HB 1438-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2006 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 1438-FN
AN ACT relative to mandatory recycling of solid waste.
SPONSORS: Rep. Kennedy, Merr 4
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
This bill prohibits the disposal of construction or demolition debris except through an appropriate recycling program.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06-2936
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to mandatory recycling of solid waste.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Solid Waste Management; Refuse Reduction; Construction and Demolition Debris. Amend RSA 149-M:27 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
IV. No construction or demolition debris shall be disposed of in a solid waste landfill facility or composting facility or incinerator, whether in a waste-to-energy facility or otherwise, except through an appropriate recycling program.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2007.
LBAO
06-2936
11/2/05
HB 1438-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to mandatory recycling of solid waste.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Environmental Services has stated this bill will have an indeterminable impact on state, county and local expenditures in FY 2007 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on state, county and local revenues.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department (DES) stated the fiscal impact cannot be estimated. It is currently less expensive to recycle construction/demolition (c&d) than it is to dispose of the waste, however, a ban on disposal could increase the cost of recycling because current capacity is not sufficient to handle the entire c&d waste stream. Further, DES cannot estimate accurately the volume of c&d from the State, counties or municipalities because the only regulatory obligation to report waste is on the facilities, and they are not required to report the source of the waste, only the volume they receive.