HB1478

It's crucial to have specific setback distances to protect our NH water sources and water bodies from landfill leachate and other potential contaminants.

This bill would protect the public from contamination of drinking water and is in the interest of the public health. Please support this bill.

Our environment needs critical care!

I believe we should have clean, safe drinking water.

Measuring the time water flows through the ground is a common sense criteria for establishing safe placeent of a landfill near a drinking water source or body of water. Any clearly defined and measurable standards to regulate landfill placement will save us from endless litigation. Please find HB1478 OUGHT TO PASS.

I strongly support this bipartisan bill. There's an urgent need for revising landfill bills to establish specific setback distances from drinking water sources and other water bodies for any proposed landfill sites. Landfills need more staffing to oversee what happens there 24/7 throughout the entire life of the landfill until it is finally closed.. There needs to be stricter conditions for permit approval as well as stricter compliance with environmental safety standards.

We must better protect our critically important drinking water sources and other water resources. The health of our communities depends on active involvement in regulation. I grew up on Cape Cod and remember well the increased cancer rates that led to years of community pressure which belatedly led to a superfund site on a military base, closed drinking water wells, millions of dollars spent to remedy pollution, and lives lost. Let's not let that kind of disaster happen in NH.

Please prevent more pollution from waste, noice & light.

establishing specific setback distances from drinking water sources and other water bodies, calculated based on science is completely reasonable and we need to do things this way.