Opponents rallying July 14 against state permit for proposed Dalton landfill

Jon Swan of Save Forest Lake in Dalton grabbed a few minutes with Gov. Chris Sununu during a break at the Executive Council meeting in June. (COURTESY PHOTO)

WHITEFIELD — North Country residents and conservation groups will rally Wednesday, July 14, at White Mountain Regional High School to urge the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Wetlands Bureau to reject a pending permit for a 189-acre landfill in Dalton adjacent to Forest Lake State Park.

A public hearing begins at 3 p.m. at the high school to hear testimony on Casella Waste Systems Inc.’s proposal for a sprawling landfill it estimates will eventually bury 468,000 tons of garbage — 49 percent from out-of-state annually.

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