Category: Waste Management and Radiation Control

Radon Techniques for New Home Construction

Related Links Radon: A Guide for Installing Affordable Radon Control Systems in New Homes:An Environmental Concern With An Easy Solution! This document has been provided in its entirety. It can be printed out for reading or you can get a copy from the Utah Department of Environment Quality/Division of Radiation Control (800) 458-0145. Radon-Resistant Construction…
Where to Purchase Radon Test Kits

Summit County Summit County Health Department 650 Round Valley DrivePark City, UT 84060Phone number: (435) 333-1500Price of kit: $10.00 Tooele County Tooele County Health Department 151 North Main StreetTooele, UT 84074 Wasatch County Wasatch County Health Department 55 South 5th EastHeber City, UT 84032Phone number: (435) 654-2700Price of kit: $10.00 Box Elder County Bear River…
Programa De Radón

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Annual Radon Poster Contest

Related Links 2023-2024 Radon Poster Contest Español Schedule Rules Winners will receive cash awards and be entered into the national contest! Eligibility Children ages 9-18 can enter Judging Criteria Submission Requirements Press Release Utah Students Challenged to Raise Awareness of Radon in Utah (09/14/2021) Español
Past State Radon Poster Contest Winners

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Radon Program

Related Links Español Radon is the #2 cause of lung cancer, and 1 in 3 Homes in Utah have elevated Radon Levels. You can’t smell it, taste it, or see it. Test your home Buy a test kit You can buy a low-cost test kit online. How to use a test kit Learn how to…
Stericycle Inc.

Read about Utah DEQ’s regulatory interests in 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…
Tooele County Facility Air Quality Permit:
Stericycle Inc.

In 2016, Stericycle submitted an application for an air-quality 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, with a maximum permitted capacity of 18,000 tons per year (tpy) of HMI waste for an…
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.

Air Quality Permit Solid Waste Permit 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…
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 and guidelines 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)…
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 Approval Order: Retrofits to Existing Air Pollution Control Device System (08/12/14) (113 KB) Title V Operating Permit…
Timeline for the 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 Fact Sheet (558 KB) The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Stericycle reached a Settlement Agreement (275 KB) on the violations asserted…
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 Fact Sheet (558 KB) The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Stericycle reached a Settlement Agreement (275 KB) on the violations asserted…