Category: Waste Management and Radiation Control

  • Bacchus Hazardous Waste Facility:
    ATK Launch Systems

    The ATK Launch Systems, Bacchus Facility is located in West Valley City, Utah and was formerly owned and operated by the Hercules Company.The Bacchus Facility includes the following subparts. Plant 1 which is owned and operated by ATK, NIROP (the Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant) which is owned by the Navy and operate by ATK,…

  • Bacchus Works Permit:
    ATK Launch Systems

    Read about Utah DEQ’s regulatory interests in ATK Launch Systems.

  • ATK Launch Systems Promontory: Fact Sheet: Class IIIB Landfill

    Facility Owner ATK Launch Systems – Promontory Facility Operator ATK Launch Systems – Promontory Property Owner N/A Facility Location Township 11N, Range 5W, Section 8 NE 1/4. The sites are located on the ATK Thiokol Propulsion – Promontory property 24 miles west, northwest of Brigham City on HWY 83. Remaining Capacity Waste Accepted Non-hazardous industrial…

  • Naval Industrial Reserve Ordnance Plant (NIROP) Permit:
    ATK Launch Systems

    Read about Utah DEQ’s regulatory interests in ATK Launch Systems.

  • Promontory Hazardous Waste Facilities:
    ATK Launch Systems

    ATK Launch Systems—Promontory is located 30 miles northwest of Brigham City, Utah. ATK manufactures solid rocket motors for the Space Shuttle and Minuteman missiles, D-5 missile components, commercial launch (or Castor) motors, advanced flares and pyrotechnics. ATK generates reactive hazardous wastes, e.g., propellants, as part of manufacturing activities. ATK’s operations include propellant demilitarization and reclamation.…

  • Promontory Permit:
    ATK Launch Systems

    Read about Utah DEQ’s regulatory interests in ATK Launch Systems.

  • Promontory Post-Closure:
    ATK Launch Systems

    Read about Utah DEQ’s regulatory interests in ATK Launch Systems.

  • Recycling Electronics Responsibly

    Jump to … E-Waste The Problem Local Recyclers Responsible Consumers Safely Recycling Electronics Are you wondering what to do with your old electronics? America’s growing use of electronics has created a new environmental challenge: electronic waste, or e-waste. What is Considered E-waste? The following unusable electronics are considered e-waste: What’s the Problem? References What are…

  • Radiation Control Related Resources

    Related Links Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc. (CRCPD) Formed in l968, the major purpose of its establishment was to serve as a common forum for state radiation control programs in the United States to communicate with each other. A secondary purpose was to serve as a forum for the state radiation control programs…

  • Perpetual Care of Commercial Hazardous and Radioactive Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities (Five-Year Review)

    DEQ has submitted to the Legislative Management Committee its report on the Five-Year Review of Financial Assurance and Perpetual Care of Commercial Hazardous Waste and Radioactive Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities.

  • Impacts of Radiation from Aboveground Nuclear Tests on Southern Utah

    The United States conducted 210 aboveground nuclear weapons tests in the lower 48 states and Pacific Ocean between July 1945 and November 1962.

  • Negative Ion Technology:
    Consumer Products and Radiation

    The Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control (DWMRC) is committed to protecting public health and the environment by ensuring that human exposures to radiation are kept to levels that are as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA). The goal of radiation protection is to prevent or minimize exposures that provide no benefit.

  • Consumer Products and Radiation

    Many consumer items contain radiation, either as a function of their operation or as a naturally occurring material that’s included as part of the product.

  • Household Hazardous Waste

    On average, every Utah citizen generates four pounds of garbage daily. With 2 million Utah residents, that means our landfills could receive 8 million pounds daily or 2.9 billion pounds yearly.

  • GSA Motor Pool

    Read about Utah DEQ’s regulatory interests in GSA Motor Pool.

  • August 8, 2019 Agenda: Waste Management and Radiation Control Board

    Meeting Agenda Following the meeting, Board members are invited to tour the new DEQ Technical Support Center.

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