S.B. 196 Enrolled
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill deals with the incineration of infectious waste and chemotherapeutic agents.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 . prohibits the Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste from approving an operation
13 plan or issuing a permit to a facility that:
14 . incinerates infectious waste or chemotherapeutic agents within a two-mile
15 radius of a residential area; and
16 . is not in operation as of May 13, 2014; and
17 . makes technical changes.
18 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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20 Other Special Clauses:
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22 Utah Code Sections Affected:
23 ENACTS:
24 19-6-124 , Utah Code Annotated 1953
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26 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
27 Section 1. Section 19-6-124 is enacted to read:
28 19-6-124. Incineration of medical waste.
29 (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), the division may not approve an operation
30 plan or issue a permit for construction of a new facility that:
31 (a) incinerates infectious waste or chemotherapeutic agents; and
32 (b) is located within a two-mile radius of an area zoned residential on January 1, 2014.
33 (2) The division may approve renewal or modification of an operation plan or a permit
34 for a facility that is in operation as of May 13, 2014.
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