Opposition to the proposed new commercial landfill in Dalton near the Littleton and Bethlehem town lines

Opposition to the proposed new commercial landfill in Dalton near the Littleton and Bethlehem town lines isn’t often voiced at Littleton Select Board meetings. Though, concerns expressed by one Littleton commission were read into the Select Board record. In recent weeks, more towns, conservation commissions, county commissions, environmental groups, and North Country lawmakers have weighed in against the Casella Waste Systems proposal. They have issued letters to the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services and some have written to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which opened a public comment period on April 9 that ends May 8 for the federal waters-related permit Casella is seeking for a 70-acre landfill that would entail the taking of nearly 12 acres of wetlands.