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House approves bill to bring coal-plant ash under state solid-waste oversight
Utah House of Representatives · March 4, 2015
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Summary
The House passed SB 154 to eliminate an exemption for coal-fired power-plant ash so Utah's Division of Environmental Quality can regulate disposal and coordinate with EPA oversight; the vote was 73–0.
Senate Bill 154, which removes an exemption for coal-fired power-plant ash from Utah's definition of solid waste so that the Division of Environmental Quality can regulate ash disposal, passed the House 73–0.
Representative Handy explained the change was prompted in part by the EPA's rulemaking on coal-ash management and said state…
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