DSHW-2024-007577

July 31, 2024
US Magnesium
Jeffrey Mensinger, Environmental Manager
238 N 2200 W
Salt Lake City, Utah 84116
RE:Permit Application - Request for Information SW223
Dear Mr. Mensinger:
The Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control (Division) has been in communication with you regarding some incomplete/ missing information in US Magnesium’s landfill application.
The Division has articulated that Utah Admin. Code R315-303-4(7)(b) states that, "An owner or operator of a solid waste disposal facility shall include and implement, as part of the
plan of operation, a plan that will inspect loads or take other steps, as approved by the Director, that will prevent the disposal of prohibited hazardous waste and prohibited waste
containing PCBs, including:
(i) inspection frequency and inspection of loads suspected of containing prohibited hazardous waste or prohibited waste containing PCBs;
(ii) inspection in a designated area or at a designated point in the disposal process;
(iii) a training program for the facility employees in identification of prohibited hazardous waste and prohibited waste containing PCBs; and
(iv) maintaining written records of inspections, signed by the inspector."
The included plan of operations within the application states that waste loads are inspected at each pick up location to make sure improper waste is not being disposed of at the landfill.
As stated within emails sent by the Division to you on April 30, 2024, May 29, 2024, and July 10, 2024, this does not provide sufficient details to satisfy the Division.
Request for Information:
Please provide details and descriptions of what these waste inspections look like.
Also, please provide the Division with a waste inspection form that shows what is being inspected and a place for the individual conducting the waste inspection to sign and date.
All responses to the Request for Information relating to this matter should be submitted within 60 days of the date of this letter and addressed to the Director at:
Douglas J. Hansen, Director
Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control
P.O. Box 144880
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4880
or by email at: [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 pursuant to the procedures in Utah Code § 63G-2- 309(1)(a)(i). 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 you have any questions, please contact Bryan Woolf at 385-454-8060.
Sincerely,
Douglas J. Hansen, Director
Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control
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c:Jeff Coombs, Health Officer, Tooele County Health Department
Bryan Slade, Environmental Health Director, Tooele County Health Department