Revision: March 6, 2025, 9:32 a.m.
Rep. Gruber, Ches. 16
February 18, 2025
2025-0465h
08/06
Amendment to HB 171
Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:
1 New Section; Moratorium; Study by the Department of Environmental Services. Amend RSA 149-M by inserting after section 9 the following new section:
149-M:9-a Moratorium on Issuance of Permits for New Landfill.
I. Notwithstanding RSA 149-M:9, the department shall not issue any permit to construct or operate a new landfill facility in New Hampshire under RSA 149-M:9. The department may accept applications, evaluate them for completeness, and request more information to make an application complete, but shall not proceed to further evaluation or process any applications, notwithstanding RSA 541-A:29, in order that any evaluation of need, benefit, harm, or appropriateness of the site proposed will await the development of new regulations, data, technologies, and policies.
II. Nothing in paragraph I shall be construed to prohibit the expansion or modification of any landfill facilities on any site on which, as of December 1, 2022, a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Subtitle D landfill exists that has been permitted in accordance with RSA 149-M:9.
III. In this section, the term “site” means a single parcel or adjacent parcels, owned in their entirety by a landfill operator or its affiliates as of December 1, 2022, including a site where one or more public utility easements traverse the site.
Amend the bill by replacing section 3 with the following:
I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2028.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.