Remember the Legacy Highway? Here We Go Again!
UDOT is proposing to build a $600M+ freeway through West Davis and Weber Counties. The high speed 4 lane elevated freeway will cut through neighborhoods, family farms, wildlife habitat and wetlands...
View ArticleWhy is Utah Fast-Tracking the Permit for a Massive Expansion of Kennecott's...
The Utah Division of Water Quality (DWQ) has issued a draft modification for the Ground Water Discharge Permit (UGW350011) for the proposed expansion of the Kennecott Utah Copper Tailings Impoundment....
View ArticleKennecott Withdrawal Win for Air Quality
Air quality advocates are expressing their appreciation this week for the recent news that Kennecott Copper has abandoned its plans to construct a new rock crusher plant as part of the mine's overall...
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New Breach Allows Flow on Great Salt Lake
The new Great Salt Lake breach was opened on Dec. 1 by the Union Pacific Railroad Company. This created a new opening between the north and the south arm of the Lake, allowing water to flow between the...
View ArticleBox Elder lawmaker has mixed feelings about pushing Promontory landfill approval
by Leia Larsen Standard-Examiner Approval for a large landfill on the Great Salt Lake’s Promontory Point sailed through the Utah Legislature two years ago. Now, the lawmaker who backed the measure...
View ArticleLocation of Monitoring Wells at Promontory Point Landfill Open for Public...
To ensure compliance with R315-308-2(2), Promontory Point Landfill is submitting this Major Permit Modification request for the installation/relocation of three downgradient monitoring wells. Click...
View ArticlePromontory Point Landfill FAQs
PROMONTORY POINT LANDFILL Frequently Asked Questions Can you tell me a little more about the Promontory Point Landfill? The landfill is located on the west side of the southern peninsula tip of...
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New Inland Port Could Be Ticket For Promontory Point Landfill To Take Coal Ash
by Leia Larsen, Standard Examiner. Photo by Benjamin Zach Could an inland port opening on the south shore of the Great Salt Lake potentially benefit a landfill looking to open to the north, on...
View ArticleSalt Lake City asks court for a ruling in lawsuit over Utah Inland Port...
SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski is asking the court to make a ruling in her lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Utah Inland Port Authority. A motion for summary...
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