OPERROR? NMAC.

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ON RADAR VECTORS TO RWY 16 SLC FOR A VISUAL APCH -- APCH CALLED OUT KING AIR TFC ON VISUAL RWY 17 XING IN FRONT OF US. WE NEVER SAW ACFT OR RPTED ACFT IN SIGHT. TCASII DID PICK UP ACFT. APCH ASKED IF WE HAD RWY IN SIGHT AND WE ANSWERED RWY IN SIGHT AND WE WERE CLRED FOR A VISUAL FOR RWY 16 AS TCASII GAVE US AN RA OF CLB 1500 FPM. TCASII SHOWED TFC 400 FT BELOW L WING OF DISPLAY ACFT. CLB TO 8500 FT. CTLR THEN ASKED IF WE COULD LAND. WE WERE APCHING END OF RWY AT 8500 FT DECLINED LNDG CLRNC AND WENT AROUND. ON 2ND VISUAL APCH FORGOT TO HAND US OFF TO TWR AND WE HAD TO ASK TO CHANGE FREQS. THE CTLR MADE A COMMENT THAT THE TFC MUST HAVE LINED UP ON THE WRONG RWY. THE CTLR WAS EXTREMELY BUSY AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT AND ALSO HAD A LIFEGUARD FLT TO GET INTO THE ARPT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN: 288621: HAD CTR CTLR ON JUMPSEAT WHO GOT A GREAT SHOW OF HOW IT IS ON OUR SIDE OF THE SCOPE! -- COMMON PRACTICE TO CROSS RWY 17 TFC IN FRONT OF RWY 16 TFC -- UNDERSTAND IT'S BECAUSE OF NOISE POLICY OF SALT LAKE CITY -- THAT WILL NOT ALLOW L TFC FOR RWY 17! I GUESS A MIDAIR ISN'T TOO NOISY.