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House passes compromise hazardous-waste fee bill after long floor debate
Summary
After several rounds of amendments and lengthy floor debate, the House passed Substitute Senate Bill 25, a compromise that raises some hazardous- and nonhazardous-waste fees, adds reciprocity rules for out-of-state generators and includes a training appropriation; the measure passed the House 62–8 and will return to the Senate.
The Utah House of Representatives on Feb. 21 passed Substitute Senate Bill 25, a bill that revises fees charged for hazardous and nonhazardous waste and adds new administrative provisions, after a prolonged floor debate and multiple amendments.
Representative Ellenson, the floor sponsor, summarized the measure and the technical amendments adopted on the pink sheet. He said the bill ‘‘increases the out of state waste from the current $20 a ton to $35 a ton’’ and raises the hazardous-waste fee for in-state generators with a phased approach, and ‘‘appropriates a hundred or $500,000 to the division of comprehensive…
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