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Utah House approves $250,000 appropriation to support litigation challenging Grand Staircase-Escalante monument
Summary
The Utah House on Feb. 23 approved House Bill 414, a $250,000 appropriation to support state involvement in litigation challenging the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument designation, after an impassioned debate over state responsibility, federal mitigation funds and potential duplicate legal actions.
The Utah House of Representatives approved House Bill 414 on Feb. 23 to provide $250,000 in one-time funding to support litigation challenging the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument designation.
Representative Way, sponsor of the bill, said the designation seized ‘‘1.7 million acres of Utah land’’ without adequate public process and asserted the action “appears to be a direct violation and misuse of the Antiquities Act.” He cited estimates of lost resource revenues to the state and the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, stating the Utah Geological Survey estimated potential…
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