DWQ-2024-007414

October 21, 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.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.:UT0000281, UTL-000281PERMITTED OUTFALLS:001, 001R, and 002ROUTFALL LOCATION:001 and 002R: 4939'20.4" LAT and11152'8.0" LONG001R:
4139'19.4" LAT and 11152'5.16" LONGRECEIVING WATER: Irrigation ditch then 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 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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