Celebration in North Country as governor signs bill on landfill siting process

New state law will tighten NH’s landfill regulations

The new law, signed this month, will create a committee to review all future landfill proposals in the state.

Celebration in North Country as governor signs bill on landfill siting process

There were cheers in the North Country on Thursday as Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed legislation creating a new process to approve landfills in the state.

Governor signs landfill reform law

Surrounded by lawmakers who helped make it possible, Gov. Kelly Ayotte on Thursday signed into law House Bill 707, which gives communities a say in the siting of landfills.

Ayotte Signs New Law Creating Siting Committee for Landfills, 100 Celebrate In Dalton

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.orgDALTON – More than 100 people came to Forest Lake State Park Thursday to celebrate the state’s creation of a site evaluation committee for the siting of landfills, which will take local concerns into consideration.The bipartisan legislation under House Bill 707 https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/billinfo.aspx?id=586&inflect=2 is considered by state Sen. David Rochefort, R-Littleton, to be the most consequential legislatio…