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U.S. Rep. Hanson visits Utah House, urges local input on monument designations and backs Yucca Mountain
Summary
Congressman Hanson told the Utah House that monument designations should use the smallest acreage necessary and urged local consultation; he also highlighted Hill Air Force Base’s economic role and urged passage of legislation related to Yucca Mountain and spent nuclear fuel transport.
Congressman Hanson addressed the Utah House during a Committee of the Whole visit, urging closer local consultation on federal monument designations and pressing for progress on nuclear waste policy.
Hanson, who chairs the House Natural Resources Committee, said the Antiquities Act of 1906 requires the president to "use the smallest acreage available to protect that site," and argued recent monument designations in Utah exceed that…
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