First Substitute S.B. 196

Senator Todd Weiler proposes the following substitute bill:


             1     
MEDICAL WASTE INCINERATION PROHIBITION

             2     
2014 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Todd Weiler

             5     
House Sponsor: Rebecca P. Edwards

             6     
             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:
             19          None
             20      Other Special Clauses:
             21          None
             22      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             23      ENACTS:
             24           19-6-124 , Utah Code Annotated 1953
             25     


             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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