HYDRO20578

• Permit No: M1980244
• IBM Index Class Name: Hydrology
• Doc Date: 1/16/1997
• Doc Name: YOUR LETTER DATED 10/18/96 CRIPPLE CREEK VICTOR GOLD MINING CO CDPS PN CO-G-070397 TELLER CNTY COLO
• From: COLO DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
• To: CRIPPLE CREEK AND VICTOR GOLD MINING CO
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
Roy Romer, Governor
Patti Shwayder, Executive Director
Dedicated [o protecting and improving the health and em~ironment o/the people o/Colorado
4300 Cherry Creek Dr. S.
Denver, Colorado 80222-1530
Phone [phone]
January 14, 1997
RECEIVED
Mr. John Hardaway JAN 16 1991
Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company
P.O. Box 191
Victor, CO 80860 Division of ~~~uierais a geology
Re: Your Letter dated October l8, 1996
Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company ("CC&V")
CDPS Permit No. CO-G-070397
Teller County, Colorado
Dear Mr. Hardaway:
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Your letter, referenced above, refers to an October 16, 1996, "Delinquent Discharge Monitoring Report
(`DMR')" letter sent by the WQCD to CC&V. The WQCD's letter refers to a September 17, 1996,
"Delinquent DMR" letter. In both letters, the WQCD requests submittal of the DMR for outfall 002A "for
the period of April 1 through June 30, 1996."
According to "Amendment # 1 to the Certification, Authorization to Discharge under the CDPS Industrial
General Permit for Conswction Dewatering Operations," the "purpose of this amendment is to change the
location of discharge point 001 and to add discharge point 002...." Amendment # 1 was effective on May 15,
1996. Therefore, the delinquent DMR letters should have requested the DMR for outfall 002 "for the period
of May 15 through June 30, 1996." This may have contributed to the misunderstanding ofwhat, exactly, the
WQCD was requesting. However, the WQCD has no record of a response from CC&V to its initial
September 17, 1996, "Delinquent DMR" notification.
[n your letter, you state, "Your [the WQCD's October l6, 1996] letter requests a DMR for discharge point
002A. This dischazge number was established close to the end of the second quarter as a replacement for
OO lA." Nowhere in the amendments is outfall OOl deleted, only its location is changed, as stated above;
segment number and classification changed, and Amendment #2 changes some effluent limits and
discontinues WET testing.
Your letter also advised the WQCD that "Blank DMRs for 002A were received later, after the DMR was
due." The DMRs were printed on July 18, 1996, which indicates it is probable that the}' arrived at your
facility on or about the July 28, 1996, due date. Again, we apologize for their lateness. These are printed by
USEPA for [he state, and nationally, [here has been an ongoing shortage of forms, contributing to such
delays.
The October l8, 1996, letter from CC&V maintains, "We are not sending a copy of this 002A DMR to the
EPA. It is presumed that your office will copy and transmit the necessary information." The WQCD has not
forwarded a copy [o the EPA. It is the responsibility of the permittee to provide this information, as
described in the permit.
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