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Senate committee advances site‑evaluation process for major solid‑waste facilities, debates ‘human health’ language
Summary
The committee approved an amendment creating a site‑evaluation committee to weigh public benefits and adverse impacts for major solid‑waste facilities, added definitions referencing RSA 162‑h, and debated whether to use 'human health' or 'public health and safety' in the bill's purpose and evaluation criteria.
The Senate Finance Committee advanced a committee amendment that establishes a site‑evaluation process for major solid‑waste facilities and clarifies how public benefit will be evaluated against adverse impacts.
Senator Pearl (S9), sponsor of the committee amendment, told members the measure creates a process to evaluate local, regional and statewide benefits and burdens for landfill expansions and other major solid‑waste facilities and preserves Environmental Services (DES) as the agency that determines state capacity needs. "This bill establishes a procedure to evaluate local, regional,…
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