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Committee reviews revised bill to allow federal background checks for solid‑waste facility owners
Summary
Senate Bill 302, which would update state law to permit federal criminal‑records checks for owners and certain officers of solid‑waste facilities, was introduced to the House Environment & Agriculture Committee by Sen. Howard Pearl.
Senate Bill 302, which would update state law to permit federal criminal‑records checks for owners and certain officers of solid‑waste facilities, was introduced to the House Environment & Agriculture Committee by Sen. Howard Pearl. "This is the third time we're making an attempt at getting this language correct," Pearl said, and he presented an amendment to correct technical drafting problems in the bill passed by the Senate.
The legislation aims to resolve a recurring obstacle: New Hampshire agencies seeking to use the FBI's criminal databases have been blocked because the federal agency found prior statutory language ambiguous or noncompliant. Mike Wimsatt, director of the Waste Management Division at the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES), told…
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