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• Lawmakers to consider 15 items on Tuesday

  - 2005-04-15

  They adjourned their general session just six weeks ago, but Utah lawmakers will consider 15 items -- a large number by historic standards -- in a Tuesday special session. Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., who under Utah law is authorized to call the session and set the agenda, stated...

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• Are Envirocare's troubles a thing of the past?

  - 2005-02-06

  Webb: Utah news reporters should be lamenting the sale of Envirocare of Utah by founder Khosrow Semnani. After all, some reporters have practically made careers out of covering Envirocare. The business has provided enough controversy and political intrigue over the years to generate a lot of big headlines and fill...

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• Governor hands back Envirocare's campaign donation

  - 2005-01-07

  Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. is returning campaign contributions from Steve Creamer, prospective purchaser of Envirocare of Utah, after a controversy erupted over the $40,000 donation. Huntsman's chief of staff, Jason Chaffetz, added that the governor's office is considering an executive order to ban Class B and C radioactive...

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• New faces at Envirocare

  - 2004-12-17

  There is reason for angst following the news that Khosrow Semnani is selling Envirocare of Utah, the only commercial radioactive waste site in the state, to a group of investors from Utah and New York. Semnani, who came to Utah from Iran, is the embodiment of the American...

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• Envirocare sold

  - 2004-12-16

  Envirocare of Utah, the state's only commercial radioactive waste disposal facility, is being sold to a group that includes a New York investment company as well as Utah firm Creamer Investments "and several other local investors." The price was not announced. Envirocare, based in Salt Lake...

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• Envirocare ads aim to educate

  - 2004-11-14

  Envirocare of Utah is reaching out to Utahns with a 30-minute DVD to explain its business and answer questions raised by its opponents. The Salt Lake-based business will run 30-minute infomercials on local television stations and cable networks and has been running radio infomercial for the past couple...

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• Utah legislative panel tosses ban on more radioactive waste.

  - 2004-10-20

  By Patty Henetz, The Salt Lake Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 20--A last-ditch attempt to recommend banning a certain type of radioactive waste from Utah died Tuesday at the final meeting of a legislative task force charged with reviewing state law...

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• A whiff of conflicts in guv race

  - 2004-06-01

  Successful private-sector people running for high office are bound to have conflicts of interest -- real or perceived. GOP gubernatorial candidates Nolan Karras and Jon Huntsman Jr. are no exception. In fact, some of their potential conflicts are especially interesting. What other candidate's family has a...

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• Salt Lake City Firm Considers Building Nuclear Waste Dump in Iraq.

  - 2004-04-22

  By Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 22--WASHINGTON -- Envirocare of Utah is exploring the possibility of building a low-level nuclear waste dump in the Iraqi desert to store uranium-tipped munitions and tank hulls and rubble ...

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• Waste firm accepts denial of permit

  - 2004-04-08

  Cedar Mountain Environmental Inc. announced Wednesday it will not appeal Tooele County's decision denying the company a permit to built a low-level radioactive waste facility on 500 acres next to Envirocare of Utah. Instead, the company owned by former Envirocare president Charles Judd stated in a press release...

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