DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY UTAH DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PUBLIC NOTICE OF RENEWAL OF A UPDES PERMIT
DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
UTAH DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY
PUBLIC NOTICE OF RENEWAL OF
A UPDES PERMIT
PURPOSE OF PUBLIC NOTICE
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PUBLIC NOTICE IS TO DECLARE THE STATE OF
UTAH'S INTENTION TO REISSUE A UTAH POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION
SYSTEM (UPDES) PERMIT UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE UTAH WATER QUALITY ACT,
SECTION 19-5-104 AND 107, UTAH CODE ANNOTATED 1953, AS AMENDED. SAID
"PERMIT" REFERS TO UPDES PERMIT AND THE STATEMENT OF BASIS (INCLUDING
THE TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS (TMDL'S)) IF APPLICABLE, AS PER SECTION
303 (d) OF THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA).
PERMIT INFORMATION
PERMITTEE NAME: Canyon Fuel Company,
Soldier Canyon Mine
MAILING ADDRESS P.O. Box 1029, Wellington, UT 84542
TELEPHONE NUMBER: (435) 636-2872
FACILITY LOCATION: Carbon County, UT, 13 miles northeast
of Wellington
UPDES PERMIT NO.: UT0023680
OUTFALLS: 001, 002, 003
RECEIVING WATERS: Soldier Creek, a tributary of the Price River
BACKGROUND
The Canyon Fuel Company, LLC, Soldier Canyon Mine (SCM) facility
consists of an underground coal mine operation, which at the present
time is inactive. There was no discharge from any outfall over the
last permit period. Canyon Fuel Company considers the SCM facility as
temporally idled and sealed.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Public comments are invited any time prior to the deadline of the
close of business on July 18, 2011. Written public comments can be
submitted to: Mike Herkimer, UPDES Engineering Section, Utah Division
of Water Quality, P.O. Box 144870, Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4870 or
by email at: mherkimer@utah.gov . After considering public comment the
Utah Water Quality Board may execute the permit reissuance, revise it,
or abandon it.
The permit is available for public review under "Public Notices"
at www.waterquality.utah.gov/. If internet access is not available, a
copy may be obtained by calling Mike Herkimer at 801-536-4386.
Published in the Sun Advocate June 14, 2011.
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