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H.C.R. 101 Enrolled

                 

RESOLUTION APPROVING WASTE DISPOSAL

                 
2001 FIRST SPECIAL SESSION

                 
STATE OF UTAH

                 
Sponsor: David Ure

                  This concurrent resolution of the Legislature and the Governor gives approval for the
                  operation of a landfill in Cedar Valley in Utah County, to receive exclusively construction
                  and demolition waste. The resolution follows approval to operate the landfill previously
                  granted by the Department of Environmental Quality.
                  Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein:
                      WHEREAS, Bear Construction Services Inc. (Bear Construction) desires to operate a new
                  commercial landfill under Section 19-6-108 to receive exclusively construction and demolition
                  waste, as defined in Section 19-6-102 ;
                      WHEREAS, the site where Bear Construction desires to locate the commercial landfill is
                  two miles south of the town of Fairfield, on Allens Ranch Road in Cedar Valley in Utah County,
                  and the facility is to be known as the Cedar Valley Landfill;
                      WHEREAS, Section 19-6-108 of the Utah Code requires that an applicant for authority to
                  operate a commercial landfill receive approval from the Utah State Legislature and the Governor
                  of the State as a part of the approval process;
                      WHEREAS, Section 19-6-108 of the Utah Code also requires that an applicant for
                  authority to operate a commercial landfill receive approval from the executive secretary of the Solid
                  and Hazardous Waste Control Board within the Department of Environmental Quality prior to
                  receiving legislative and gubernatorial approval; and
                      WHEREAS, Bear Construction has submitted an application for the operation of a
                  commercial landfill to the Department of Environmental Quality, and that application was approved
                  by the executive secretary of the Solid and Hazardous Waste Control Board in October of 2000,
                  and the approval has an effective date of November 1, 2000:
                      NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature, the Governor concurring
                  therein, that Bear Construction Services Inc. is granted approval to operate a commercial
                  nonhazardous solid waste landfill in Cedar Valley for the purpose of receiving exclusively


                  construction and demolition waste, as defined in Section 19-6-102. Any other types of waste require
                  additional legislative approval.

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