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Senate amends leaking‑tank bill to ease insurance costs, funds program with environmental surcharge
Summary
Lawmakers amended Senate Bill 26 to align some insurance levels for smaller underground storage tanks with federal rules and proposed a funding mix — tank fees plus a half‑cent environmental surcharge — to create a multimillion‑dollar fund for cleanup and insurance compliance. Discussion of actuarial soundness and fiscal risk continued and the item remained unfinished.
The Utah Senate considered amendments to Senate Bill 26, a package to address leaking underground storage tanks, including changes to insurance coverage levels for smaller tanks and a funding plan intended to make the program actuarially sound.
Senator Finlayson and Senator Leavitt described amendments reducing insurance coverage requirements for smaller tanks (bringing those categories into line with federal rules) and lowering associated tank fees. Sponsors said the…
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