Category: Stericycle Inc.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Tooele County Facility:
    Stericycle Inc.

    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 Tooele County. The proposed facility will…

  • 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…

  • Regulations:
    Stericycle Inc.

    Environmental Regulations for Medical Waste Incinerators Congress authorized the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop standards andguidelines 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) developed…

  • 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 Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control Permits Stericycle submitted a timely application to renew its permit,…

  • 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 The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Stericycle reached a Settlement Agreement (275 KB) on the violations asserted in the August 28,…

  • 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…

  • Frequently Asked Questions:
    Stericycle Inc.

    Read the Stericycle Frequently Asked Questions.

  • Solid Waste Facility Fact Sheet:
    Stericycle Inc.

    February 2006 Facility Owner Stericycle, Inc. Facility Operator Stericycle, Inc. Property Owner N/A Facility Location 90 North 1100 West North Salt Lake , UT. Front Gate Coordinates:Longitude: 40 ° 50’ 56” North; Latitude: 111 ° 56’ 31” West Remaining Capacity Permitted Incinerator Capacity: LBs/Hour: 1850 Waste Accepted Non hazardous medical waste including laboratory wastes, glassware…

  • 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: They are called criteria pollutants because they are regulated under human health-based and/or environmentally-based…

  • 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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