium on landfill expansion directly increase the burden on New Hampshire's remaining solid waste disposal capacity; and
Whereas, New Hampshire fundamentally supports the movement of waste in interstate commerce; and
Whereas, the legislature, the department of environmental services, the governor's office of recycling, the non-profit Northeast Resource Recovery Association, and municipal governments are jointly committed to increasing diversion of waste from landfills and incinerators through increased reuse and recycling; and
Whereas, further success in increasing reuse and recycling in New Hampshire may be defeated by making available more of the state's remaining disposal capacity for the disposal of out-of-state waste to the detriment of the public good in New Hampshire; and
Whereas, New Hampshire seeks to manage its waste disposal in the public interest by assuring adequacy of disposal capacity while protecting the environment and public health; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
That New Hampshire's congressional delegation and the federal government are strongly urged to consider the impacts on and the needs of the smaller states, such as New Hampshire, when dealing with interstate waste legislation which is currently focused on large state problems; and
That New Hampshire's congressional delegation and the federal government are strongly urged to support the federal authorization of state and local governments' authority to prohibit or limit the receipt of out-of-state municipal solid waste; and
That copies of this resolution be forwarded by the senate clerk to the New Hampshire congressional delegation.