Citizen in a RepublicNH House Testimony

HB1622

House · 2026 sessionDemocraticInterim study

Expanding landfill disposal capacity

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Directs the department of environmental services to give first preference to applications for additional landfill capacity.

requiring the state to develop additional solid waste disposal capacity.Official record

Environment - Administration

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22 submissions
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All 9 written submissions were individually written — no organized campaign detected.

Status

Referred to interim study (Senate) · May 5, 2026
  1. Introduced
  2. House
  3. Senate
  4. Governor
  5. Law
Sponsors, hearings & roll-call votes

The record · every submission as filed

22 submissions
Expand
Clark Corson
for Collaborative Solid Waste Strategies
Concord

This proposal is not practical or feasible without significant capital outlay as DES is understaffed. As the fiscal impact indicates implementing this bill would be absurdly expensive for the objectives its seeks to establish.

Oppose
David Messier
for Myself
Claremont

NH needs to protect it’s citizens.

Support
Kyle Messier
for Myself
Claremont

NH needs to protect it’s citizens.

Support
Peg Ramback
for Myself
Bethlehem

Please support HB1622. It will protect vulnerable sites. For instance, There is no need to expand NCES in Bethlehem as there is enough capacity for NH waste at Carberry and Turnkey. NCES has been a nightmare for the town of Bethlehem over the last forty years environmentally, politically, and socially. NCES sits next to the Ammonoosuc River and on top of a stratified drift aquifer. It mars the views of and from the surrounding White Mountains as well as peoples homes.. Thank you for your support.

Support
Mary Lockhart
for Myself
Bethlehem

Please support HB1622. It will protect vulnerable sites. For instance, There is no need to expand NCES in Bethlehem as there is enough capacity for NH waste at Carberry and Turnkey. NCES has been a nightmare for the town of Bethlehem over the last forty years environmentally, politically, and socially. NCES sits next to the Ammonoosuc River and on top of a stratified drift aquifer. It mars the views of and from the surrounding White Mountains as well as peoples homes.. Thank you for your support

Support
Alison Caruso
for Myself
Littleton

.Please support HB1622. It will protect vulnerable sites. For instance, There is no need to expand NCES in Bethlehem as there is enough capacity for NH waste at Carberry and Turnkey. NCES has been a nightmare for the town of Bethlehem over the last forty years environmentally, politically, and socially. NCES sits next to the Ammonoosuc River and on top of a stratified drift aquifer. It mars the views of and from the surrounding White Mountains as well as peoples homes.. Thank you for your support. HB 1622 seeks only three bits of information for each open or closed land fill: its name and address, the acreage of the tract, and its setback distance to the nearest home, airport, or water body (all of which might render a site unsuitable for expansion due to state or federal setback requirements. This bill will help find the best place to expand or if need be develop a new landfill.

Support
Phyllis Bellavance
for Myself
Bethlehem

The Bethlehem landfill is over capacity, and illegally has been accepting trash beyond the agreement with the town of Bethlehem and NCES. Mount Carberry has room for trash that Bethlehem can no longer take. We the town people have voted against expansion. The landfills leachate has escaped because of leaking liners that have never been addressed. PFA'S along with other toxins are entering the Ammonosuc River, poisoning the water shed. As a home owner and property tax payer in the town of Bethlehem for over 24 years and life long resident of NH, I ask that my voice be heard and may concerns validated.

Support
Jane Storella
for Myself
Bethlehem

Please support HB1622. It will protect vulnerable sites. For instance, There is no need to expand NCES in Bethlehem as there is enough capacity for NH waste at Carberry and Turnkey. NCES has been a nightmare for the town of Bethlehem over the last forty years environmentally, politically, and socially. NCES sits next to the Ammonoosuc River and on top of a stratified drift aquifer. It mars the views of and from the surrounding White Mountains as well as peoples homes.. Thank you for your support.

Support
Andrea Knowles
for Myself
Bethlehem

Please support HB1622. It will protect vulnerable sites. For instance, There is no need to expand NCES in Bethlehem as there is enough capacity for NH waste at Carberry and Turnkey. NCES has been a nightmare for the town of Bethlehem over the last forty years environmentally, politically, and socially. NCES sits next to the Ammonoosuc River and on top of a stratified drift aquifer. It has polluted the waters, causes excessive odor and mars the views of and from the surrounding White Mountains as well as peoples homes. Thank you for your support.

Support
Claudia Istel
for Myself
Acworth

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Stephanie Harris
for Myself
Claremont

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Margaret Hurley
for Myself
Claremont

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
John Tuthill
for Myself
Acworth

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Elizabeth Iacovelli
for Myself
Salem

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Adam M. Finkel, Sc.D.
for Myself
Dalton

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Mary Hakken-Phillips
for Myself
Hanover

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Cheryl Jensen
for Myself
Bethlehem

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Julie Seely
for Myself
Bethlehem

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Janet Lucas
for Myself
Campton

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Julie Hohmeister
for Myself
BETHLEHEM

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Sue Holstein
for Myself
Bedford

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Donovan Fenton
for SD 10
SD 10

Position recorded without written comment.

Support