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H.C.R. 8 Enrolled
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR
ENDORSING THE FINDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE CHARGED WITH SEEKING
AN ACCEPTABLE LOCATION FOR A MUNICIPAL LANDFILL IN NORTHERN
UTAH; RECOMMENDING THAT POLICY BE DEVELOPED TO PROTECT THE
AFFECTED COMMUNITIES AND THE LANDFILL OPERATOR BY LIMITING THE
NUMBER OF LANDFILL SITES THAT MAY BE DEVELOPED UNDER
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PERMITS FOR LANDFILL
SITES; AND STATING LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein:
WHEREAS a permit was issued to what is referred to as the White's Valley landfill site
in Box Elder County;
WHEREAS the permit was subject to dispute regarding potential impact on local water
resources;
WHEREAS in Section 19-6-102.6 the Legislature created a landfill siting committee to
resolve intergovernmental disputes over landfill siting issues;
WHEREAS such a committee representing interests of Davis, Morgan, and Box Elder
Counties convened to resolve a noncommercial municipal solid waste landfill site dispute
involving the White's Valley site;
WHEREAS the committee evaluated numerous sites with the cooperation of the
Department of Environmental Quality;
WHEREAS the committee conducted numerous hearings to receive public comment; and
WHEREAS the committee approved three specific alternative landfill sites in Box Elder
County, at least one of which would be acceptable in resolving the dispute:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah, the
Governor concurring therein, endorse the landfill siting committee's recommendations regarding the
siting of a landfill in Box Elder County to resolve this dispute.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature and the Governor recommend that after
a landfill siting committee commences its efforts to resolve a landfill siting dispute, a new permit
not be issued unless the site has been recommended by the committee and that any new permit
issued for an alternative landfill site replace the disputed permit, once all necessary permits and
approvals for the alternative site have been finalized and the permit issued, the intent being that the
landfill operator not be deprived of a site, that the affected communities not be burdened by more
than one additional landfill site as a result of resolution of the dispute, and that development
restrictions and requirements placed upon the landfill operator not be more burdensome at the
alternative site.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent to the landfill siting
committee formed pursuant to Section 19-6-102.6, the Box Elder and Davis County Commissions,
and the Department of Environmental Quality.
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