HYDRO25519

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: Hydrology
• Doc Date: 7/23/1999
• Doc Name: DISCHARGE FROM OUTFALL 002 BOWIE RESOURCES INC BOWIE 2 MINE CDPS CO0044776 DELTA CNTY
• From: CDOH
• To: J E STOVER & ASSOCIATES
• Permit Index Doc Type: OTHER SURFACE WATER
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
Bill Owens, Governor
Jane E. Norton, Executive Director
Dedicated to protecting and improving the health and environment of the people of Colorado
4300 Cherry Creek Dr. S. Laboratory and Radiation Services Division
Denver, Colorado 80296-1530 8100 Lowry Blvd.
Phone (303) 692-?000 Denver CO 80220-6928
Located in Glendale, Colorado (303) 69?3090
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Water Quality Control Division
WQCD-P-B2
[phone] FAX [phone]
July 15, 1999
Jim Stover
J. E. Stover & Associates
2768 Compass Drive, Suite 101
Grand Junction, CO 81506
RE: Discharge From Outfall 002
Bowie Resources, Inc. -Bowie No. 2 Mine
CDPS No. CO-0044776
Delta County
Dear Mr. Stover:
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RECEIVED
JUL 23 1999'
Division of Minerals 8 Geology
This letter responds to your July 8, 1999, letter which, on behalf of Bowie Resources, Limited ("BRL"),
requests authorization to discharge from outfall 002, the domestic wastewater treatment facility outfall, prior to
the effective date for amendment number 1. J. E. Stover and Associates submitted a request on the permittee's
behalf for amendment of permit number CO-44776 on March 4, 1999. The Division drafted, submitted to
public notice and issued a permit amendment in response to this request. The effective date of this amendment
is August 1, 1999.
Your letter indicates that BRL is currently required to transport up to 150 Bowie Number 2 mine workers a
one-way distance of five miles to the Bowie Number l mine site on a daily basis to utilize the bathhouse there.
This amendment number L authorizes discharge from the new bathhouse at Bowie No. 2 mine. When
operational, this new bathhouse would eliminate the need for this daily transportation. Additionally, when this
new bathhouse becomes operational, the bathhouse at Bowie No. 1 mine will effectively be shut down. And,
by utilizing the bathhouse at Bowie No. 2 mine immediately, the company will realize a cost saving anf the
employees will realize a saving of time and convenience.
On the basis described herein, the Division will use enforcement discretion regarding discharges from outfall
002 at the $owie No. 2 mine that occur prior to the effective date of the final amendment, providing all terms
and conditions in the final amendment, including monitoring requirements, are adhered to that apply to such
discharges. The Division requests that all parameters shown in Patt I.B.I.d. of the permit be monitored at the
specified frequencies during this period, with one exception. Parameters specified as requiring monthly
monitoring should be sampled once per week during the interim period to demons rate that the WWTF is
complying with the applicable effluent limitations. The results of the monitoring performed prior to August L,
1999, should not be included on the discharge monitoring report (DMR), instead they should be tabulated in a
letter and submitted as soon as the results are available.