19-1-102 - Purposes. - Utah Statutes

19-1-102. Purposes.
The purpose of this title is to:
(1) clarify the powers and duties of the Department of Environmental Quality inrelationship to local health departments;
(2) provide effective, coordinated management of state environmental concerns;
(3) safeguard public health and quality of life by protecting and improving environmentalquality while considering the benefits to public health, the impacts on economic development,property, wildlife, tourism, business, agriculture, forests, and other interests, and the costs to thepublic and to industry; and
(4) (a) strengthen local health departments' environmental programs;
(b) build consensus among the public, industry, and local governments in developingenvironmental protection goals; and
(c) appropriately balance the need for environmental protection with the need foreconomic and industrial development.

Enacted by Chapter 112, 1991 General Session