In accordance with the provisions of the Wyoming Environmental Quality Act and Chapter 1 of the Solid Waste Rules and Regulations, the City of Green River has submitted a renewal permit application for the Green River Transfer Station.
This facility provides for the transfer / treatment / storage of MSW, metal, yard waste, small amounts of construction and demolition waste, and recyclable materials which have been generated within the City of Green River and also serves the surrounding rural residential and agricultural areas including the Little America Truck Stop approximately 20 miles west of Green River, the Town of Granger, the unincorporated area of Jamestown, McKinnon, and the Ashley National Forest. The 6-acre facility is located at 2005 Uinta Drive, Green River, WY. More specifically, this facility is located in Section 27 and the NE1/4 of Section 34, Township 18 North, Range 107 West, in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The total volumetric capacity of this facility is estimated to be 6,900 tons of MSW per year. The life of the facility is indefinite.
The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has reviewed the application and found it to be complete. Any interested person has the right to file comments on the permit application and the DEQ’s completeness review. The period for providing comments shall begin on March 3, 2022 and end on April 8, 2022. Comments must be received by 5:00 PM on the last day of the notice period. Comments on this application must be submitted in writing to the Department of Environmental Quality, Suzanne Engels, Administrator, Solid and Hazardous Waste Division, 200 W. 17th Street, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002 or submitted using the DEQ comment portal provided at https://shw.wyomingdeq.commentinput.com/.
DEQ is now conducting a review of the application to determine if it complies with applicable technical standards for a facility of this type. If DEQ finds that the application complies with the technical standards, DEQ will issue a proposed permit and provide public notice and further opportunity to comment on the proposed permit.
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