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At the last minute, state legislators voted down an effort to create new rules for landfill developments in New Hampshire

Senate Bill 61 was the last bill of the House legislative session concerning the highly contentious setback to surface water new landfill permitting rules. After many months of hearings, conversations, research, and, unfortunately, much-wasted paper, Senate Bill (SB) 61 was killed in non-concurrence on the House floor during the final legislative session of the year on June 29th.

New Hampshire will have a two-year moratorium on the siting of any new landfills and a $200,000 study to determine how far they should be from water if the governor signs a bipartisan agreement on two bills hammered out Tuesday in committees of conference.

Over the past three years, waste management companies have collectively spent about $250,000 on state lobbying efforts.

As New Hampshire grapples with the mounting challenge of solid waste management and disposal, private waste management companies have stepped up their lobbying efforts.With a slew of bills introduced in this year’s legislative session aimed at...