WHITEFIELD â North Country residents and conservation groups will rally Wednesday, July 14, at White Mountain Regional High School to urge the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Wetlands Bureau to reject a pending permit for a 189-acre landfill in Dalton adjacent to Forest Lake State Park.
A public hearing begins at 3 p.m. at the high school to hear testimony on Casella Waste Systems Inc.âs proposal for a sprawling landfill it estimates will eventually bury 468,000 tons of garbage â 49 percent from out-of-state annually.
A rally will be held at 2 p.m. before the full hearing.
âWe expect a large crowd to show up for the July 14 hearing,â said North Country Alliance for Balanced Change board of directors President Eliot Wessler. âNorth Country people see that a large Vermont corporation is trying to ram another landfill down their throats, and they donât like it. Thousands of people, not only from Dalton, but
Local conservation commissions oppose landfill project
January 21, 2021LITTLETON The Littleton Conservation Commission added its voice to a growing number of organizations resisting a proposed landfill near Forest Lake. Last Monday s letter submitted to the NHDES Wetlands Bureau was superseded by similar opposition documents from the Bethlehem, Whitefield and Lisbon Conservation Commissions and the Ammonoosuc River Local Advisory Committee.
The New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources also submitted an opposition letter one day after the Littleton Conservation Commission. Director Philip Bryce voiced concern about landfill liner lifespans and potentially shared groundwater systems between Forest Lake and the proposed site.