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.: <br />COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH <br />Dedicated to protecting and improving the health and <br />environment of the people of Colorado <br />4300 Cherry Creek Dr. S. Laboratory Building <br />Denver, Colorado 80222-1530 4210 E. 77th Avenue <br />Phone (303) 692-2000 Denver, Colorado 802 2 0-3 71 6 <br />(303) 691-4700 <br />July 26, 1993 <br />Mr. Bill Tezak <br />Colorado Quarries, Inc. <br />270 S. 15th St. <br />Canon City, CO 81212 <br />RE: Stormwater Permit Requirements for Mining Activities <br />Colorado Quarries, Inc. <br />Mica White, MLRB M-92-058 <br />Fremont County <br />Dear Sir or Madam: <br />~~p4'CO <br />ye <br />•~* <br />w <br />~ r876' <br />Roy Romer <br />Governor <br />Patricia A. Nolan, MD, MPH <br />&enfi~re Director <br />We aze in receipt of a copy of your reclamation permit application, as sent by you to the Colorado <br />Division of Minerals and Geology (formerly the Mined Land Reclamation Division). As you may be <br />aware, EPA has recently instituted a stormwater program, designed to control stormwater runoff from <br />certain categories of industrial activity. Your facility falls under one of these categories. Our records <br />indicate that you have not applied for or obtained a stormwater permit for the above-referenced mining <br />operation(s). <br />In 1987, the US Congress amended the Clean Water Act to expressly include stormwater discharges <br />from mining sites (and other industries) as requiring Clean Water Act controls. In 1990, EPA issued <br />regulations that require specific mining activities to obtain permits in order to dischazge stormwater <br />from their facilities. The deadline for submitting such applications for existing facilities was <br />October 1, 1992. However, since many potential permittees are unaware of the program, the Division <br />is still accepting late applications at this time. <br />The stormwater regulations apply to active and inactive mines, if runoff contacts overburden, raw <br />material, intermediate or finished product, or waste products, and leaves the site. (However, if all <br />runof~'from the mine site is contained on the site, with no discharge off-site, a stormwater permit is <br />not required.) <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />The Water Quality Control Division of the Colorado Health Department has direction and authority to <br />administer this program in Colorado. The Division has issued a general permit for Sand and Gravel <br />