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RESOLUTION OPPOSING GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS

    
1997 GENERAL SESSION

    
STATE OF UTAH

    
Sponsor: Dennis H. Iverson

    A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR
    EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO GOVERNMENT AGENCY REGULATION WHICH
    PREVENTS THE PRODUCTIVITY OF UTAH BUSINESS UNLESS CLEAR
    EVIDENCE EXISTS THAT BUSINESS PRACTICES ARE DAMAGING TO UTAH'S
    ENVIRONMENT; AND ENCOURAGING REGULATORY AGENCIES TO DEVELOP
    REGULATIONS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INTERESTED PARTIES.
    Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein:
        WHEREAS responsible regulation is clearly needed to protect Utah's natural resources
    from hazards that could otherwise spring from industry operating unchecked;
        WHEREAS unfortunately, in some instances, the impact of government regulation
    stretches beyond its necessary role as a check on industry and curtails its viability;
        WHEREAS the productivity of Utah business is significantly impaired when
    environmental impact data, at times vague and unsubstantiated, leads to the restriction of sound
    business activity without corresponding environmental benefit;
        WHEREAS before a government agency, through regulation, restricts the activity of
    business based on environmental concerns, that agency should possess sound, scientific data and
    reasoning upon which to base that regulation;
        WHEREAS this approach to environmental regulation would foster a more productive and
    equitable business environment throughout the state of Utah; and
        WHEREAS involvement of interested stakeholders in the development of environmental
    regulations has proven effective in Utah and would provide for better environmental protection
    at a more reasonable cost:
        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah, the
    Governor concurring therein, express opposition to any government regulation which restricts the
    activity or productivity of industry based on environmental concerns unless there is sound


    scientific data, which can stand the test of peer review, to support the restrictions.
        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature and the Governor encourage regulatory
    agencies to develop regulations in partnership with interested parties.
        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent to the United States
    Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Department of the Interior, the Utah
    Department of Environmental Quality, the Utah Department of Natural Resources, and to the
    members of Utah's congressional delegation.

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