DSHW-2024-004067

January 16, 2024Trilogy Medwaste, Inc.CERTIFIED MAILJace Hansen, Facility ManagerXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
2500 S Decker Lake Blvd Ste 12
West Valley City UT 84119
RE:Compliance Advisory No. 2401007
Compliance Evaluation Inspection
Dear Mr. Hansen:
This Compliance Advisory is being sent to your attention on behalf of Trilogy Medwaste, Inc. (the Respondent). According to the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control (Division)
records, you are the designated contact person for the Respondent. OnDecember 6, 2023, representatives of the Division attempted to conduct a compliance evaluation inspection at the
Respondent’s Trilogy Medwaste, Inc. facility. The scope of the inspection was to verify compliance with Utah Administrative Code R315 (the Rules) and the Utah Solid and HazardousWaste
Act (the Act).
Based on observations and information obtained during our phone conversation on December 6, 2023, the Director of the Division (Director) is issuing this Compliance Advisory to provide
the Respondent with notice of the followingcompliance issues as well as an opportunity to correct these apparent violations:Utah Admin. Code R315-313-1requires any transfer station
or drop box facility receiving solid waste from off-site shall meet the requirements of Rule R315-313.
Trilogy Medwaste Inc. is considered a transfer station as defined by Utah Admin. Code R315-301-2(75).
Utah Admin. Code R315-313-2(2) requires each transfer station to meet the requirements of Section R315-302-2 and shall submit a plan of operation and such other information as requested
by the Director for approval prior to construction and operation.
Trilogy Medwaste Inc. accepts medical and infectious waste from off site for the purposes of treatment on site prior to sending the treated waste to an applicable landfill for disposal.
Pursuant to this Compliance Advisory, the Director is providing the Respondent an opportunity to correct the apparent violations. The Director will also consider any evidence and additional
information provided by the Respondent.
Within 30 days of the date of this Compliance Advisory, please submit the following requested documentation to the Director:
Registration to the Division’s community portal.
An application to operate as a transfer station submitted through the community portal.
Summary of violations and corrective actions:
the cause of each violation;
the specific corrective actions taken, results achieved, and applicable dates;
if future corrective actions are proposed, the specific corrective actions and proposed completion dates, including intermediate milestones, as applicable; and
how the corrective actions will prevent similar violations from recurring.
All information regarding corrective actions relating to this matter should be addressed to the Director at the following address:
If by U.S. Mail, to the following address:
Douglas J. Hansen, Director
Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control
P.O. Box 144880
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4880
If by email, to the following address:
[e-mail]
If the Respondent’s response is submitted by email, please confirm submission by receipt of an autoreply email. DO NOT submit any documents or information through email that are confidential,
proprietary, or for which the Respondent claims business confidentiality under Utah Code § 63G-2-304. To better protect confidential or protected records, all such documents and information
must be submitted in paper form, using the U.S. Mail address above.
If the Respondent demonstrates that it has taken appropriate corrective actionsregarding the matters addressed in this Compliance Advisory, the Director will issue a closeout letter
and will consider this matter to be closed. In that event, the Directorwill forbear seeking penalties arising from the violations.
However, if the Respondent fails to demonstrate appropriate corrective actions within the30-day timeframe, the Director will consider taking escalated enforcement actions, including
seeking financial penalties. In all events, the matters addressed in this Compliance Advisory, including the Respondent’s corrective actions, will become part of the Respondent’s compliance
record and may be considered in connection with future enforcement matters.
If you have any questions, please contactBryan Woolf at [phone].
Sincerely,
Douglas J. Hansen, Director
Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control
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c:Angela C. Dunn, MD, MPH, Health Officer, Salt Lake County Health Dept.
Dorothy Adams, Deputy Director, Salt Lake County Health Dept.
Ron Lund, Environmental Health Director, Salt Lake County Health Dept.