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Mountain Coal and Beaz Coal Water Oualitv Assessment CO-0038776 and CO-0044377 <br />0038776 and the Beaz Coal Company, CDPS Permit No. CO-0044377, and is intended to determine <br />the assimilative capacities available to the Mountain Coal WWTFs for pollutants found to be of <br />concern. <br />Figure A-1 contains a map of the study azea evaluated as part of this WQA. <br />Figure A-1 <br />Study Area <br />LtlatwU <br />State Stream <br />- County Military Area <br />LakefPondlOcean National Park <br />- Street Other Park . <br />Expressway City <br />--Highway - County <br />Connector 0 1 2 3 4 mi <br />Scale 1:114291 11 <br />p g5 <br />km <br />n <br />i <br />r <br />o <br />entls <br />~a~era2e--true scale de o <br />mon <br />tor <br />esoluti <br />n <br />Source: US Census <br />TIGER Mapping Se.~vice <br />The Mountain Coal Company, West Elk Mine dischazges to the North Fork of the Gunnison River, <br />Sylvester Gulch, West Sylvester Gulch, the Dry Fork of Minnesota Creek, and Lone Pine Gulch. <br />This site is one of several coal mines, both active and inactive, in the region. The mining site <br />discharges via 13 Outfalls. Specifically, Outfalls 005, 008, 009, and 015 contain surface runoff <br />water only and discharge to the North Fork of the Gunnison River; Outfall 014 contains surface <br />runoff water only and dischazges to Sylvester Gulch; Outfa11018 contains surface runoffwater only <br />and dischazges to West Sylvester Gulch; Outfalls 004 and 016 contain mine water and surface runoff <br />water, and discharge to the North Fork of the Gunnison River; Outfall OI 1 contains mine water and <br />discharges to Sylvester Gulch; Outfa11012 contains mine water and discharges to the Dry Fork of <br />Minnesota Creek; Outfa11013 contains mine water and discharges to Lone Pine Gulch; and Outfall <br />017 contains mine water and dischazges to West Sylvester Gulch. Internal Outfall 007 contains <br />Appendix A Page 2 of 20 Last Revised 3/9/2004 <br />