Category: Air Quality
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Tooele County Facility Solid Waste Permit:
Stericycle Inc.In February 2015, Stericycle submitted a permit application to the former Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste (DSHW) for a solid-waste permit for a new hospital, medical, and infectious waste incinerator (HMIWI) facility in Tooele, Utah. The new facility would replace the current waste incinerator facility in North Salt Lake, Utah. The facility will receive…
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Tooele County Facility Air Quality Permit:
Stericycle Inc.In 2016, Stericycle submitted an application for an air-quality permit for a new hospital, medical, and infectious waste incinerator (HMIWI) facility in Tooele, Utah. The new facility would replace the current waste incinerator facility in North Salt Lake, Utah, with a maximum permitted capacity of 18,000 tons per year (tpy) of HMI waste for an…
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Medical Waste:
Stericycle Inc.Stericycle is permitted to treat non hazardous medical waste and other non medical wastes. It is also referred to as “infectious waste,” which, by definition, is “a solid waste that contains or may reasonably be expected to contain pathogens of sufficient virulence and quantity that exposure to the waste by a susceptible host could result…
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Tooele County Facility:
Stericycle Inc.Air Quality Permit Solid Waste Permit The Division of Air Quality and the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control approved the air-quality and solid-waste permits, respectively, for the Tooele County Facility on September 1, 2017. Proposed Facility Stericycle proposes to construct, own, and operate a hospital, medical, and infectious waste incinerator (HMIWI) facility in…
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Stack Testing:
Stericycle Inc.Stack testing is an important tool used to determine a facility’s compliance with emission limits or capture or control efficiencies established pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA). A stack test: measures the amount of a specific regulated pollutant or pollutants being emitted; demonstrates the capture efficiency of a capture system; or, ascertains the destruction…
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Regulations:
Stericycle Inc.Environmental Regulations for Medical Waste Incinerators Congress authorized the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop standards and guidelines to govern the operation of new and existing incinerators that burn hospital, medical, or infectious waste and authorized the states to develop plans to implement these standards and the guidelines. In 1997, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…
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Permits:
Stericycle Inc.This is a partial list of the information available. Each DEQ Division maintains a more comprehensive historic file. To learn more about how to access those records, visit the DEQ GRAMA Website. DEQ Permits Division of Air Quality Permits Approval Order: Retrofits to Existing Air Pollution Control Device System (08/12/14) (113 KB) Title V Operating Permit…
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Timeline for the Notice of Violation:
Stericycle Inc.Update December 3, 2014 The Air Quality Board approved the Stericycle Agreement (275 KB) between DEQ and Stericycle for the violations asserted in the August 28, 2014 Notice of Violation (NOV). Update December 1, 2014 Fact Sheet (558 KB) The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Stericycle reached a Settlement Agreement (275 KB) on the violations asserted…
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Notice of Violation:
Stericycle Inc.Update December 3, 2014 The Air Quality Board approved the Stericycle Agreement (275 KB) between DEQ and Stericycle for the violations asserted in the August 28, 2014 Notice of Violation (NOV). Update December 1, 2014 Fact Sheet (558 KB) The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Stericycle reached a Settlement Agreement (275 KB) on the violations asserted…
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Health Studies:
Stericycle Inc.On October 24, 2013, Governor Gary Herbert directed the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) to conduct a three-tiered study of the possible health effects from Stericycle. The Governor outlined the three study parameters in a letter to Stericycle: A health consultation to identify and address potential health effects of dioxin and furan releases from the Stericycle…
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Frequently Asked Questions:
Stericycle Inc.Read the Stericycle Frequently Asked Questions.
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Emissions Limits:
Stericycle Inc.Two types of pollutants are emitted by Stericycle: criteria pollutants and hazardous air pollutants (HAPS). The process of determining emission limits is slightly different for each type. Criteria pollutants are six common air pollutants found all over the country. They are: Carbon Monoxide (CO) Lead (pb) Nitrogen Dioxide (NOx) Ozone Particulate Matter (PM) Sulfur Dioxide…
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2014 Facilities Investigation:
Stericycle Inc.On September 17, 2014, the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control (DWMRC) was made aware of allegations that Stericycle was processing medical waste in a manner that violated its permit. DSHW has responded to these allegations by initiating an investigation into Stericycle’s operations. The Division will evaluate Stericycle’s compliance with all conditions of its…
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Tier 3 Standards Will Help Clean Utah Air
By Glade Sowards There’s been a lot of buzz in Utah lately about Tier 3—shorthand for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Tier 3 Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards Program. When a geeky name like Tier 3 becomes a household word that’s used not only by us policy wonks but by Governor Herbert, mayors, legislators, radio…
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Pollution in Utah: Not Always the Usual Suspects
By Brock LeBaron When we talk about ozone pollution in Utah, we usually think of wintertime ozone in the Uinta Basin and summertime ozone along the Wasatch Front. What we don’t always take into account is the global nature of ozone; what we often view as a localized problem actually comes from a combination of…