DSHW-2024-008671

October9, 2024
Larry Jensen, Commissioner
Carbon County, Utah
751 East 100 North
Price, UT 84501
RE:Requestfor Information – Response to Compliance Advisory No. 2311142SW099
Dear Commissioner Jensen:
On June 11, 2024 the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control (Division) receivedyour response (DSHW-2024-006713) to Compliance Advisory No. 2311142(compliance advisory) (DSHW-2023-212595)
for the Carbon County Class IVb Landfill. Items addressed in the response include restaurant-generated grease waste (grease waste), use of grease waste/soil mixture as alternative daily
cover, and waste battery storage and handling procedures.
Restaurant-GeneratedGrease Waste
Purpose or need for accepting grease waste at this location. The desire for the landfill to accept grease waste is primarily economic in that providing this service reduces round-trip
fuel costs and disposal fees of grease waste collectors that would otherwise be required to transport and dispose of such waste to another permitted facility in East Carbon, UT.A follow-up
phone conversation between the Division inspector and the Southeast Utah Health Department suggested that without a nearby permitted facility able to accept grease waste the health department
had concerns that most of that grease waste would end up being poured down drains and end up in the sewer system, causing clogging issues among other things.
Estimated monthly amount of grease waste to be received. The estimated monthly average grease waste to be received is 5,300 gallons.
Potential impacts of grease waste on environment. The water table was estimated to be over 1,000 feet, which is considered an extreme depth per Utah Administrative Code (UAC) R315-302-1(2)(e)(iv)(A).
Impacts to groundwater and other environmental features are not anticipated.
Grease waste disposal strategy. A daily operating record will document the date and quantity of grease waste received, mixture and spreading of grease waste/soil mixture for alternative
daily cover, and covered with six inches of non-mixed soil. All other applicable rules per UAC R315-303-4(4).
Alternative Daily Cover
As previously described,theproposed plan includes the documentation, handling, and use of restaurant-generated grease waste/soil mixture for use as alternative daily cover. In addition
to the requirements found in UAC R315-303-4(4) you proposed the placement of six inches of non-mixed soilon top of the grease waste/soil mixture.
Waste Battery Storage and Handling Procedures
Carbon County Landfill is in the process of becoming compliant with UAC R315-273 as a waste battery handler and proposed the following plan:
As waste batteries are collected, they will be labeled and marked as “Universal Waste Battery” with the date received per UAC R315-273-14;
Waste batteries will be temporarily stored in an enclosed, structurally sound container compatible with waste battery contents. The container will contain a sign labeled “Universal
Waste Batteries”;
Accumulated waste batteries will be labeled, loaded, placarded, and transported by a recycling materials transport company such as Stephenson’s Metal Recycling on an average of three
to four times per year, but not to exceed one time per year in accordance with UAC R315-273.
The Division appreciates thedetailed plans included in your response. Within 30 days of the date of this request, please submit the following:
A permit modification request for the acceptance of restaurant-generated grease waste as an approved waste to be mixed with onsite soil for use as alternative daily cover. Permit modification
requests can be completed through the Community Portal. Please note that this is considered a major modification and will be subject to a public comment period. Should Carbon County
determine that restaurant-generated grease waste is no longer accepted at the landfill and a permit modification request is no longer needed, then please submit a response to this request
stating the determination.
Photos of appropriately labeled waste batteries, waste battery containment, placards for off-site transport, and waste battery collection log sheet.
If you have any questions, please contact Bryan Watt at 435-503-7658.
Sincerely,
Douglas J. Hansen,Director
Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control
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c:Brady C. Bradford, MSPH, REHS, Health Officer, Southeast Utah Health Department
Orion Rogers, Deputy Health Officer, Southeast Utah Health Department
Brandon Pierce, Environmental Health Scientist, Southeast Utah Health Department
Curtis Page, P.E., District Engineer, UDEQ