DWQ-2024-003341

April 18, 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 INFORMATIONPERMITTEE NAME: Swift Beef CompanyFACILITY NAME:Swift
Beef Company Water Reclamation FacilityMAILING ADDRESS: 410 North 200 West,Hyrum, Utah 84219TELEPHONE NUMBER:[phone]FACILITY LOCATION:4195 South 1200 West Nibley,
Utah UPDES PERMIT NO.:UT0000281PERMITTED OUTFALLS:001, 001R, and 002ROUTFALL LOCATION:001 and 002R: 4939'20.4" and longitude 11152'8.0"; 001R: 4139'19.4" and longitude11152'5.16". RECEIVING
WATER: Irrigation ditch thence to South Fork of Spring CreekBACKGROUNDSwift Beef Company is a beef slaughterhouse and meat packaging facility. It is defined as a complex slaughterhouse
in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR 432.21) and Standard Industrial Classification Code 2011 applies. Process wastewater from the slaughterhouse and meat packaging facility flows
to the Swift Beef Company Water Reclamation Facility. Wastewater flows into a converted anaerobic lagoon system consisting of a modified activated sludge process, clarifiers, disk filters
and ultraviolet (UV) disinfection or chlorination/dechlorination prior to discharge or reuse. Sludge is directed to a screw press where it is dewatered and hauled offsite for further
treatment. 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 MayXX, 2024. Written public comments can be submitted to: Lindsay Cowles, UPDES Individual Permits Section, Utah Division of Water Quality, PO
Box 144870, Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4870 or by email at: [e-mail] 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 Lindsay Cowles at [phone].
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