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Senate passes bill limiting medical-waste incineration within two miles of neighborhoods after heated Stericycle debate
Summary
The Utah Senate passed first-substitute SB 196, which bars incineration of infectious medical waste and chemotherapy drugs within a two-mile radius of residentially zoned areas; the sponsor framed the measure as a narrow public-health buffer amid questions about DEQ capacity and Stericycle’s compliance history.
The Utah Senate on the floor passed first-substitute SB 196, a bill that would prohibit incineration of infectious medical waste and chemotherapeutic agents within two miles of residentially zoned areas.
Sponsor Senator Weiler described the measure as “very limited in scope,” intended to prevent a repeat of the situation involving Stericycle, a medical-waste processor near a subdivision. He told colleagues that the bill “would allow [Stericycle] to move, just would not allow them to move within 2 miles of a residential neighborhood.” The sponsor also…
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