Category: Waste Management and Radiation Control

  • Lisbon Valley Mining
    Solid Waste Facility Fact Sheet: Class IVb Landfill

    August 2019 Facility Owner Lisbon Valley Mining Company Facility Operator Lisbon Valley Mining Company Property Owner Lisbon Valley Mining Company Facility Location 920 South County Road 313La Sal, Utah Remaining Capacity Waste Accepted Construction/demolition waste, yard waste, inert waste, waste tires and petroleum contaminated soils Waste Excluded Hazardous waste, PCBs, household waste, except waste resulting…

  • June 13, 2019 Agenda: Waste Management and Radiation Control Board

    Meeting Agenda

  • Radiation Basics

    Related Links Radiation is one of the ways that energy travels through space or matter. Radiant energy is emitted as either electromagnetic waves or subatomic particles. This energy runs along a continuum on the electromagnetic spectrum on the basis of its wavelength, frequency, or energy. The two major types of radiation—non-ionizing and ionizing—are differentiated by…

  • Non-ionizing Radiation

    Related Links Non-ionizing radiation is composed of electric and magnetic fields (EMFs) that do not have sufficient energy to remove electrons from atoms or molecules. Types of non-ionizing radiation are: ultraviolet (UV), visible light, infrared (IR), microwave, radio (and television), and extremely low frequency (ELF). Non-ionizing radiation is produced by a wide variety of products…

  • Blended Radioactive Waste

    Blended waste is an industry proposal to blend more concentrated radioactive waste with less concentrated radioactive waste. EnergySolutions is seeking federal and state approval to allow this option so it can ultimately dispose of waste that meets the Class A limit requirements of its Utah radioactive material license. The issue of blending higher concentrated low-level…

  • Potassium Iodide (KI)

    What is it? Potassium Iodide is a salt, similar to sodium chloride (NaCI), normal table salt. KI is available in pill form or dissolved in water as a supersaturated potassium iodide (SSKI) solution. The pills contain a daily adult (children’s doses range from 16-65 mg depending on their size and age) dosage of 130 milligrams…

  • Henries Dry Cleaners

    Read about Utah DEQ’s regulatory interests in Henries Dry Cleaners.

  • Frequently Asked Questions:
    Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control

    Where Can I Find … Radiation Control Quality Assurance Project Plans What is a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP)? A QA Project Plan is a written document that describes the quality assurance procedures, quality assurance specifications, and other technical activities that must be implemented to ensure the outcome/results of the project or task meet the…

  • Contacts: Utah Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control

    (Use Ctrl+F to search the page) Phone Lines Submission of Electronic (Non-Confidential) Documents The email address below can be used by regulated companies and individuals to submit documents to the Division in electronic form: dwmrcsubmit Documents submitted by email MUST be addressed to Douglas J. Hansen, Director, Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control. Emails…

  • Waste Tire Program

    Related Links In response to a growing concern for increased stockpiles of waste tires and past experiences with waste tire stockpile fires, the Utah Legislature passed the Utah Waste Tire Recycling Act in 1990. Consequently, the waste tire recycling program is first and foremost a recycling program for used truck and passenger vehicle tires. Prior…

  • Used Oil Recycling Program

    Related Links Contact Ted Sonnenburg (tsonnenburg@utah.gov)(385) 499-0980

  • Solid Waste Program

    Related Links The Solid Waste Program administers permitting and compliance programs for non-hazardous solid waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities throughout the State. Other areas of activity include technical, and public assistance. Along with the local health departments throughout the State, the Solid Waste Program provides a response to questions of improper disposal of solid…

  • Recycling/Waste Reduction/Reuse

    Related Links Many businesses, educators, students, individuals, and civic leaders realize the importance of recycling. According to the EPA and the National Recycling Coalition, if U.S. recycling levels can reach 75%, it will be equivalent to the environmental benefit of removing 50 million cars from the road each year and will generate 1.5 million new…

  • Utah X-Ray Data: X-Ray Program

    Related Links In the period 1994 to 1996 a survey of 94 x-ray units in medical facilities in Utah that perform C-Spine x-ray procedures was completed by the Division. The purpose of the survey was to evaluate exposure to a “Standard Man”. The figures below are the summaries of exposures obtained from this survey. If…

  • Hazardous Waste Permitting and Compliance

    A hazardous waste is specifically listed by the Utah Solid and Hazardous Waste Rules or exhibits a characteristic such as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, or toxicity.

  • Uranium Mills

    This page provides access to regulatory and technical documents written by the DWMRC, DWMRC contractors, or by DWMRC Radioactive Material Licensees.

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