H.C.R. 101

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RESOLUTION APPROVING WASTE DISPOSAL
2 2001 FIRST SPECIAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: David Ure
5 This concurrent resolution of the Legislature and the Governor gives approval for the
6 operation of a Class V landfill in Cedar Valley in Utah County, to receive only construction
7 and demolition waste. The resolution follows approval to operate the landfill previously
8 granted by the Department of Environmental Quality.
9 Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein:
10 WHEREAS, Bear Construction Services Inc. (Bear Construction) desires to operate a new
11 Class V commercial landfill under Section 19-6-108 to receive only construction and demolition
12 waste, as defined in Section 19-6-102 ;
13 WHEREAS, the site where Bear Construction desires to locate the Class V commercial
14 landfill is two miles south of the town of Fairfield, on Allens Ranch Road in Cedar Valley in Utah
15 County, and the facility is to be known as the Cedar Valley Landfill;
16 WHEREAS, Section 19-6-108 of the Utah Code requires that an applicant for authority to
17 operate a commercial landfill receive approval from the Utah State Legislature and the Governor
18 of the State as a part of the approval process;
19 WHEREAS, Section 19-6-108 of the Utah Code also requires that an applicant for
20 authority to operate a commercial landfill receive approval from the executive secretary of the
21 Solid and Hazardous Waste Control Board within the Department of Environmental Quality prior
22 to receiving legislative and gubernatorial approval; and
23 WHEREAS, Bear Construction has submitted an application for the operation of a Class
24 V commercial landfill to the Department of Environmental Quality, and that application was
25 approved by the executive secretary of the Solid and Hazardous Waste Control Board in October
26 of 2000, and the approval has an effective date of November 1, 2000:
27 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature, the Governor concurring

28 therein, that Bear Construction Services Inc. is granted approval to operate a Class V commercial
29 nonhazardous solid waste landfill in Cedar Valley for the purpose of receiving only construction
30 and demolition waste.




Legislative Review Note
as of 6-13-01 9:10 AM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

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