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Utah House bans Class B and C low-level radioactive waste amid split over safety and revenue
Summary
The Utah House on Feb. 9, 2005 passed first substitute Senate Bill 24, banning Class B and C low-level radioactive waste from the state (57-13). Supporters cited public preference and long-term safety; opponents pointed to Department of Environmental Quality testimony that such waste can be stored safely and warned of lost fee revenue.
The Utah House passed first substitute Senate Bill 24 on Feb. 9, 2005, enacting a permanent prohibition on Class B and C low-level radioactive waste and adopting a broader package of hazardous-waste policy changes. The measure passed 57-13 and will be returned to the Senate for its signature.
Representative Frank, the bill sponsor, described the measure as a policy that will ban “B and C waste from our state” and highlighted provisions that require the Solid and Hazardous Waste Control Board and the Radiation Control Board to prepare a joint report every five years on financing and closure/post-closure responsibilities. “What this does, representatives, is ban b and c waste from our state,” Frank said while reviewing the bill’s language that places the prohibition in statute.
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