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Senate adopts compromise amendment to form multi‑party committee on disputed landfill siting
Summary
Facing vocal rural and urban concerns about groundwater protection and 10‑mile siting limits, senators adopted an amendment to House Bill 248 to form a multi‑county committee to seek an alternative site and pause DEQ action until the committee reports; the amendment passed by roll call.
The Utah Senate adopted an amendment to second substitute House Bill 248 that reshapes the bill from an immediate set of siting restrictions into a negotiated, multi‑party process to identify an appropriate municipal landfill site.
Senator Blackham introduced the amendment, which replaces the original text with a mandate to form a committee composed of two senators, two house members, two elected officials from each involved county (or members designated by those elected…
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