“The best available science we have shows that the impacts on the [Great Salt] Lake from this project would be devastating, long-lasting and possibly irreversible,” said the board president of FoGSL.
| Oct. 20, 2022, 8:55 p.m.As US Magnesium presses forward with securing permits to extend its intake canals, dozens showed up at a public meeting Wednesday to rally in defense of the Great Salt Lake.
The lake’s advocates included sailors and skiers, students and small business owners. Some traced their Utah roots back to the Mormon pioneers, while others were recent transplants from California and the Midwest. Some represented environmental groups like FRIENDS of the Great Salt Lake, the Audubon Society and HEAL Utah. Others simply represented themselves and their families.
“The best available science we have shows that the impacts on the lake from this project would be devastating, long-lasting and possibly irreversible,” said Rose Smith, board president of FRIEND of Great Salt Lake, at one point moved to tears during her comments.and ensure it doesn’t violate the federal Clean Water Act.hat minerals companies are having a hard time accessing the brineUS Magnesium wants to dredge and extend a 1.1-mile canal, called P-N, another 0.7 miles and a second 2.
The project would mean the company could continue to access the lake’s water if it sinks to a catastrophic 4,185 feet. A U.S. Geological Survey gauge on the south side of the lake’s rail causeway shows its elevation at 4,188.8 feet. The lake is so low that a gauge at the marina near Saltair typically used to measure the lake’s elevationThe Division of Water Quality has already written up a draft permit for US Magnesium’s canal project, which alarmed many at the meeting.
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