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Senate passes bill defining critical infrastructure material zones after amendments to protect local input and set vesting dates
Summary
The Senate passed second substitute House Bill 288 after floor amendments clarified scope, added a vesting cutoff and preserved local legislative and referendum authority; debate focused on gravel-pit operations, dust/emissions from trucking, and economic impacts of relocating aggregate sources.
The Utah Senate on March 11 passed second substitute House Bill 288, a bill that creates definitions and protections for "critical infrastructure material protection zones" and sets limits on expansion rights for existing aggregate operations.
Senator Hankins, the floor sponsor, said the measure aims to protect safety and operations tied to critical aggregate sites while allowing oversight. "The EPA has asked for a little bit more rulemaking and guidance regarding some of our landfills and the landfill regulation," a sponsor (Senator Grover) said earlier in committee context, and supporters framed…
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