As they passed legislation to end New Hampshire’s vehicle inspection program last year, state lawmakers made a gamble.  Ending the inspections would mean ending annual emissions testing, violating New Hampshire’s decades-long approach to comply with the Clean Air Act. And the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had not granted New Hampshire permission to withdraw from those […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency expressed preliminary support on Thursday for the end of New Hampshire’s vehicle inspection and emissions testing program, which ceased early this year. The agency shared two proposals on Thursday. One would grant New Hampshire’s petition to withdraw from the Ozone Transport Region, a regional air pollution organization; another would remove […]

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BERLIN — The federal Environmental Protection Agency this week has resumed its cleanup of the Lavoie property at 640 Hillside Ave. and is remo…