DRC-2011-007902 - 0901a06880303bef

State of Utah
JONM HUNTSMAN,JR
Govemor
GARY HERBERT
Lieutenant Govemor
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Department of
Environmental Quality
Amanda Smith
Acting Executive Director
DIVISION OF RADIATION CONTROL
DaneL Fmerfrock
Director
September 30, 2011
CERTIFIED MAIL
(Retum Receipt Requested)
Jo Ann Tischler
Director, Compliance and Permitting
Demson Mines (USA) Corp (DUSA)
1050 Seventeenth Street, Suite 950
Denver, CO 80265
Dear Ms Tischler
SUBJECT Proposed Concrete Pads for Drum Management, White Mesa Uranium Mill Ground Water
Discharge Permit No UGW370004, Conditional Approval
On September 26, 2011 the Division of Radiation Control (DRC) received through email a single-sheet
plan for new concrete pads for drum management at the Altemate Feed Area at the DUSA White Mesa
Uramum Mill, near Blanding, Utah The subject line in the cover message accompanying the plan
referenced the September 1, 2011 Request for Information and Confirmatory Action Letter, Storm water
Inspection
DRC understands the project to mclude placement of concrete flatwork as a management surface for drums
of feedstock The pads will mclude low-profile rolled curb at the penphery to provide matenal containment
for spills that may occur The pads will slope to existing drain sumps, thus preventing spilled feedstock
matenal fi-om washing onto sunounding soils
DRC has reviewed the submitted plan for conformance with the intent of Part ID 11 ofthe White Mesa
Uranium Mill Ground Water Discharge Permit No UGW370004 (Permit) and find the plan to comply with
this Permit requirement, therefore, the plan is approved, subject to the following conditions
1 DUSA shall submit As-Built drawings withm 14 calendar days upon completion of the project
for Executive Secretary review and approval The As-Built drawings will include a section or
detail of the curbing constmcted on the penphery of the pads as a matenal containment feature
The plan will include sufficient spot elevations to detail how the pads will drain The record
drawing will reflect any deviations fi^om the approved plan
2 The pads shall not be placed in service until approval of the As-Built drawings by the
Executive Secretary
168 North 1950 West • Salt Lake City, UT
Maihng Address P O Box 144850 • Sait Lake City, UT 84114-4850
Telephone [phone] • Fax (801) 533^097 -TDD (801) 536^14
www deq Utah gov
Pnnted on 100% recycled paper
Jo Ann Tischler
September 28, 2011
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DRC limited its review of the subject plan to evaluating conformance with the intent ofthe Permit No
stmctural evaluation or value engineenng was performed as part ofthe review
If you have any questions on the above, please contact Russ Topham, of my staff, at [phone]
UTAH WATER QUALITY BOARD
Rusty Lundberg ^
Co-Executive Secretary
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