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Day 6 Reduce Your Energy Use: Earth Day
April 15 There are plenty of easy ways for you to save energy, and most take only a few minutes of your time: Turn off lights and appliances when you leave the room Set your water heater at 120 degrees Replace incandescent bulbs with LEDs Unplug battery chargers when not in use Wash clothes in…
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Day 5 Get Your Greens: Earth Day
Eating greens and buying local can make a big difference in your carbon footprint.
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Day 4 Stop Junk Mail: Earth Day
Did you know that you receive approximately 41 pounds of junk mail per year?
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Day 3 Conduct a Household Hazardous Waste Inventory: Earth Day
Household hazardous wastes (HHW) are products in your home and garage that are poisonous, flammable, corrosive, or toxic.
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Day 2 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Earth Day
Practice the three R’s: reduce how much you use, reuse what you can and recycle the rest.
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Day 1 Calculate Your Carbon Footprint: Earth Day
Your carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted as a result of your activities. There are two kinds of footprints—one primary and the other secondary.
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Earth Day
Clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, neighborhoods free from toxic materials. Since 1970, Earth Day has been a time to recognize how important our environment is to all of us and to take action to make our world a better place to live.
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West Desert Sites
Dugway Proving Ground The U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground is located on nearly 800,000 acres (roughly the size of Rhode Island) of the Great Salt Lake Desert southwest of Salt Lake City. It is surrounded on three sides by mountain ranges. It is a major range and testing facility and a primary chemical and biological…
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Petroleum
Black and Yellow Wax Black and yellow waxes are thick crude oils with a higher paraffinic content than most crude oils found in North America. These waxy crudes are viscous and have a high pour point, which means they become semi-solid at lower temperatures. The process for refining waxy crudes presents some challenges. Although black…
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Sampling Results:
Gold King Mine 2015 ReleaseGKM Release, Chemistry Results
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Gold King Mine 2015 Release
On August 5, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began clearing material from the opening of the Gold King Mine in Silverton, Colorado, to install a pipe to pump water out of the mine. At 10:30 a.m., the material blocking the tunnel entry suddenly gave way, and a large buildup of water that had collected…
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Logan City
Read about Utah DEQ’s regulatory interests in Logan City.
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Destinations
This page provides links to various geographical locations within Utah for which DEQ has some regulatory interest. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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About DEQ
Who We Are DEQ is the state regulatory agency charged with implementing and enforcing state and federal environmental rules and regulations. The agency is made up of five divisions: Air Quality Drinking Water Environmental Response and Remediation Waste Management and Radiation Control Water Quality Each division administers programs that protect different aspects of Utah’s environment.…
