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Senate keeps $5 dismantler incentive in mercury-switch removal bill after debate
Summary
After floor debate and a failed amendment to lower the bounty, the Senate passed House Bill 138 to create a mercury-switch removal program that pays dismantlers a $5 incentive per switch; sponsors argued the bounty level is necessary to ensure participation.
The Utah Senate passed House Bill 138, the Mercury Switch Removal Act, which creates a program for removing and collecting mercury switches from older vehicles and includes an incentive payment to dismantlers.
Senator Knudson, sponsor of the bill, told the chamber the program addresses public-health risks from mercury released during vehicle recycling and that the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will oversee the effort within existing budgets. He described a $5 incentive per switch as a level shown in…
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