A handful of new pollution-control ideas — and a few old ones — have drawn initial approval on Utah’s Capitol Hill, though some state lawmakers remain dubious the added steps are needed.
Four air-quality bills advanced through committee this week in the 2018 Legislature, most of them focused on reducing emissions from diesel vehicles.
But several are likely face an uphill battle in the weeks remaining before the session’s March 8 adjournment. Most of the measures have drew complaints from skeptical lawmakers, some of whom questioned whether their benefits outweighed the costs.
HB101 seeks to extend diesel-emissions testing, after a similar measure failed last year in the face of opposition from Utah County, the only county in the state that tests gasoline-powered cars but not those with diesel engines
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