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Utah Test and Training Range
Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) is a remote military reservation operated by Hill Air Force Base as a practice bombing and gunnery range for military aircraft, propagation testing, rocket motor test firing, missile storage, and small arms and machine-gun firing ranges.
Staff in the Commercial and Federal Facilities Section is addressing compliance and permitting at UTTR. Staff in the Hazardous Waste Facilities Section is over sighting corrective action at the facility.
Permitting
The Air Force was issued an open burning/open detonation (OB/OD) permit in February of 2003. The existing Post-Closure Permit for the Landfill #5 was incorporated as a Module into the OB/OD permit.
Corrective Action
The Air Force has completed a RCRA Facility Investigation. The report of the investigation is currently under review.
The Air Force undertook corrective action at solid waste management units 34E, 34W, and 2 in the CBU Valley in early 2006. During the effort, the Air Force removed 380,000 pounds of damaged 20 mil rounds from old disposal pits. The Air Force stored the rounds in 117 metal boxes. Prior to sending the metal rounds to recycling or disposal the Air Force proposed to thermally treat them utilizing a mobile incinerator. A Corrective Action Order was issued by the Executive Secretary of the Utah Solid and Hazardous Waste Control Board to the Air Force on February 2, 2007 authorizing the treatment activity. The Air Force successfully implemented the treatment and was able to sell 77,000 pounds of brass to a local metals recycler and the remainder of mixed steel, brass and aluminum was disposed of at the UTTR solid waste landfill at the Oasis complex.
Utah Test and Training Range is a remote military reservation operated by Hill Air Force Base as a practice bombing and gunnery range for military aircraft, propagation testing, rocket motor test firing, missile storage, and small arms and machine-gun firing ranges. The Range has an inactive hazardous waste landfill being addressed by a Post-Closure Permit.
An Open Burning/ Open Detonation Part B Permit (not the official copy) was reissued by the Executive Secretary of the Utah Solid And Hazardous Waste Control Board on February 13, 2003. The Post-Closure Permit was included in this Permit. Please contact us for updated permit information.
The Air Force has also initiated corrective action at the facility and is currently conducting a RCRA Facility Investigation.
The Compliance History for UTTR lists the violations identified during inspections and the resolution reached.
Utah Test and Training Range Environmental phone number is 801-777- 4325.
Comments or Questions
If you have any questions about Test and Training Range, please contact Bronson Hawley (801-536-0247).
