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Utah Senate Pauses Landfill Siting Bill After Hours of Testimony on Water, Local Control
Summary
Senators heard extended testimony on Substitute House Bill 248 about siting and permit criteria for waste facilities. Residents and engineers warned the measure could protect water but also unintentionally restrict rural counties; the Senate circled the bill for more review and no final action was taken.
The Utah Senate spent a lengthy time‑certain session hearing local testimony on Substitute House Bill 248, a bill that would add citing requirements and procedures for waste facilities and require more local input and hydrological studies before siting new landfills.
Senator Alden called the committee of the whole and invited residents, local officials and technical experts to the floor for a focused discussion. Box Elder County resident Reggie Peterson told senators, “We have a very, pristine water system,” and said the bill’s purpose is to ensure local people are contacted and consulted before siting decisions are made. He argued the measure “only requires that local…
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