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BRIGHAM CITY, Utah (AP) -- Box Elder County is backing out of a government consortium formed to create a super-landfill that would take waste from five northern Utah counties.
County commissioners voted on Tuesday to withdraw from NURLA -- the Northern Utah Regional Landfill Association, which included the governments of Weber, Morgan, Davis, Cache and Box Elder counties.
The vote was a response to a February inquiriy from NURLA about leasing the county's Little Mountain landfill.
NURLA originally planned to spend $10 million to buy the landfill, but a citizen-driven referendum allowing the sale was defeated by county voters in November.
Yhe NURLA board says it will meet Thursday to decide how to proceed.
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Information from: Standard-Examiner
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