HYDRO25781

• Permit No: M1977378
• IBM Index Class Name: Hydrology
• Doc Date: 10/1/2004
• Doc Name: WQCD Violation
• From: WQCD
• To: DMG
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
Bill Cravens, Governor
Douglas H. Benevento, Executive Director
Dedicated ro protecting and improving the health and environment of the people o(Colorado
4300 Cherry Creek Dr. S.
Denver, Colorado 80246-1530
Phone [phone] -
TDD Line [phone]
Located in Glendale, Colorado
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September 23, 2004
Laboratory and Radiation Services Division
Btoo Lowry Blvd.
Denver, Colorado 80230.6926
[phone]
John R. Henderson, Registered Agent
Gold King Mines Corporation Certified Mail Number: 7002 2410 0001 0127 2737 .
1720 14a' St., Ste 200, Boulder, CO 80302
1tE: Service of Notice of Violation/Cease and Desist Order, Number: IO-040923-1
Colorado Discharge Permit System -Permit Number: CO-0027529
DeazMr. Henderson:
Gold King Mines Corporation is hereby served with the enclosed Notice ofViolation /Cease and
Desist Order (the "NOV/CDO"). This .NOV/CDO is issued by the Colorado Department of
Public Health and hnvironment's Water Quality Control Division (the "Division") pursuant to
the authority given to the Division by §25-8-602 and 25-8-605 of the Colorado Water Quality
Control Act, (the "Act"). The Division bases this NOV/CDO upon findings that Gold King
Mines Corporation has violated the Act, and/or permit regulations promulgated pursuant to the
Act, as described in the enclosed NOV/CDO.
Pursuant to section 25-8-603, C.R.S., Gold King Mines Corporation is required, within 30
calendaz days of issuance of this NOV/CDO, to submit to the Division an answer admitting or
denying each pazagraph of the Findings of Fact and responding to the Notice of Violation.
Absent such an answer, the validity of the factual allegations and the Notice of Violation shall be
deemed established in any subsequent proceeding.
This action could result in the imposition of civil penalties, The Division is authorized pursuant
to section 25-8-608, C.R.S. to impose a penalty of $10,000 per day for each day during which
such violation.occurs.
Please be advised that the Division is continuing its investigation into this matter and the
Division may identify supplementary violations that warrant amendments to this NOVICDO or
the issuance of additional enforcement actions.