Category: Environmental Response and Remediation

Utah Department of Environmental Quality Clandestine Drug Lab Decontamination Certification Permit Guide. In response to clandestine drug labs and the growing concern over the nature of potential health effects associated with residual methamphetamine in the environment, the Utah State Legislature passed the Illegal Drug Operations Site Reporting and Decontamination Act during the 2004 General Session. The Act was subsequently amended during the 2008 General

Brownfields Community Revitalization If you are performing due diligence and considering buying contaminated property or potentially contaminated property for redevelopment you may be required to produce written assurances. Visit the following links for details. Brownfields Enforceable Written Assurances UST Assessment Grant Funding Voluntary Cleanup Program End of the Other Programs Section You have completed the Other Programs section of the

To help communities assess and clean up sites contaminated by hazardous waste and petroleum, DEQ provides assistance seeking U.S. EPA Brownfields grants. This year, Salt Lake County, Murray, Spanish Fork City and Green River are vying for federal money to help clean up blighted properties.

Through the Blue Stakes Utility notification system, the Utah Division of Environmental Response and Remediation (DERR) receives a notification that you plan to excavate in the vicinity of a former Leaking Underground Storage Tank facility (petroleum contamination). Residual petroleum contaminated soils and/or groundwater may be present within your excavation area. If you would like more information regarding the location and extent of known

Paying online View fee amounts when completing payment online (instructions below), or in the DEQ Fee schedule Electronic checks are required for any transactions $4,000 or higher ▸PST CertificationsNew portal now required Registration through the Certified Individuals Portal is now required for online certification applications. Contact Alex Thompson ([email protected]) or Susannah Anders ([email protected]) for help with the portal registration process.How to

Utah Division of Environmental Response and Remediation Kennecott CERCLA Superfund projects overview. Bingham/Magna Ditch Soils Investigation Five Year Review Note: The following content is archived, and is being kept for reference, research, or recordkeeping.Superfund Documents Completion of the Kennecott South Zone Five Year Review for Operable Units 3, 6, 7, 17 and 18 Explanation of Significant Differences, August 2003 Fact Sheet, October

Historic mining activities in the Oquirrh Mountains in southwest Salt Lake County led to the creation of two groundwater plumes in the principle aquifer of southwest Salt Lake County (Contaminated Zones Map). The two groundwater plumes contain elevated concentrations of sulfate and total dissolved solids (TDS) above the State of Utah primary drinking water standards. The Zone A acid plume

Completion of the Kennecott South Zone Five Year Review for Operable Units 3, 6, 7, 17 and 18The Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Environmental Response and Remediation (UDEQ/DERR), in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region VIII (EPA), has conducted a Five Year Review of the Kennecott South Zone Superfund Site—Operable Units 3, 6, 7, 17, and 18. Operable Unit No.

Kennecott Natural Resource Damage comment response summary complied by the Utah Division of Environmental Response and Remediation.Note: The following content is archived, and is being kept for reference, research, or recordkeeping.August 31, 2004Introduction to the Comment Response SummaryResponses to Common Comments Process for Public Involvement CRS_RTCC2_groundwater_characterization_083104 Support for Groundwater Cleanup Sulfate Plume Treatment Zone A Acid Plume Treatment Zone B and

Kennecott Natural Resource Damage Three-Party Agreement Joint Proposal documentation compiled by the Utah Division of Environmental Response and Remediation.Note: The following content is archived, and is being kept for reference, research, or recordkeeping.June 11, 2004 NRD Joint Proposal Narrative and Tables NRD Joint Proposal Figures Changes to Figures Figure 2.4A Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District Customers and Boundaries Figure 2.4B Jordan Valley Water

Kennecott Natural Resource Damage Document Archive documentation compiled by the Utah Division of Environmental Response and Remediation.Note: The following content is archived, and is being kept for reference, research, or recordkeeping.Administrative Archival DocumentsNatural Resource Damage Claim 1995 Natural Resource Damage Consent Decree Comment Response SummaryAugust 31, 2004 (Due to the length of this document, it is broken down into topical

Kennecott Natural Resource Damage Stakeholder Forum documentation compiled by the Utah Division of Environmental Response and Remediation. On a regular basis, DEQ, the District, and Kennecott sit down with representatives of various community groups to provide project updates. The Stakeholder Forum assists with the dissemination of the information about the various CERCLA and NRD project aspects at Kennecott Utah Copper.Next MeetingThe next meeting of the Stakeholder

Kennecott CERCLA Five Year Reviews (Superfund) documentation compiled by the Utah Division of Environmental Response and Remediation. Some of the selected remedies for the operable units of the Kennecott Southand North Zones have allowed waste to be left in place above an unrestricted exposure and unrestrictive land use standard, for the particular contaminants of concern. As such, the EPA is required, on a

The Utah Department of Environmental Quality (UDEQ) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are conducting an investigation of arsenic contaminated soil sediments associated with the former Bingham-Magna Ditch, a historic mining drainage canal located in western Salt Lake County. This page will serve as an information archival repository for developments concerning this project. The public is encouraged to

Frequently asked questions about the Bingham-Magna Ditch soils investigation of arsenic contaminated sediments (Kennecott Utah Copper LLC).Investigation DetailsBackground What is the Bingham-Magna Ditch? In 1930 the Utah Copper Company, a predecessor of Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation (Kennecott), constructed a ditch to transport waste water from copper extraction facilities in the Bingham Mine area to the tailings pond and mining mills northwest of

The operational and environmental cleanup activities at Kennecott Utah Copper LLC’s (Kennecott) Bingham Canyon Mine, Copperton Concentrator, Smelter, Refinery, Tailings Facility and the various ancillary facilities are regulated under a number of federal and State programs with authority to oversee the work pursued by Kennecott and other third parties. The federal and State agencies draw their authority from a number of federal