Utah Admin. Code R652-21-1100 - General Ongoing Reporting

(1) During the term of the Operations Royalty Agreement, an Operator shall submit an operations report to the division within 30 days of the end of each fiscal quarter.

(2) An operations report shall include:

(a) production information, including:

(i) the volume and weight of any Great Salt Lake Element or Mineral extracted or produced;

(ii) all available evidence and supporting documentation establishing the Operator's continued Commercial Viability, including both the method of evaluation and the data used in such evaluation;

(iii) actual operational recovery rate for the Great Salt Lake Element or Mineral produced; and

(iv) rate of extraction for the targeted and non-targeted minerals or elements and rate of depletion of the targeted and non-targeted minerals or elements in GSL;

(b) if applicable, notification of planned surface disturbances within the lease or easement area prior to Operator undertaking such activity;

(c) project information, including:

(i) Total Water, Brine Depletion, and Water Depletion data based on metering data;

(ii) if applicable, detailed information on the amount and chemistry of all substances added during processing;

(iii) if applicable, notification of planned surface disturbances within the lease or easement area prior to Operator undertaking such activity;

(iv) information on Operational Waste, including Operational Waste production, composition, methods of Operational Waste material disposal, and the management, placement, and disposal of Operational Waste; and

(v) information regarding impacts to salinity;

(d) information regarding Brine Water and Externally Sourced Water, including:

(i) names of the waters where any withdrawals occurred, including latitude and longitude to the fifth decimal place in decimal degrees and to the tenth of a degree in degrees-minutes-seconds notation;

(ii) detailed information on the quantity of any withdrawals;

(iii) volume and timing of any withdrawals; and

(e) information regarding Returned Water and, if applicable, Mitigation Water, including:

(i) names of the waters where any discharges or deliveries occurred, including: latitude and longitude to the fifth decimal place in decimal degrees and to the tenth of a degree in degrees-minutes-seconds notation;

(ii) detailed information on the quantity of any discharges or deliveries; and

(iii) volume and timing of any discharges or deliveries;

(f) discharge information, including a characterization of the physical, chemical, biological, thermal, and other pertinent properties of the discharge;

(i) at a minimum: pH, total alkalinity, total dissolved solids, total suspended solids, sulfate, nitrate, nitrite, carbonate, bicarbonate, chloride, hydroxide, chemical oxygen demand, biological oxygen demand, silica, zinc, magnesium, sodium, calcium, potassium, boron, bromine, aluminum, iron, and silicon; range of temperatures in effluent; and

(ii) density range of effluent discharged; and quantity of foreign materials discharged;

(g) if applicable, information regarding any impacts to habitat and Biota in and around area of operation or discharge; and

(h) any other relevant information required by the division.

(3) Upon request by the division, an Operator shall provide any additional relevant information to the division in a reasonable amount of time, as determined by the division.

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Utah Admin. Code R652-21-1100

Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-20, effective 10/8/2024