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Committee approves bill aligning Utah radioactive waste definitions with federal standard amid public concern
Summary
The House Public Utilities and Energy Standing Committee voted 10–1 on Jan. 30 to advance House Bill 254, a measure that aligns Utah’s statutory definitions of radioactive waste with federal classification standards, a change sponsors said resolves a conflict in state law.
The House Public Utilities and Energy Standing Committee voted 10–1 on Jan. 30 to advance House Bill 254, a bill that amends Utah’s waste classification statutes to align state definitions of high‑level and low‑level radioactive waste with federal standards. Sponsor Representative Bolander said the measure resolves a statutory conflict and will not permit Utah to accept waste it has not previously accepted.
Casey Hill of Energy Solutions, the company that operates Utah’s existing low‑level waste disposal facility, told the committee the bill is a definitional cleanup that aligns state statute with the federal definition found in 42 U.S.C. §10101. Hill said the state is an "agreement state," meaning Utah implements federal rules for certain radioactive…
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