NH House Testimony

HB1478

House · 2026 sessionBipartisanInterim study

New rules for proposed landfills

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Requires the department of environmental services to revise rules for proposed new landfills to avoid significant harm to human health and the environment and requires the solid waste division to consider health and environmental effects in future rulemaking.

requiring the department of environmental services to revise the rules for proposed new landfills.

Environment - AdministrationPublic and Mental HealthEnvironment - Conservation

Status

Referred to interim study (Senate) · May 7, 2026
  1. Introduced
  2. House
  3. Senate
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Division of testimony

66 submissions
Support 65Oppose 1Neutral 0
Maud AndersonSupportTamworth, NHfor MyselfFeb 24, 2026

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

Joline ManseauSupportHollis, NHfor MyselfFeb 24, 2026

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

Louise TaylorSupportTamworth, NHfor MyselfFeb 24, 2026

Our environment needs critical care!

Marsha ConeSupportHOLLIS, NHfor MyselfFeb 24, 2026

I believe we should have clean, safe drinking water.

Susan RichmanSupportDurham, NHfor MyselfFeb 24, 2026

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.

Nancy MilesSupportHanover, NHfor MyselfFeb 24, 2026

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.

Susan RaymondSupportTamworth, NHfor MyselfFeb 24, 2026

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.

Janet FlandersSupportHanover, NHfor MyselfFeb 24, 2026

Please prevent more pollution from waste, noice & light.

Sharon RacusinSupportHanover, NHfor MyselfFeb 24, 2026

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.

Nancy WightmanSupportCornish, NHfor MyselfFeb 24, 2026

Position recorded without written comment.

meredith morganSupporthanover, NHfor MyselfFeb 24, 2026

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Leigh HutchinsonSupportDerry, NHfor MyselfFeb 24, 2026

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Margaret KonzeSupportPembroke, NHfor MyselfFeb 24, 2026

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Ingrid MarkmanSupportHollis, NHfor MyselfFeb 24, 2026

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Alfred FalconeSupportMadison, NHfor MyselfFeb 24, 2026

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isabeth grossSupporthanover, NHfor MyselfFeb 24, 2026

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Tami Lanzillo ZeimetzSupportGilford, NHfor MyselfFeb 24, 2026

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Ellen FarnumSupportTamworth, NHfor MyselfFeb 24, 2026

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Jane WalshSupportNew LOndon, NHfor MyselfFeb 24, 2026

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Kelly ButlerSupportGilsum, NHfor MyselfFeb 24, 2026

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John TuthillSupportAcworth, NHfor MyselfFeb 24, 2026

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Karen ChaseSupportHanover, NHfor MyselfFeb 24, 2026

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joanne EmusSupportMilford, NHfor MyselfFeb 24, 2026

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Adam M. Finkel, Sc.D.SupportDalton, NHfor MyselfFeb 24, 2026

Position recorded without written comment.

Priscilla BensonSupportHanover, NHfor MyselfFeb 24, 2026

Position recorded without written comment.