APPCOR11303

• Permit No: C1984062
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 11/10/1983
• Doc Name: COLO YAMPA COAL CO CO-0027154 ROUTT COUNTY
• From: CDOH
• To: MLRD
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Richard D. Lamm
Governor
November 3, 1983
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DEPARTMENT
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Thomas M. Vernon, M.D.
Acting Executive Director
aq'.~ 10 1983
Mr. Robert G. Liddle
Reclamation Specialist
Colorado Dept. of Natural Resources
Mined Land Reclamation Division
Room 423
1313 Sherman St.
Denver, Colorado 80203
Re: Colorado Yampa Coal Co.
CO-0027154
Routt County
Dear Sir:
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Cclo. OeGt. of iJatural Resources
The Division has reviewed your October 17, 1983 letter regarding the need for
a water quality discharge permit for the No. 3 mine detention pit and the
Middle Creek detention pond.
Since neither area is being actively reclaimed and since one area above the
No. 3 mine detention pit will be mined in the future, and the other area
contains an overburden stockpile which has it's runoff contained in a
sedimentation pond, both ponds must be permitted to allow a legal discharge of
effluent.
The Division has recently deactivated several discharge points at this mine.
At that time, the Divisiion was under the impression that reclamation had
begun and that no further mining or disturbance of these areas would occur.
If mining or other disturbance will occur and MLRD is requiring that a pond be
built, t t ese ponds are ,subject to. water quality regulations and need to
'bex~permitted. , '
If you have any questions concerning this letter do not hesitate to contact me
at the Department of Health.
Sincerely,
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Donald H. Simpson
Mined Land Reclamation Specialist
Permits and Enforcement Section
Water Quality Control Division
DHS/lc
4210 EAST 11TH AVENUE DENVER,COLORADO 80220 PHONE [phone]