DWQ-2024-005189

July 10, 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:Chamberlain Investment CorporationFACILITY NAME:Chamberlain Investment WellsMAILING ADDRESS: 8140 North Highway 38, Honeyville, UT 84314TELEPHONE NUMBER:[phone]FACILITY LOCATION:8260
North Highway 38, Honeyville, UT 84314UPDES PERMIT NO.:UT0025739PERMITTED OUTFALLS:001OUTFALL LOCATION:Latitude: 41°39’23.5”Longitude: 115°05’20.5RECEIVING WATER: Salt CreekBACKGROUNDThe
Chamberlain Investment Corporation (CIC) is a small family business with plans to make sur eof four wells on the property. There are three (3) hot mineral wells with various temperatures
and one (1) cold well. Well #1 is 134 to 138°F and Well #2 is 132°F. These two wells may be used for a campground unit with grottos in the future. Well #4 is 134°F and is used as a heat
source to heat an onsite greenhouse in the winter. The water from Well #4 is contained in a closed loop system which puts the water back into the well. Well #3 is a fresh water well
with a temperature of 60°F and is occasionally used to irrigate crops in the greenhouse. If a campground is developed in the future, Well #3 will be mixed with Wells #1, #2, and #4 to
lower the temperature of the water in these wells. At this time, no well water is discharged from the property. The State Engineer’s Office has issued a non-consumptive water right to
CIC. The water right cannot exceed 1.00 cubic feet per second (0.65 million gallons per day, or 724 acre-feet annually. At this time, the CIC is not is not discharging. CIC maintains
in “Inactive Outfall” and must notify the Division of Water Quality (Division) of a planned discharge 60 days prior to discharging.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 MONTHXX, 2024. Written
public comments can be submitted to: Jennifer Berjikian, UPDES Individual Permits Section, Utah Division of Water Quality, PO Box 144870, Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4870 or by email
at: [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 Jennifer Berjikian at [phone].
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