A bill that sets up a study of halogen emissions, such as bromine and chlorine, cleared its first legislative test.
SALT LAKE CITY — A bill that sets up a study of halogen emissions, such as bromine and chlorine, cleared its first legislative test Wednesday.
The bill aims to require the Utah Division of Air Quality to "conduct an inventory and prepare a plan related to reducing certain emissions" to find other sources of bromine in the northern half of the state and to find ways to regulate and reduce those emissions. Utah Division of Air Quality officials told KSL.com last month that halogen emissions have the potential to impact summertime ozone and wintertime PM2.5 pollution along the northern Wasatch Front.
After a long line of questions and comments, Rep. Tim Jimenez, R-Tooele, proposed an amendment to the bill, swapping bromine for all halogen sources, including bromine, chlorine, fluorine and iodine.
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