A Better Claremont (ABC), a citizen’s group, reports that the fight against the toxic waste facility proposed on Industrial Boulevard at Claremont Junction continues. Acuity Management Inc., of Methuen, MA, continues to fight the will of the citizens of Claremont who have fought against this facility since 2019.
Acuity proposes to import up to 500 tons of toxic construction and demolition waste into the city each day to a site near the Amtrak station, about 1,000 feet from an elementary school and within a half mile of 400 homes. On May 22, 2025, the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) denied Acuity’s permit application. Claremont area residents applauded the decision.
But the fight continues. Acuity is suing the City of Claremont and the Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA). The lawsuit, originally filed on Oct. 19, 2022, has been stayed until December 2025 while Acuity appeals the regulator’s denial of an operating permit.
The Claremont ZBA said NO to Acuity, protecting our air, water, children and families from the toxic pollution that will result from this operation. Please write your state representatives, your city councilors or selectmen and anyone you think might have an impact on this egregious attack on our health and environment.
Special note: Brian Gould, current NH Supreme Court nominee and a waste industry lobbyist and representative, is the legal counsel of record for Acuity.
ABC is a local group working to help Claremont become a healthy and vibrant community. See abetterclaremont.org for more information.