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STORMWATER ANNUAL REPORT - (METAL MINING & COAL) <br />COLORADO DEPT. OF PUBLIC HEALTH 8 ENVIRONMENT <br />Water Quality Control Division <br />WQCD-PE-B2 <br />4300 Cherry Creek Drive South <br />Denver, Colorado 80222-1530 <br />Permittee (Company Name): Western Fuels -Colorado. LLC <br />Facility Name: New Horizon Mine <br />Facility Address: P.O. Box 628. Nucla. Colorado 81424 <br />Facility Phone Number: (970)864-2165 FAX (970)864-2168 <br />Permit Certification No. COR-040131 (NPDES Permit #CO-0000213) <br />Report Periods: (January 1 through December 31.2001) <br />A. A REPORT ON THE FACILITY'S OVERALL COMPLIANCE WITH THE SWMP <br />WFC's, New Horizon Mine operated the entire year of 2001 under its SWMP, which is now a <br />pbrt of our NPDES permit. W FG applied and was initially granted a new NPDES permit for the <br />New Horizon Mine by your office. It was approved. October 31, 1994 and went into effect <br />January 1, 1995.The NPDES permit has since been renewed. The renewal effective date is <br />'April 1, 2002. <br />W FC's SW MP was fully implemented in 1995, with all ditches, sediment ponds, and clear water <br />diversion ditches designed and constructed to handle a 2.0 inch, 25yr - 24hr rainfall event. <br />These designs and structures were submitted to and approved by Colorado Division of Minerals <br />and Geology. All bulk petroleum storage facilities have containment structures surrounding <br />them. They were designed and constructed to hold the contents from the largest vessel plus the <br />water accumulation from a 10yr - 24hr rainfall event. No reportable amount of petroleum <br />products were spilled or released into any waterway during 2001. <br />F: \data\wpdata\storm\02ewmpxp.doc 1-3 <br />