{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-149-m-66","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 149-M:66","heading":"Definitions.","body":"In this subdivision:\nI. \"Acceptance\" means a determination by the committee that it finds that the application is complete and ready for consideration.\nII. \"Administrator\" means the administrator of the site evaluation committee established pursuant to RSA 162-H:3-a.\nIII. \"Affected municipality\" means any municipality or unincorporated place in which any part of a major solid waste disposal facility is proposed to be located and any municipality or unincorporated place from which any part of the proposed major solid waste disposal facility will be visible or audible, including off-site traffic impacts.\nIV. \"Certificate\" means the document issued by the committee, containing such terms and conditions as the committee deems appropriate, that authorizes the applicant to proceed with the proposed site and facility.\nV. \"Commence construction\" means any clearing of the land, excavation or other substantial action that would result in long-term impacts to the site of the proposed facility, but does not include land surveying, optioning or acquiring land or rights in land, changes desirable for temporary use of the land for public recreational uses, necessary subsurface explorations to determine hydrogeologic and soil conditions, work required as part of an application to any federal, state, or local authority, or other preconstruction monitoring or testing to establish background information related to the suitability of the site for the proposed use.\nVI. \"Committee\" means the solid waste evaluation committee established by this subdivision.\nVII. \"Department\" means the department of environmental services.\nVIII. \"Filing\" means the date on which the application is first submitted to the committee.\nIX. \"Human health\" is defined to be consistent with \"public health and safety\" as that term is utilized in RSA 162-H.\nX. \"Landfill expansion\" means an addition to the permitted capacity of an existing facility as defined in RSA 149-M:4, IX.\nXI. \"Major solid waste disposal facility\" means a location, system, or physical structure for the collection, separation, storage, transfer, processing, treatment, or disposal of solid waste with a proposed waste acceptance rate greater than 100,000 tons per year. \"Major solid waste disposal facility\" does not include a facility designed to manage food waste in accordance with RSA 149-M:27, V(b)(1)-(5), or any facility proposed to be constructed by a New Hampshire municipal government.\nXII. \"Person\" means any individual, group, firm, partnership, corporation, cooperative, municipality, political subdivision, government agency, or other organization.","path":["Title X: PUBLIC HEALTH","Chapter 149-M: SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT","Solid Waste Site Evaluation Committee"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/X/149-M/149-M-66.htm","current_through":"2026 regular legislative session. Last updated: September 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-11T03:34:30Z","sha256":"943e72f30680cedb4d6f829c3d4097c796d3c889a86df0e4b7f1ab8249eab824","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-149-m-65","next":"us-nh/rsa-149-m-67"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}