Silver Creek = Watershed Stakeholders=92 Group

Silver Creek=20 Watershed Stakeholders=92 Group

Lower Silver=20 Creek Work Group

Monday, May=20 8, 2006 = =96 1-4 = pm

Snyderville=20 Basin Special Recreation District

Trailside=20 Offices (Community=20 Room)

5715=20 Trailside Drive, = Park = City

Meeting Summary

Meeting=20 Attendees

Michele=20 Devaney

Summit=20 County=20 Planning

mdevaney@co.summit.ut.us

Nora=20 Shepard

Summit=20 County=20 Planning

nshepard@co.summit.ut.us

Muhammed=20 Slam

UDEQ=20 / DERR

mslam@utah.gov

Kerry=20 C. Gee

United=20 Park=20 City=20 Mines

kcgee@unitedpark.com<= /SPAN>

Kathy=20 Hernandez

EPA

hernandez.kathryn@epa.gov

Mike=20 Luers

Snyderville=20 Basin Water Reclamation District

mluers@sbwrd.org

Brent=20 Ovard

Summit=20 County=20 Health

bovard@utah.gov

John=20 Whitehead

UDEQ=20 / DWQ

jwhitehead@utah.gov

Michael=20 Boyle

Snyderville=20 Basin Water Reclamation District

mboyle@sbwrd.org

Derrick=20 Radke

Summit=20 County=20 Engineering

dradke@co.summit.ut.us

Sally=20 Elliott

Summit=20 County=20 Commission

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selliott@co.summit.ut.us

John=20 Knudson

Utah=20 State Parks

johnknudson@utah.gov<= /SPAN>

Chuck=20 Zuercher

Angus=20 & Ella Pace

chuckz@pureutah.com

Jason=20 Gipson

Corps=20 of Engineers

jason.a.gipson@usace.army.m= il

Kari=20 Lundeen

UDEQ=20 / DWQ

klundeen@utah.gov=

Paul=20 Burnett

UT=20 Div of Wildlife

paulburnett@utah.gov<= /SPAN>

Dave=20 Burbidge

Burbidge=20 Brothers

david.burbidge@gmail.com

Tony=20 Cristofferson

Geneva=20 Rock

mailto:tchristofferson@clyde= ine.com

Mike=20 Benunin

Anderson=20 Development

mikeb@and-dev.com=

Michele=20 Straube

Facilitator

mstraube@mindspring.com=20

Work=20 Group Process Design

After=20 introductions, Michele Straube summarized the Lower Silver Creek work = group=20 convening report and its recommendations for work group design. She stated that the = primary=20 purpose of this first meeting was to identify and integrate known = environmental=20 information about the Lower Silver Creek work group area, with the = intention of=20 presenting this synthesized knowledge to the full work group at a = subsequent=20 meeting. No substantive = discussions=20 or decisions about Lower Silver Creek were on the agenda for this first=20 meeting.

The=20 group agreed that the south-north boundaries of the Lower Silver Creek = work=20 group area should be State Route 248 and Atkinson (aka =93the = dairy=94). Later discussions reflected = that the=20 east-west boundaries of the work group area follow the floodplain and = contours=20 of the land. These = geographic=20 boundaries will be confirmed by the full work = group.

Several=20 additional stakeholder interests were identified that had not been = included in=20 the convening report:

Derrick=20 Radke, Summit County = Engineer=20
Brian=20 Kimball, US Geological Survey (data resource)=20
Michael=20 Luers, Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District. =

These=20 stakeholders will be added to the work group, and the question will be = revisited=20 with the full work group.

The=20 group reviewed the Statement of Goals adopted by the Silver Creek = Watershed=20 Stakeholders=92 Group and suggested the following changes to make them = more=20 relevant to the Lower Silver Creek work group=92s = efforts:

Refer=20 to the Summit=20 County general = plan and=20 Lower Silver Creek in paragraphs 1.2.1 and 1.2.2.=20
Refer=20 to achieving compliance with the TMDL, to the extent=20 possible.

The=20 work group=92s Statement of Goals will be reviewed by the full work = group at its=20 next meeting.

