DWQ-2025-005007

June 19, 2025Via Email
Kit Pappas, Environmental Manager
Bronco Utah Operations, LLC
PO Box 527
Emery, Utah 84522
[e-mail]:Invoice for UPDES Permit ModificationBronco Utah Operations, LLC – Emery MineUPDES Permit No. UT0022616Dear Mr. Pappas:Enclosed please find an invoice from
the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) for modification of the UPDES permit referenced above. The permitted Outfall 007 location has been updated as requested in your letter dated April
25, 2025. Since the time of your request, DWQ has tracked the permit writer’s time spent to modify the permit as appropriate. The UPDES Permit as modified will be sent under separate
cover in the coming weeks. A fee schedule was included in the Utah Department of Environmental Quality Budget appropriation request at the direction of the Legislature and in accordance
with Utah Code annotated 19-1-201. The fee schedule, as approved by the legislature, includes a prescribed fee for specific Industrial Categories and activities. The prescribed fee
for this permit activity is $125.00 per hour and a total of four(4) hours was spent on the modification of the UPDES Permit referenced above (see attached invoice). Therefore, please
remit $500.00 within 30 days of receipt of this letter to:
Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Water Quality
Attn: Susan Woeppel
PO Box 144870
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4870
Payment may also be via the Payment Portal at https://deq.utah.gov/payment-portal using the Water Quality Shopping Cart and selecting Invoice Payment. Please be sure to include the invoice
number with either method of remittance.
As the State agency charged with the administration of issuing UPDES Permits, we are continuously looking for ways to improve our quality of service to you. In an effort to improve
the State UPDES permitting process we are asking for your input. Please take a moment to complete a brief online survey (Go to https://deq.utah.gov/division-water-quality and click on
the "Feedback" link on the lower right side of page.) The results will be used to improve our quality and responsiveness to our permittees and give us feedback on customer satisfaction.
We will address any issues you have identified on an ongoing basis.Thanks for your efforts to help protect Utah’s water quality. If you have any questions with regard to this matter,
please contact Jeff Studenka at [phone] or [e-mail],Danielle LenzDanielle Lenz, ManagerUPDES Individual Permit SectionDL/JAS/cjhEnclosure:1. Invoice(DWQ-2025-00)(Admin/Financeteam
to provide for mailing out)Cc:Via Email w/Enclosure Amy Maybach, US EPA Region VIIIMichael Boeglin, US EPA Region VIIICurtis Page, DEQ SE District EngineerOrion Rogers, SE Utah Health
DepartmentAmanda Daniels, DOGM Coal Program Manager [e-mail] Gefferth, Bronco Mine Representative [e-mail]-2025-00