hb 0593

CHAPTER 108

HB 593-FN-LOCAL - FINAL VERSION

AN ACT relative to solid waste facilities in small towns.

SPONSORS: Rep. Brady, Coos 2; Rep. Tholl, Coos 2; Rep. Theberge, Coos 3; Rep. H. Richardson, Coos 2; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1

This bill exempts towns with a population of 5,000 or fewer from cleaning up an inactive public solid waste facility as long as the inactive facility is monitored, the monitoring shows that it has no adverse impact on the environment, and approval of a closure plan has been obtained from the department. A town which complies with these requirements shall not lose its grant funding under RSA 149-M.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

AN ACT relative to solid waste facilities in small towns.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

108:1 New Paragraph; Small Town Exemption. Amend RSA 149-M:9 by inserting after paragraph XII the following new paragraph:

XIII.(a) No permit issued by the department to a town with a population of 5,000 persons or fewer shall require the town to clean up an inactive, municipally-owned, unlined landfill (inactive facility) if the town:

(1) Monitors the inactive facility in accordance with requirements established in RSA 485-C and RSA 149-M and rules adopted by the department.

(2) Continues to show, through monitoring devices, that the inactive facility is having no adverse impact, as defined in rules adopted by the department, on the environment.

(3) Has obtained approval of a closure plan from the department by January 30 of the calendar year in which the facility is scheduled to close by the department.

(b) A town which complies with the requirements of subparagraph (a) shall not lose grant funding for which the town is eligible under this chapter.