Known=20 Information about Silver Creek Area

Kari=20 Lundeen gave a summary of water quality and soils contamination = information=20 available for the Lower Silver Creek work group area, drawn from the = following=20 resources:

Innovative=20 Assessment Analytical Results Report,=20 Lower Silver Creek, Summit=20 County, Utah. Prepared by Ann M. Tillia, = Utah=20 Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Environmental = Response and=20 Remediation. = Final dated=20 9/25/02. (Available at=20 UDEQ/DERR)=20
TMDL=20 for Silver Creek. (Available at: http://www.waterquality.utah.gov/TMDL/SilverCreekFinalTMDL_11-15-= 04.pdf=20 )=20
Fish=20 Consumption Advisory for Trout from Silver Creek. Utah Department of = Environmental=20 Quality. 10/27/04. (Available at: http://www.deq.utah.gov/News/2004/fish_advisory_info_sheet_102704.p= df=20 )=20
Water=20 Resources of the Park = City Area, Utah with Emphasis on Ground=20 Water. Utah Department of Natural = Resources=20 (UDEQ/DERR) and US Geological Survey (USGS). Technical Publication = No.=20 85. 1986.=20

(Available=20 at UDEQ/DWQ ??)

Principal=20 Locations of Metal Loading from Floodplain Tailings, Lower Silver Creek, = Utah, April 2004. U.S.=20 Geological Survey (USGS), prepared in cooperation with UDEQ. =20 Draft 2005. = (Currently=20 at UDEQ / DWQ offices; not yet circulated to other agencies or = entities)

Quantification=20 of Metal Loading to Silver Creek Through the Silver Maple Claims Area, = Park=20 City, Utah, May 2002. U.S. Geological Survey = (USGS), prepared=20 in cooperation with BLM and UDEQ. =20 Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4296. 2004. (Available at EPA and=20 UDEQ).

The=20 following additional information is available:

Informal=20 boundaries of wetlands, based on requests for 404 permits and national = wetlands inventory =96 Corps of Engineers=20
Mapping=20 of 100-year floodplain =96 Corps of Engineers and Summit County=20 Engineer=20
Aerial=20 photograph of meadow area =96 Corps of Engineers=20
Aerial=20 photograph of Lower Silver Creek Area, from which topographic map can = be=20 generated =96 United Park City Mines=20
Land=20 ownership information (plat map) =96 Summit County = Planning=20
Fish=20 / amphibian data (from 5 years ago) =96 UT Division of Wildlife=20 Resources=20
Quarterly=20 information about metals coming into and leaving the water treatment = plant =96=20 Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District=20
Additional=20 water quality sampling since TMDL =96 UDEQ / DWQ=20
Aerial=20 photograph from 2003 =96 GIS consortium

The=20 GIS consortium will be updating aerial photography during the fall of = 2006. They will need to know = specific needs to=20 include in their effort by mid-summer 2006.

Landowners=20 and developers are particularly interested in the following=20 information:

an=20 overlay of property ownership information and known = wetlands=20
an=20 overlay of property ownership information and known tailings / areas = of soil=20 contamination, and=20
easements=20 (e.g., conservation, access) and other land development=20 restrictions.

The=20 following topics were suggested for the next work group=20 meeting:

an=20 overlay of property ownership information and known wetlands =96 to be = created=20 by Jason Gipson, Corps of Engineers, using the UPCM aerial photograph, = Summit=20 County property ownership information, and Corps of Engineers wetland=20 delineations=20
an=20 overlay of property ownership information and known tailings / areas = of soil=20 contamination =96 to be created by Kathy Hernandez, EPA, using = UDEQ/DERR data,=20 100-year floodplain information, and Summit County property ownership = information;=20 lead and arsenic will be the marker metals=20
more=20 detailed information on the additional sampling that UDEQ hopes to = conduct in=20 the Lower Silver Creek area this summer, as well as the alternatives = analysis=20 that EPA wishes to have conducted under contract=20
information=20 on the health and ecological risks presented by the Lower Silver Creek = area =96=20 to be presented by Scott Everett, UDEQ toxicologist, in collaboration = with=20 UDEQ technical staff and EPA=20
a=20 brief history of the Silver Creek Watershed Stakeholders=92 Group = process, as=20 well as perspectives on addressing watershed issues collaboratively = =96 Sally=20 Elliott and Kerry Gee=20
a=20 brief summary of the regulatory context in which any remediation = activity will=20 have to take place.

The=20 following topics of discussion were identified for future work group=20 discussions:

need=20 for a lead bioavailability study=20
need=20 for a tailings repository, other than Richardson = Flats=20

Ongoing=20 Public Outreach

The=20 existing watershed stakeholders=92 group website (http://www.silvercreekpc.org/)= is=20 currently being maintained by United Park City Mines. Kerry Gee stated that they are = willing=20 to continue updating the website as additional information is provided = to them,=20 including adding a section for the Lower Silver Creek work=20 group.

Next=20 Work Group Meeting

The=20 next Lower Silver Creek work group meeting will be held Monday, June 5, 2006, = from 1 =96 5 pm, at the = Snyderville Basin=20 Special Recreation District Trailside Offices (Park Room), 5715 Trailside=20 Drive, Park City.