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BTU Empire Corporation <br />29515 Routt County Road S 27 <br />Oak Creek, Colorado 80467 <br />(970)879-3800 <br />October 27, Zoos RECEIVED <br />~N 0'42007 <br />Division or rieclarnation, <br />Mr. Raymond Nalepa Mining and Safety <br />Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment <br />Water Quality Control Division -Permits and Enforcement <br />a300 Cherry Creek Drive South <br />Denver, CO 80222-1530 <br />RE: PERMIT CO-0034142; BTU EMPIRE 3RD QUARTER 2006 DMR SUBMITTAL <br />Dear Mr. Nalepa: <br />Enclosed, please find the above referenced discharge monftoring report for the period July 1,2006 through September 30, <br />2006. Outtall 003A/003X flowed each week of the period. Outtall 022A/022X flowed during each week of July, but did not <br />flow during the months of August and September. Outtall 024A/024X did not flow during the period. No permilExcursions -- <br />were noted during this period. <br />In 2004, BTU Empire received approval from CDPHE to reduce the frequency of Whole Effluent Toxicity (WE'n testing for <br />Outfalls 003X, 022X, and 024X to an annual basis (a change from the previous quarteny basis). Annual chronic WET testing <br />was pedormetl in June 2006 on Outtalls 003X and 022X. Both sites were in compliance (see attached report results). Outfall <br />024X did not flow during the pedod. <br />Outtalls,004A,007A,009A,011A,012A,013A,014A,015A,O16A,017A,018A,019A,020A,021A,022A/022X,023A,and <br />l024A/024X, along with Sire 3001, did not discharge during this period. In order !o reduce the amount of paper work, the <br />following certification will be substitutetl for the actual DMR forms to cover the outtalls, which did not discharge. <br />I certify under penalty of law that I have personally examined and am familiar with the in/ormation submitted herein; and <br />based on my inquiry of those individuals responsible for obtaining the information, 1 believe the submitted in/ormation is <br />true, accurate, and complete. l am aware that there are significant penalties forsubmitting false information, including the <br />possibility o/fine and imprisonment. See 18 U.S.C. § 1001 and 33 U.S.C. § 1319. (Penalties under these statutes may <br />include fines up to $10,000 andior maximum imprisonment of between 6 months and 5 years.) <br />~/ ~/L/ l0 2'1 Gro <br />Brian A. Watterson,'Geologist Date <br />Please contact me directly at (970) 870-2750 with any questions. '; <br />~~''Y .~/ <br />Brian A. Watterson, P.G. <br />Geologist, Environmental Group <br />BTU Empire Corporation <br />enclosures <br />~c: DMG <br />CWPS Permit No. CO-0034142 file <br />