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House approves task force on hazardous and radioactive waste after debate on scope and agency role
Summary
Senate Bill 172, creating a task force to study waste issues and potential disposal-rate oversight, passed the House unanimously after amendments changed the committee’s makeup and prompted debate over explicitly adding 'radioactive' and whether the Public Service Commission should have jurisdiction to set disposal rates.
The Utah House on March 3 approved Senate Bill 172, a bill establishing a task force to study hazardous and other waste issues, after extended floor debate over the task force’s membership and whether the effort should explicitly include radioactive waste and explore giving the Public Service Commission a role in disposal rates.
Representative Alexander offered Amendment Number 1 (pink sheet) to change the task force composition to 16 members, adjusting the Senate and House…
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