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House approves bill to streamline DEQ adjudicative hearings after floor debate on notice and stakeholder rights
Summary
Senate Bill 11, which aims to expedite adjudicative proceedings under the Utah Department of Environmental Quality by requiring earlier disclosure and front-loading stakeholder participation, passed the House 73-0 after members discussed concerns about notice and fairness.
The Utah House on Feb. 1, 2012, approved Senate Bill 11, a measure the sponsor said will expedite adjudicative proceedings under the Department of Environmental Quality by requiring earlier disclosure of evidence and participants.
Representative Wright, the House sponsor, told the chamber the bill is the result of a two‑year working group and is intended to tighten procedures in DEQ adjudicative hearings so that evidence and involved parties are known earlier in the process. "This bill will do is tend to expedite those hearings," Wright said…
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