NH Landfill Setback Bill Killed After Ethical Concerns

After six months of heated debate aimed at revising landfill regulations, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted to kill the bill, maintaining the responsibility of strengthening the state’s landfill regulations, rather than entrusting it to a private consultant. T

he primary objective of the unsuccessful bill was to update the state’s existing rules and regulations pertaining to the protection of groundwater and surface water from spills of landfill leachate.