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IN TfIG DISTRICT COURT <br />. IN AND FOR 1JATER DIVISION IJO. u <br />STATG OF COLORApDO <br />Case No. 80 CW a <br />IN T}1£ MATTEk OP T'HE APPLICATION ~) <br />FOR lJA'PER R7 GIITS OF KERR COAL ~ ) " <br />COI4PAN1' IN THE CANADIAN RIVER OR ) APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL <br />ITS TR.DUTARIES Ilv JACKSON ) OF Pi.AN FOR AUGMENTATION <br />COUNTY J <br /> 1. Applicant: Kerr Coal Company <br /> Address: Bos 6, 4Ja lden, Colorado 80480 <br /> 2. Bac4;g round: <br /> A. Kerr Coal Company ("Kerr"), Applicant <br /> herein, is a Colorado corporation primarily engaged <br /> in mining coal in Jackson County, Colorado. Its <br /> mines are located in Sections 15, 22, 23, 26, 26, <br /> 27, and 35, Township 9 North, Range 78 West, and in <br /> Section 2, Township 8 North, Range 78 West, 6th P.M. <br />. B. During mining operations, surface runoff <br />llects in the <br />e <br />w <br />tai <br />it <br />d <br />th <br />t <br />d <br /> co <br />op <br />n p <br />, as <br />oes <br />e <br />a <br />er con <br />ne <br /> in any aquifers intercepted by the mining activities. <br /> Federal and state regulations require Kerr to treat <br /> surface and underground water prior to discharging <br /> it from the permit area, if the water does not meet <br /> established effluent limitations. <br /> C. Kerr will treat its discharge water as <br /> necessary in sedimentation ponds, in accordance with <br /> Federal and state regulations. These regulations <br /> . require the ponds to provide a certain minium storage <br /> .-o lume w;_ch r, ay row be .. _..chary-2 un,._. or.7 .,__.._,.- <br /> stances, Herr may therefore be required to have <br /> water available to replace the stored water if a <br /> Valid call Comes Up the Canadian River. <br /> <br />