Millard County commissioners approved changes to the conditional use permit governing development of a natural gas facility on property zoned for industrial use. Sawtooth Caverns, LLC sought permission to alter a previously approved permit to add property for two new underground storage caverns as well as add property to construct a 3.5 mile pipeline connection to the existing UNEV gas pipeline, a 400-mile pipeline that stretches from Woods Cross to Las Vegas.
The company also sought permission for a petroleum right of way as part of the amended permit. Lastly, the company requested that its name be added as the holder of the permit moving forward.
Sawtooth Caverns had previously gone under the name Magnum NGLs. In March 2011 Magnum Solutions, LLC first asked permission to construct a natural gas storage and distribution facility near Intermountain Power Project’s facilities. By November of that year, the project’s developers were looking to add natural gas liquids storage to the list of allowed uses at the site. Construction of the facility was completed in July 2014. By December 2014, the original use permit was split in two, with one covering gas storage and the other covering natural gas liquids storage, the area now operated by Sawtooth. The amended permit allows Sawtooth to store refined liquid products at the site, in addition to the proposed expansion. Millard County Chronicle Progress
