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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDWQ-2025-005087June 24, 2025DIVISION OF WATER QUALITYUTAH DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYPUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT TO RENEW A UPDES PERMITPURPOSE OF PUBLIC NOTICE The purpose of this public notice is to declare the Director of the Division of Water Quality’s intention to renew a Utah Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (UPDES) Permit under the authority of the Utah Water Quality Act, Utah Code § 19-5-106(2)(g). The draft Permit and the Fact Sheet (collectively, the draft Permit documents) are available for review and comment.PERMIT INFORMATIONPERMITTEE NAME: Tyson Fresh Meats, IncFACILITY NAME:Tyson FacilityMAILING ADDRESS:3817 North Tyson Parkway Eagle Mountain, Utah 84005TELEPHONE NUMBER:(801) 789-9200FACILITY LOCATION:3817 North Tyson Parkway Eagle Mountain, Utah 84005UPDES PERMIT NO.:UTP000060PERMITTED OUTFALLS:101OUTFALL LOCATION:101 is located at Latitude: 40°18’02.6”, Longitude: -112°04’40.5”RECEIVINGWATER:Eagle Mountain Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW)BACKGROUNDTyson Fresh Meats, Inc. (Tyson) is a food processing facility of beef and pork products. The Tyson Facility (Facility) also has cold storage for the products. The Facility is a case-ready facility, which receives meat from another facility that has slaughtered the animal. This process discharges process wastewater to the Eagle Mountain City (Eagle Mountain) Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW).PUBLICCOMMENTSPursuanttoUtahAdmin.CodeR317-8-6(6.6),anyinterestedpersonmaysubmitwrittencommentsonthedraftpermitdocumentsandmayrequestapublichearingifnohearinghasalreadybeenscheduled.Arequestforapublichearingshallbeinwritingandshallstatethenatureoftheissuesproposedtoberaisedinthehearing.AllcommentswillbeconsideredinmakingthefinaldecisionandshallbeansweredasprovidedinUtahAdmin.CodeR317-8-6(6.12).Commentershaveanaffirmativeobligationtoraiseallreasonablyascertainableissuesandsubmitallreasonablyavailableargumentsandfactualgroundssupportingtheirposition,includingallsupportingmaterial.Supportingmaterialmustbeincludedinfullandmaynotbeincorporatedbyreference,unlessthematerialisalreadypartoftheadministrativerecord.PubliccommentsareinvitedanytimepriortothedeadlineofthecloseofbusinessonJuly 27,2025.Writtenpubliccommentscanbesubmittedto:Jennifer Robinson,UPDESIndividualPermitsSection,UtahDivisionofWaterQuality,POBox144870,SaltLakeCity,Utah84114-4870orbyemailat:jenrobinson@utah.gov.The draft Permit documents are available for public review under “Public Participation” at www.waterquality.utah.gov/. Additionally, if internet access is not available, a copy may be obtained by calling Jennifer Robinson at (385) 501-9585.Afterconsideringpubliccomments,theDirectoroftheDivisionofWaterQualitywillissueafinalPermitdecision.The Director will not publish a notice of the decision provided the Permit is signed without any changes and no comments are received during the public comment period. DWQ-2025-004002