Sunnyside Cogeneration Associates Facility has 1 groundwater monitoring wells, 1 of which have been polluted above federal advisory levels based on samples collected between March 15, 2017 and December 12, 2019. Groundwater at this site contains unsafe levels of sulfate, lithium, selenium, arsenic and mercury.
Site descriptionSunnyside Cogeneration Associates owns and operates the Sunnyside Cogeneration Facility, a 53 MW power plant that is located in Carbon County, Utah. The plant, which burns waste coal, began operating in 1993. The SCA #2 Ash Landfill, located southeast of the facility, is regulated under the CCR rule.
You can find the industry-reported data here. For more information on the Sunnyside Cogeneration Associates Facility, see EIP’s 2019 National Coal Ash Report.