HYDRO22574

• Permit No: M1978091UG
• IBM Index Class Name: Hydrology
• Doc Date: 8/9/2007
• Doc Name: WQCD Compliance Advisory-Discharge Permit
• From: DRMS
• To: File
• Permit Index Doc Type: Correspondence
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLOlZADO
Bill Ritter, Jr., Governor
James B. Martin, Executive Director
Dedicatetl to protecting and improving the health and environment of the people of Colorado
4300 Cherry Creek Dr. S.
Denver, Colorado 60246-1530
Phone [phone]
TDD Line [phone]
Located in Glendale, Colorado
http://www.cdphe.state.co. us
August 3, 2007
Kye Abraham, President
LKA International, Inc.
3724 47`h St., Ct. NW
Gig Hazbor, WA 98355
Lance Barker
Au Mining, Inc.
PO Box 821
Lake City, CO 81235
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Colorado Department
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CERT/F/ED MAIL No: 7005 1820 0000 3212 7657
CERTLF/ED MA/L No: 70051820 0000 3212 7574
RE: COMPLIANCE ADVISORY -DISCHARGE PERMIT REQUIREMENT
Dear Mr. Abraham and Mr. Barker:
During a June 8, 2007 inspection of the Golden Wonder Mine, southeast of Lake City, Colorado, a
Water Quality Control Division ("Division") representative noted dischazges to surface water at the
mine site. These discharges were in the form of seeps that daylight at the toe of the waste rock pile at the
Level 6 Pad and flow into Deadman's Gulch. Recent water quality monitoring in Deadman's Gulch
indicate a negative impact on Deadman's Gulch originating at the mine site. The discharges from the
seeps at the mine site are in direct violation of the Water Quality Control Act, which requires that all
discharges of pollutants to state waters must be permitted:
§25-8-501(1) C.R.S., which states in part, "No person shall discharge any pollutant into any state
water from a point source without first having obtained a permit from the division for such
discharge...."
Within thirty (30) calendar days of this letter, please submit to the Division an application for permit
coverage under and Individual Industrial Wastewater (Process Water) Discharges for Metal Mining. A
copy of this permit application is included in this letter and can also be accessed on the Division's
website at http://www.cdphestate.co.us/wq/PermitsUnit/IndustriaUindex.html.
The issuance of this Compliance Advisory does not limit or preclude the Division from pursuing its
enforcement options concerning the above violations. The Division is currently evaluating the facts
associated with the above-described violations. Continued noncompliance may result in a formal
enforcement action including the imposition of penalties up to $10,000 per day of violation.
Laboratory Services Division
6100 Lowry Blvd.
Denver, Colorado 60230-6926
[phone]
If you have any questions regazding the permitting process, please contact Andrew Neuhart at
[phone] or by electronic mail at [e-mail]. If you have any questions