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Summit County, Utah

The Summit County, Utah, BDO Zone for Woody Biomass is rated ‘A’.

Rating Issue Date: July 18, 2023.

‘A’ ratings denote high prospective viability of Feedstock Supply and Infrastructure and low expectations of default risk in the Zone. Capacity to support new biobased plant operations is considered strong.

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BDO Zone Rating

Summit County, UT, BDO Zone Overivew

Feedstock quantities are expressed in bone dry tons per year (bdt/yr), while feedstock costs are expressed in USD ($). Maximum transport distance is based on a 75-mi driving distance from the center point (Wanship, UT).

BDO Zone Assets:

No significant competitors for pulpwood or forest residue exist in the region.
External funding earmarked for highly desired forest fuels reduction treatments means increased woody feedstock for the next 5 to 10 years.
Potential additional supply in the form of standing dead timber.

BDO Zone Liabilities:

The number of logging companies and their capacities are limited. Scale-up can take time.
Forest residue production not a priority to loggers.
Likelihood of errors in the biomass availability models.

Infrastructure

Among the top-rated assets are landfill access, access to hospitals and doctors, housing availability, and industrial zone availability. While there are some challenges with forestry and logging workforce availability, the Summit County BDO Zone overall presents a profile of positively rated infrastructure assets.

There are two industrial sites in Summit County – (1) Site adjacent to N Henefer Landfill Rd is 614 acres (0.96 sq miles); (2) Site adjacent to W Three Mile Canyon Rd is 2080 acres (3.25 sq mi).

On-site Infrastructure:

The industrial sites will have access to water, sewer/septic, electricity, and natural gas. However, roads must be paved by the industries to connect the two industrial sites to the N Henefer Landfill Rd and W Three Mile Canyon Rd respectively.