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Utah House unanimously backs Central Utah Project resolution, asks for public oversight
Summary
The Utah House on Feb. 19 adopted House Concurrent Resolution 14 urging support for completion of the Central Utah Project and requesting public oversight and state cost-sharing conditions; vote 70–0. Sponsors stressed water’s importance for rural Utah and set a path for negotiation with the Interior Department.
The Utah House of Representatives on Feb. 19 passed House Concurrent Resolution 14, a bipartisan measure backing continuation of the Central Utah Project (CUP) and urging careful state review of any cost‑sharing agreement with the Secretary of the Interior.
Representative Martmar Stevens, sponsor of the resolution, told the House the CUP "is vital to the continued long‑term prosperity of the state, especially for rural Utah," and said the resolution asks the legislature and governor to express support for continued federal participation only for project features that meet tests of economic and environmental feasibility. Stevens said…
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