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DRC-2021-006222 195 North 1950 West • Salt Lake City, UT Mailing Address: P.O. Box 144880 • Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4880 Telephone [phone] • Fax [phone] • T.D.D. [phone]
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State of Utah
SPENCER J. COX Governor DEIDRE HENDERSON Lieutenant Governor
Department of Environmental Quality
Kimberly D. Shelley Executive Director DIVISION OF WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RADIATION CONTROL Jalynn Knudsen Interim Director

May 5, 2021

Kathy Weinel, Quality Assurance Manager Energy Fuels Resources (USA) Inc.
225 Union Blvd., Suite 600
Lakewood, CO 80228 RE: White Mesa Uranium Mill Revised Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures Plan and Revised Stormwater Best Management Practices Plan
Utah Groundwater Discharge Permit No. UGW370004
Dear Ms. Weinel: The Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control (DWMRC) has reviewed the Energy Fuels
Resources (USA) Inc. (EFR) May 3, 2021 Transmittal of Revised Spill Prevention, Control, and
Countermeasures Plan (SPCC) and Revised Stormwater Best Management Practices Plan (SWBMPP)
for the White Mesa Uranium Mill. The EFR transmittal includes redline strikeout and clean versions of each document.
The revisions include changes made to: “1. Update personnel, contact, and storage information”, and
“2. Correct typographical errors.” DWMRC notes that the SPCC contact information for the Lakewood, Colorado personnel was updated to remove the Chief Operating Officer as a needed contact in the event of spill required reporting and update the title of the Vice President of Regulatory Affairs. DWMRC notes that the SPCC Table 4.0 has been amended to include barium chloride, hydrochloric
acid, and rare earth carbonates, and that for storage of rare earth carbonates the SPCC specifies that “the
Mill’s products are not stored in the Reagent Yard itself but are present in containers in the Mill
Buildings and/or Mill Yard.” All other changes to the SPCC and SWBMPP appear to be typographical, and readability related.
Based on the review, it appears that the changes made are appropriate and reasonable and the revised
May 3, 2021 SPCC and SWBMPP are hereby approved. (Over)

If you have questions, please call Tom Rushing at [phone].
Sincerely,
Phil Goble, Uranium Mills and Radioactive Materials Manager
Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control
PRG/TR/as
c: Mike Moulton, Interim Health Officer, San Juan County Public Health Department
Ronnie Nieves, Environmental Director, San Juan County Public Health Department Russell Seeley, UDEQ District Engineer