I. When the department receives an application for a new hazardous waste facility, the department shall immediately notify the governing body of the municipality in which the facility is proposed to be located. This requirement shall apply to permit applications for treatment, storage, and disposal facilities. A copy of the application shall accompany the notification.
II. Upon receipt of this notice, the governing body may appoint a municipal hazardous waste facility review committee. Members of the committee shall be appointed by a majority vote of the governing body.

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 147-C:2

  • governing body: shall mean the board of selectmen in a town, the board of aldermen or council in a city or town with a town council, the school board in a school district or the village district commissioners in a village district, or when used to refer to unincorporated towns or unorganized places, or both, the county commissioners. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:48