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Commission allows taller stacks and water tank for power plant to meet air-quality and noise standards
Summary
The commission unanimously approved conditional-use permit CU2025-03 allowing exhaust stacks up to 80 feet and a water tank up to 40 feet for the proposed power plant, subject to staff findings and fire-marshal review to ensure adequate fire flow and mitigation.
The Utah County Planning Commission voted May 20 to approve a conditional-use permit (CU2025-03) allowing portions of the proposed power-generation facility to exceed the county’s by-right height limits for exhaust stacks and a water tank.
Staff told the commission the application seeks to allow exhaust stacks above the 40-foot by-right limit to mitigate air-quality and noise impacts and recommended aligning the expiration of this conditional use with the related facility approvals. The stacks would be permitted up to 80 feet,…
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