HB 566-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
6Mar2025... 0429h
2025 SESSION
25-0047
08/09
HOUSE BILL 566-FN
AN ACT requiring permit applications for new landfills to contain a detailed plan for leachate management.
SPONSORS: Rep. N. Germana, Ches. 15; Rep. Simpson, Rock. 33; Rep. B. Boyd, Hills. 12; Rep. Gruber, Ches. 16; Rep. Ebel, Merr. 7; Rep. Potenza, Straf. 19; Rep. Rung, Hills. 12; Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34; Rep. J. Aron, Sull. 4; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires permit applications for new landfills to contain a detailed plan for leachate management.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
6Mar2025... 0429h 25-0047
08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT requiring permit applications for new landfills to contain a detailed plan for leachate management.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Landfill Permit; Leachate Management Plan Required. Amend RSA 149-M:9 by inserting after paragraph V-a the following new paragraph:
V-b. The department shall not issue operating approval for a new landfill or landfill expansion, unless the department makes a positive determination that the permit application includes a detailed plan for leachate management that provides for safe and effective management of leachate throughout the entire life of the facility, including the post-closure period. The leachate management plan shall include, at minimum, a description of how leachate will be collected and stored on-site, if and how it will be treated on-site, how it will be transported off-site, the location and type of disposal processing, a statement of the projected frequency of leachate transports per week, and contingency plans for capacity constraints. The leachate management plan shall also include details of all contractual arrangements between the applicant and at least 2 facilities that will be engaged in the transport and the processing of the leachate. The contractual arrangements shall demonstrate that the expected daily production of leachate can and will be transported off-site in a manner that will minimize the possibility of on-site contamination, and that there will be sufficient capacity to process the leachate anticipated to be generated at the facility. To respond to changing conditions, a facility permitted under this section may renegotiate or terminate its contractual arrangements during the operating life of the permitted landfill provided that the new contractual arrangements are filed with the department and otherwise meet the conditions of this paragraph.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
25-0047
3/24/25
HB 566-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2025-0429h)
AN ACT requiring permit applications for new landfills to contain a detailed plan for leachate management.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2025 through 2028.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Environmental Services