SB 468 - AS INTRODUCED
2004 SESSION
08/10
SENATE BILL 468
AN ACT relative to solid waste management.
SPONSORS: Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Sen. Odell, Dist 8; Sen. Green, Dist 6; Rep. Densmore, Graf 10; Rep. Woodward, Coos 3; Rep. Russell, Belk 31; Rep. Theberge, Coos 3
This bill requires the department of environmental services to defer to a municipality's opposition to a solid waste facility, absent a compelling reason to override the municipality's opposition.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
04-3182
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Four
AN ACT relative to solid waste management.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Solid Waste; Public Benefit Analysis. Amend RSA 149-M:11, IV(a) to read as follows:
(a) The concerns of the citizens and governing bodies of the host municipality, county, and district and other affected persons. For any proposed solid waste facility, including transfer stations, designed to accommodate in excess of 30 tons of solid waste per day, the department shall hold at least one public hearing in the host municipality, or in the case of an unincorporated town or unorganized place in the host county, in order to take testimony to identify those concerns. Absent a compelling reason, the department shall find no public benefit if the governing body of a host municipality objects to the expansion or creation of a solid waste facility
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.