WSP12263

• File Number: 8272.500
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control - Colo Dept of Public Health - WQCC and WQCD
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 10/1/1990
• Author: WQCD
• Title: Colorado Nonpoint Source Management Program - Prepared to Fulfill the Requirements of Section 319 of the Clean Water Act
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Mission statement Abandoned/Inactive Mine Subcommittee

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The mission of the abandoned/inactive mine subcommittee is to serve as the
advisory council to the Colorado Nonpoint Source Task Force and the Water
Quality Control Division for abandoned and inactive mining pollution
problems. To accomplish this mission the subcommittee is comprised of
agencies and individuals involved in efforts to control ,these sources, arid
also interests which may be affected by these efforts.

The subcommittee will serve in the following roles:

1) To review and make recommendations for proposed changes to the Colorado
Nonpoint Assessment Report.

2) To determine appropriate management programs for c6ntrol of
abandoned/inactive mines and to update and modify these programs as
necessary.

3) To develop a best management practices (BMP's) handbook for ",'
abandoned/inactive mines and update these practices as necessary.

4) To prioritize and recommend abandoned/inactive mine projects for
nonpoint source funding.

5) To serve as a point for public input for abandoned and inactive mining
nonpoint source water quality issues.

6) To determine public education and information needs, for abandoned,and
inactive mining nonpoint sources.

,The subcommittee will have open membership, but the following organizations
represent a core ,group which should be intimately involved in the subcommittee:

Water Quality Control Division

colorado Environmental Coalition

colorado Mining Association

Colorado Division of Wildlife

Mined Land Reclamation Division

Mission Statement of the Hvdroloaic Modification Subcommittee

The mission of the hydrologic modification subcommittee is to serve as the
advisory council to the Colorado Nonpoint Source Task Force and the Water
.Quality Control Division for pollution problems related to hydrologic
modification. To accomplish this mission the subcommittee is comprised of
agencies and individuals involved in efforts to control or reduce negative
water quality impacts from hydrologic modifications and also interests which
may be effected by these efforts.

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