C&D burning OK'd in New Hampshire.The New Hampshire Supreme Court The New Hampshire Supreme Court is the supreme court of the U. S. state of New Hampshire and sole appellate court of the state. The Supreme Court is seated in the state capital, Concord. has ruled that a wood-burning power plant in Hopkinton, N.H., can burn construction and demolition debris, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report in the Union Leader (Manchester, N.H.). The ruling is the result of a two-year battle in which town officials attempted to stop BioEnergy from burning C&D material. According to the report, the company had used clean wood debris to burn as fuel for 20 years. Two years ago, state environmental officials issued a permit for the plant to burn up to 100 percent of C&D debris that came from painted wood and plywood plywood, manufactured board composed of an odd number of thin sheets of wood glued together under pressure with grains of the successive layers at right angles. Laminated wood differs from plywood in that the grains of its sheets are parallel. . A group of Hopkinton residents then filed a petition with the town requesting it to prevent BioEnergy from using the material. Town selectmen SELECTMEN. The name of certain officers in several of the United States, who are invested by the statutes of the several states with various powers. issued a cease-and-desist order Cease-and-desist order An order issued after notice and opportunity for hearing, requiring a depository institution, a holding company or a depository institution official to terminate unlawful, unsafe or unsound banking practices. and asked for the company to apply for a new permit. The Supreme Court ruling held that town officials could not regulate air emissions, according to the report. The court also says that plant owners could try to recoup legal costs incurred during the two-year battle. However, a statewide moratorium on burning wood from C&D debris is in effect until July 1, while a committee studies the effects of burning such material, according to the report. BioEnergy plans to start burning clean wood debris as early as next month, according to the report. |
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