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House approves amended hazardous-waste fee bill after debate over company impacts
Summary
The House passed First Substitute House Bill 286, a hazardous-waste fee and task-force measure, 52–20 after amendments that lowered some fees and directed broader study; supporters said fees fund regulation, opponents warned of job losses at local firms such as Clean Harbors.
The Utah House voted 52–20 on Feb. 28 to approve First Substitute House Bill 286, a measure that changes how the state charges fees on certain hazardous wastes, replenishes an environmental restricted account, and calls for a task force to study broader waste tax and regulation.
Representative Vier, the bill sponsor, said the measure is intended to allow the state to “hire personnel to regulate what's coming into the state of Utah” and stressed it was “not meant to be a revenue generator.” He told colleagues the proposal is a…
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