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A waste amendment bill, SB 155, was sent to Gov. Jon Huntsman, Jr. on Feb. 15 with veto-proof majorities in both the House and Senate. The Governor had until midnight on Feb. 27 to make a decision. In the end, Huntsman decided to allow the bill to go into law without his signature.
By the end of the 2007 Session, lawmakers passed a budget for the 2007-08 fiscal year that provides $1.5 million in General Fund and Restricted Fund money to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to help meet tougher federal air quality standards. Another $66,500 in Restricted funds will be used for additional mercury testing in the Great Salt Lake.
Cache Valley – One hundred students at Greenville Elementary – half of them with asthma – are participating in a far-reaching lung function study that will determine whether it is healthier to stay indoors during recess when the air quality is poor.
The Division of Air Quality (DAQ) has now made it easier for the public to find out the air quality conditions with a newly revamped Web page that gives a three-day forecast to help people decide when it is healthier to stay indoors and ride mass transit.
Three companies have been accepted and one has advanced in the Department of Environmental Quality’s Clean Utah program.