The Tooele Army Depot (TEAD) is located in north-central Utah. TEAD is located in the Tooele Valley approximately two miles south of the city of Tooele and 35 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. The Depot comprises about 27,000 acres of land. Approximately, 550 people work at TEAD including 15 military and 535 civilian workers. About twenty people live on-base.
The mission of TEAD is conventional ammunition storage, maintenance and demilitarization. One thousand and twenty-eight acres of the Depot were transferred in December 1998 to the Tooele Redevelopment Agency under the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) program. It was one of the first to be transferred nationwide under the early transfer option of Section 334 of Public Law 104-201.
The Open Burn/Open Detonation operation is current under interim permit status (RCRA Part A has been submitted). Currently, there are 58 active Solid Waste Management Units (SWMUs) at TEAD.
The TEAD's Part B Permit:
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