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Senate approves bill directing sovereign‑lands safeguards and coordination for Utah Lake restoration
Summary
Senators passed first substitute House Bill 272 to set legislative expectations for Utah Lake restoration projects: coordination with state and federal agencies, protection of public‑trust benefits, and restoration goals including water‑quality, invasive species removal and native species recovery. Sponsors said remediation costs are large and the bill sets standards for proposals that would assume costs.
The Utah Senate approved first substitute House Bill 272, a measure that directs the State Sovereign Lands Office and relevant agencies to use specified safeguards and coordination when considering proposals to restore Utah Lake.
Senator Henderson, sponsor of the measure, described decades of ecological decline in Utah Lake — loss of vegetation, carp invasion and toxic algal blooms — and framed HB 272 as a structure to assess restoration proposals that could be costly. ‘‘The multi‑billion dollar cost of…
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