TITLE X
PUBLIC HEALTH

CHAPTER 149-M
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

Aid to Municipalities for Closure of Unlined Solid Waste Landfills and Certain Municipal Incinerators

Section 149-M:41

    149-M:41 Declaration of Policy. – In recognition of the potential for harm to both public health and the environment which can result from an unlined solid waste landfill that has not been properly closed or from a municipal incinerator without adequate emissions controls, it is hereby declared to be the policy of this state to encourage municipalities to close all unlined solid waste landfills and certain municipal incinerators in accordance with 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq. and RSA 147-B, RSA 149-M:6 and 149-M:7, and RSA 125-I.

Source. 1996, 251:2. 1999, 347:3, eff. Jan. 21, 2000.