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iii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ~ 999 i STATE O~COLORADO COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Dedicated to protecting and improving the health and environment o(the people o(Colorado 4300 Chcry Gcek Dr. S. Laboratory Building Dcnver, Colorado 80222-1530 4210 E. 11th Avenue Phone D03) 692-2000 Dcnver, Colorado 80220-3716 (30J) 691-4700 January 29, 1993 Mr. Gary Bennett, General Manager Telluride Gravel, Inc. Alexander Pit P.O. Box 445 Telluride, CO 81435 CERTIFIED MAIL NO. P 330 084 653 RE: Expiration and Renewal of Telluride Gravel, Inc. CDPS Permit No.: COG-500217 San Miguel County A~' ~ ~~ ti~ • Q 'reps Roy Romer Crnemor Pavida A. Nolan, MD, MPI I Eamnnc Director Dear Mr. Bennett: - / During Jess Vann's inspection of your facility on January 28, 1993, you mentioned that you had no[ received a copy of your renewal permit or new Discharge Monitoring Reports. Upon review of our records, I discovered that we have not received a renewal application or a notice of your intent to reapply. Renewal of your coverage under the general permit was not automatic. Application to renew this permit was required to have been filed with the Water Quality Control Division 180 days prior to the expiration date. Since we did not receive an application from you, your facility's coverage under the permit terminated when the permit expired on September 30, 1492. In addition, you are engaged in an activity that is likely included under [he stormwater regulations. We have no record that you have applied for or obtained a stormwater permit for Telluride Gavel, Inc. separately from applying for coverage required for your process water discharges. It is our understanding that stormwater comes into contact with overburden raw material, intermediate products, by products, finished products or waste products located at your site, and is discharged to waters of the State. In 1987, the US Congress amended the Clean Water Act to expressly include stormwater discharges from industrial sites as requiring Clean Water Act controls. in 1990, EPA issued regulations that require specific industrial activities to obtain permits in order to dischazge stormwater from their facilities. Active and inactive sand and gravel mining operations where stormwater comes into contact with overburden, raw material, intermediate products, byproducts, finished products or waste products located a[ the mining site are specifically included. The deadline to apply for a stormwater permit was October 1, 1992.