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(Salt Lake City-AP) -- An amendment has kept alive a bill that would cap radioactive waste coming to Utah at certain hazard levels without specific approval from officials.
The measure would give the state better control over low-level radioactive waste -- particularly at Envirocare of Utah.
Representative Stephen Urquhart introduced the legislation after Envirocare sought and later backed off a plan to accept highly concentrated radioactive waste from Fernald, Ohio.
It was previously thought dead because of procedural maneuvering in a House committee. However, Urquhart softened some of the bill's regulations, winning the support of colleagues.
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