Kennecott has applied for a permit under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act to expand their existing tailings impoundment and to construct an additional tailings storage facility and related infrastructure on a 1,992-acre parcel approximately ten miles west of Salt Lake City, near Magna. Kennecott has applied for a permit to fill approximately 721 acres of waters of the United States, including wetlands, to construct the project. The Corps will prepare an EIS for the proposed expansion project.

Public scoping meetings were held in June.

FRIENDS, together with a number of partner organizations, submitted comments. Download the comments here.

Interested parties should submit written comments on or before July 11, but scoping comments also may be submitted at any time prior to publication of the draft EIS.

Written comments, referencing Public Notice SPL-2009-01213-UO, may be submitted to:

John Urbanic, Senior Project Manager
US Army Corps of Engineers, Utah Regulatory Office
533 West 2600 South, Suite 150
Bountiful, UT 84010
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