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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION APPROVING
2 CLASSIFICATION OF SOLID WASTE
3 FACILITY SOLID WASTE PERMIT
4 2010 GENERAL SESSION
5 STATE OF UTAH
6 Chief Sponsor: Brent H. Goodfellow
7 House Sponsor: Susan Duckworth
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9 LONG TITLE
10 General Description:
11 This concurrent resolution of the Legislature and the Governor gives approval for the
12 operation of a landfill to receive specified nonhazardous solid waste.
13 Highlighted Provisions:
14 This resolution:
15 . addresses the proposed Mountain View Landfill, that is owned by Mountain View
16 Landfill, Inc., and that is located in Salt Lake City, in Salt Lake County;
17 . grants statutorily required approval of the operating plan, as approved by the
18 Department of Environmental Quality, and allows the Mountain View Landfill to
19 operate as a Class V landfill and receive nonhazardous waste, industrial waste,
20 construction and demolition waste, and special wastes as enumerated;
21 . S. [ reiterates that the Mountain View Landfill is required under state law to apply for
22 and receive approval from the Department of Environmental Quality in order to
23 receive an exemption from the daily cover requirement; ] .S and
24 . reiterates that the Mountain View Landfill is required under state law to apply for
25 and receive approval from the Department of Environmental Quality, if the landfill
26 desires to change a specified element of its waste stream.
27 Special Clauses:

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30 Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein:
31 WHEREAS, Mountain View Landfill Inc., desires to construct and operate a Class V
32 commercial landfill to receive nonhazardous solid waste for disposal as defined in Section
33 19-6-102 ;
34 WHEREAS, the facility is to be located at the site currently known as the Mountain
35 View Landfill;
36 WHEREAS, this site is a rectangularly shaped 76-acre parcel in Section 10, Township 1
37 South, Range 2 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian, and is located approximately nine miles
38 west of downtown Salt Lake City, in Salt Lake County;
39 WHEREAS, Mountain View Landfill, Inc., currently holds a permit to operate at this
40 site a S. [ noncommercial ] commercial .S , nonhazardous solid waste facility that would only
40a receive construction
41 and demolition waste S. [ under contract with local businesses and individuals ] .S ;
42 WHEREAS, Section 19-6-108 requires that an applicant for authority to construct a
43 commercial landfill receive approval from the Utah State Legislature and the Governor of the
44 State as a part of the approval process;
45 WHEREAS, Section 19-6-108 also requires that an applicant for authority to operate a
46 commercial landfill receive approval from the executive secretary of the Solid and Hazardous
47 Waste Control Board within the Department of Environmental Quality prior to receiving
48 legislative and gubernatorial approval;
49 WHEREAS, Mountain View Landfill, Inc., has submitted a proposed operation plan for
50 the Mountain View Landfill as a Class V commercial, nonhazardous solid waste landfill to the
51 Department of Environmental Quality, and the operation plan was approved by the executive
52 secretary of the Solid and Hazardous Waste Control Board on February S. [ 8 ] 10 .S , 2010, with an
53 effective approval date of February S. [ 8 ] 10 .S , 2010; S. and .S
54 WHEREAS, the approved operating plan for the Mountain View Landfill allows the
55 landfill to receive nonhazardous construction and demolition waste, including asbestos waste,
56 as enumerated in the operation plan and in the plan approval of the executive secretary, and as
57 defined in Administrative Rule R315-315, Special Waste Requirements S. [ ; and
58 WHEREAS, the approved operating plan requires, under Title 19, Environmental ] .S

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60 upon application to the Department of Environmental Quality, review by the department of the
61 effectiveness of the proposed alternative to the daily cover, and a determination by the
62 department that the alternative meets the landfill maintenance requirements no less effectively
63 than a daily cover ] .S :
64 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah, the
65 Governor concurring therein, grant their approval to Mountain View Landfill, Inc. to construct
66 and operate a Class V commercial, nonhazardous solid waste landfill known as the Mountain
67 View Landfill in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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