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State of Utah
SPENCER J. COX
Governor
DEIDRE HENDERSON
Lieutenant Governor
Department of
Environmental Quality
Tim Davis
Executive Director
DIVISION OF DRINKING WATER
Nathan Lunstad, Ph.D., P.E.
Director of Drinking Water
September 30, 2025
Christopher Swenson
Garry Heinze
Arches National Park
Devils Garden Water System
2282 SW Resource Blvd.
Moab, UT 84532
Subject: Corrective Action Plan for Arches National Park-Devils Garden, UTAH22010 (2025-
01)
Dear Chris Swenson & Garry Heinze:
The Division of Drinking Water (the Division) has received your request for a Corrective Action
Plan to address the significant deficiencies associated with the Arches National Park-Devils Garden
water system. A copy of the Corrective Action Plan is enclosed with this letter. Please review the
agreement and sign a copy if you agree with the terms and return the signed copy to the Division
within 14 days of receipt of this agreement. A copy of the fully executed document will be returned
to you.
Please contact Brandi Smith at (385) 515-1650 or brandismith@utah.gov if you have any questions
regarding this letter or the enclosed copy of Corrective Action Plan.
Sincerely,
Helen Lau
Compliance and Operations Manager
Division of Drinking Water
Enclosures –Arches National Park-Devils Garden Corrective Action Plan 2025-01
cc: Christopher Swenson, Arches National Park-Devils Garden, chris_swenson@nps.gov
Garry Heinze, Arches National Park-Devils Garden, garry_heinze@nps.gov
Orion Rogers, Southeast Utah Health Department, orogers@utah.gov
Helen Lau (Sep 30, 2025 16:53:16 MDT)
Corrective Action Plan (2025-01)
Arches National Park-Devils Garden– UTAH10022
The purpose of this Corrective Action Plan (“CAP”) is to establish terms and conditions of
compliance for Arches National Park-Devils Garden Water (“System”), system number
UTAH10022, to take actions and correct significant deficiencies identified in Exhibit A.
The Corrective Action Plan terms and conditions are described in detail in Exhibit A. As long as
the System complies with every one of the requirements in Exhibit A, the Division will:
• Temporarily allow the extended deadlines for correcting the identified significant
deficiencies,
• Temporarily hold off assessing additional points for failure to fix violations, and
• Temporarily silence the significant deficiencies and hold off reporting those to US EPA.
Nothing in this Corrective Action Plan prohibits the Division from taking further enforcement
actions if the System fails to comply with any of the requirements in Exhibit A or if an imminent
public risk exists in the System.
We, the undersigned parties, agree to the terms, conditions and deadlines set forth in the
Corrective Action Plan (see Exhibit A).
___________________________________ ___________________________________
Helen Lau Chris Swenson or Garry Heinze
Compliance & Operations Manager Arches National Park-Devils Garden
_______________________, 2025 _______________________, 2025
Christopher Swenson (Oct 2, 2025 05:37:10 MDT)
Christopher Swenson
Helen Lau (Oct 8, 2025 08:52:22 MDT)
Exhibit A
Corrective Action Plan UTAH10022, 2025-01
System Name: Arches National Park-Devils Garden
System Number: UTAH10022
Administrative Contact: Chris Swenson or Garry Heinze
Email: chris_swenson@nps.com, garry_heinze@nps.com
Phone Number: 435-260-1108
Reason for Extension: The deficiency was identified in April, and the water system can now
access this site and is asking for a slight extension to get this corrected
Corrective Action Plan Requirements and Due Dates
Well # 2 (WS001)
Deficiency
Code
Determination
Date
Facility
ID
Significant Deficiency Rule Citation
S013 04/08/2025 WS001 Well lacks the required well seal R309-515-6(6)(i)
Deficiency Correction Due Date
Ensure that the well seal is acute and replace the bolts 10/30/2025
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