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Senate approves bill to let improvement districts accept food waste and sell methane

Utah State Senate · March 1, 2016
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Summary

First Substitute Senate Bill 142 passed the Senate after a sponsor explanation that the bill allows improvement districts with sewage treatment systems to accept food waste (diverting it from landfills), enable public–private partnerships and capture methane as renewable natural gas to sell into pipelines.

The Utah Senate approved First Substitute Senate Bill 142 after sponsor remarks describing statutory clarifications for improvement districts that manage sewage treatment systems.

Senator Wyler told colleagues the bill "provides a statutory clarity, allowing improvement districts with sewage treatment systems to…

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