New Hampshire § 149-M-61 - Section 149-M:61 Solid Waste Working Group.

§ 149-M-61. Section 149-M:61 Solid Waste Working Group.

I. The solid waste working group shall be convened by the department of environmental services and shall have, at a minimum, the following members: (a) One member of the house, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. (b) One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate. (c) One member of the waste management council, appointed by the chair of the council. (d) One member representing owners of in-state landfills that also operate a major materials recovery facility. (e) One member representing publicly owned in-state landfills. (f) One member representing in-state solid waste haulers that do not operate landfills. (g) One member representing companies that reprocess post-consumer waste into products for sale or for reuse themselves. (h) One representative of the Northeast Resource Recovery Association, appointed by that association. (i) One member representing cities with single stream recycling, to be appointed by the New Hampshire Municipal Association. (j) One member representing rural communities using source separated recycling, to be appointed by the New Hampshire Municipal Association. (k) One representative of the New Hampshire healthcare industry, appointed by the New Hampshire Hospital Association. (l) One representative of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, appointed by the organization. (m) One member with expertise in solid waste-related sustainability issues, appointed by the chancellor of the university system. (n) The commissioner of the department of business and economic affairs, or designee. (o) The commissioner of the department of environmental services, or designee. (p) Any other members the commissioner of the department of environmental services deems necessary. II. Unless otherwise indicated, the members of the working group shall be appointed by the commissioner. Terms for state agency and legislative members shall be the same as their terms in office. All other working group members shall serve for the duration of the working group. Upon term expiration, each appointed member shall hold office until a successor shall be appointed and qualified. III. The solid waste working group shall: (a) Assist the department in long-range planning for and the development of creative, effective solutions to the state's solid waste management challenges. (b) Review and make recommendations for changes to the state's existing solid waste reduction, recycling, and management policies, programs, goals, and initiatives. (c) Review and make recommendations regarding the impact of regional solid waste management initiatives, including landfill waste disposal bans, on our state and our solid waste disposal landfill capacity. (d) Advise the department in the development of the solid waste management plan required by RSA 149-M:29. (e) Review and recommend methods to better provide technical assistance and educational outreach to municipalities, schools, businesses, and the public regarding solid waste reduction, recycling, and management policies. (f) Review and recommend ways to better implement the solid waste hierarchy and solid waste reduction goals, under RSA 149-M:3. (g) Review and make recommendations based on the 2019, 265 (HB 617) study committee report on recycling and solid waste management in New Hampshire. (h) Review such other matters as the working group deems necessary and to recommend any related legislation, policy, or rule changes. (i) Review and make recommendations regarding municipal solid waste plans and implementing the prohibition of any landfill in the state from accepting waste from a municipality that does not have a solid waste management plan. (j) Review and make recommendations regarding the development of a solid waste disposal site evaluation committee or better defining alternative site analysis in RSA 149-M:9. IV. The working group shall hold its organizational meeting no later than November 1, 2021. The working group shall submit its initial report on November 30, 2022, an interim report on November 1, 2026, and its final report on November 1, 2031, to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, the state library and the house and senate committees responsible for solid waste oversight.