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Committee advances bill authorizing fees tied to expansion of West Desert disposal facility
Summary
Senate Bill 216 was favorably recommended after proponents described a licensing pathway for Energy Solutions’ expansion in Clive and a newly imposed fee estimated at roughly $30 million to fund state energy development.
Senators on the Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Standing Committee on Feb. 5 favorably recommended Senate Bill 216, a measure sponsors said would create a streamlined process for an expansion of an existing licensed radioactive waste disposal facility in the West Desert near Clive, Utah.
Casey Hill, representing Energy Solutions, told the committee the measure would allow an applicant already licensed to dispose of waste within a designated hazardous-waste corridor (Tooele County) to pursue an expansion without repeating the initial licensing steps. "This bill ... deals with the expansion of our facility in the West Desert out in Clive, Utah. It essentially just lays out a…
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