HB 1121  - AS INTRODUCED

2022 SESSION

22-2737

12/05

HOUSE BILL 1121

AN ACT relative to new solid waste sites.

SPONSORS: Rep. Massimilla, Graf. 1; Rep. Burroughs, Carr. 1; Rep. Egan, Graf. 2; Rep. Merchant, Sull. 4; Rep. Deshaies, Carr. 6; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 1

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

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ANALYSIS

This bill requires an applicant for a new solid waste landfill to provide proof of insurance and obtain a surety bond against all damages.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2737

12/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to new solid waste sites.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1  New Paragraph; Landfill Permitting; Proof of Insurance.  Amend RSA 149-M:9 by inserting after paragraph XIV the following new paragraph:

XV.  Applications for permits to construct and operate a new privately-owned solid waste landfill shall submit evidence to the department of environmental services that the applicant is in compliance with all insurance and surety bonding requirements of the state and federal government.  The applicant shall also provide evidence to the jurisdictions in which it will be located, and all adjacent jurisdictions, that the applicant qualifies for and will obtain a surety bond against any and all damages caused to individuals and businesses located within those jurisdictions as a result of operation of the solid waste landfill.  The surety bond shall amount to at least the total cost of construction of the landfill, including third-party costs.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.