DWQ-2024-001818

March 13, 2024DIVISION OF WATER QUALITYUTAH DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYPUBLIC NOTICE TO RENEW A UPDES PERMITPURPOSE OF PUBLIC NOTICE
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PUBLIC NOTICE IS TO DECLARE THE STATE OF UTAH'S INTENTION TO RENEW A UTAH POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (UPDES) PERMIT UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE UTAH WATER
POLLUTION CONTROL ACT, SECTION 19-5-104(9) AND 107(2), UTAH CODE ANNOTATED 1953, AS AMENDED. SAID “PERMIT” REFERS TO THE UPDES PERMIT AND THE FACT SHEET STATEMENT OF BASIS (INCLUDING
TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS (TMDL’S)) IF APPLICABLE, AS PER SECTION 303(D) OF THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)]. PERMIT INFORMATIONOperator Name:Intermountain Concrete CompanyContact:Bart
MurrayPosition: Owner/OperatorPhone Number:[phone]Permit NumberUT0024015
Mailing and Facility Address:625 East Main StreetVernal, Utah 84078Physical Location:Highway 40 Jensen, UT BACKGROUND
Intermountain Concrete Company (ICC) stores, washes and sizes gravel for use in the construction industry. Wash water is obtained from irrigation ditches and is used to clean the gravel.
The makeup for the wash water is taken by water right from irrigation ditches. The makeup water then travels through three ponds known as West Pond, Middle Pond and Main Pond. Water
is pumped from the main pond to the wash plant. After its use in the wash plant, it is discharged to the first of two settling basins. It is then transferred to a second settling basin.
This water is recycled from the second settling basin back to the Main Pond. Outfall 001 drains the Main Pond from a pipe located deep in the pond. A second discharge point (002)
is located on the Main Pond to handle any excess water in the system.PUBLIC COMMENTSDuring the public comment period provided under Utah Administrative Code (UAC) R317-8-6.5, any interested
person may submit written comments on the draft permit and may request a public hearing if no hearing has already been scheduled. A request for a public hearing shall be in writing and
shall state the nature of the issues proposed to be raised in the hearing. All comments will be considered in making the final decision and shall be answered as provided in UAC R317-8-6.12.
Public comments are invited any time prior to the deadline of the close of business on April 22, 2024. Written public comments can be submitted to: Lonnie Shull, UPDES Individual Permits
Section, Utah Division of Water Quality, PO Box 144870, Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4870 or by email at: [e-mail] or [e-mail] .After considering public comments, the
Utah Division of Water Quality may execute the permit issuance, revise it, or abandon it. The permit is available for public review under “Public Participation” at www.waterquality.utah.gov/.
If internet access is not available, a copy may be obtained by calling Lonnie Shull at [phone].