BETHLEHEM, N.H. (AP) - A waste systems company has submitted a revised application to expand a landfill in a New Hampshire town.
In February, Casella Waste Systems pulled its application for the expansion in Bethlehem, one day before the state concluded it did not meet a public benefit requirement, The Caledonian-Record reported.
The current application, filed March 24, is under review by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services. Once the department determines it’s complete, a public hearing would be scheduled to gather input from residents on the expansion.
Bethlehem voters in 2017 and 2018 rejected a proposal to expand the landfill.
The current proposal would seek to add nearly 6 acres to the current 47-acre landfill. If it’s approved in the next few months, construction would start later this year and land-filling operations in the new area could start next year and extend through 2026, a company subsidiary said.
According to the new application, the annual rate of fill will drop significantly from the previously proposed 400,000 tons a year to an average annual rate of 175,000 tons.
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