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RATIONALE <br />MIMMAL DISCHARGE <br />GENERAL PERMIT IN COLORADO <br />COLORADO DISCHARGE PERMIT NUMBER COG-600000 <br /> CONTENTS PAGE <br />/. INTRODUCTION I <br />II. INDUSTRY DESCRIPTION 2 <br />ID. COVERAGE UNDER THIS PERMIT - 2 <br />N. APPLICATIONAND CERTIFICATION 8 <br />V. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PERMIT 9 <br />VI. CHANGES FOLLOiV/NG PUBLIC NOTICE 20 <br />V/I. REFERENCES 27 <br />I. INTRODUCTION <br />Water discharged to start waters fmm fataliriu dumbed rn Seuiort LA.I. of the permit and in <br />Section Ill below, are subject to the regrdrements of the State of Colorado 'Water Quality Control <br />Act, ' 1973 as amended. Section 6.10.2 of the 'Colorado Discharge Permit System Regulations' <br />provides for the issuance of gtnera! permits where covered fadlititt: <br />A. involve the same or substantially similar type' of operations; <br />B. discharge the smne types of waste: <br />C. require the saint effk~ent limitations or opcroting conditions; <br />D. require the same or similar monitoring; and <br />E. are more appropriately controlled tinder a goreral permit than under individual permits. <br />lhts permit is inttnded to oovtr faaltdu disdtarging wasttwattr that is tither of a relatively small <br />volume, discharged ovtr a short period of time, and has pollutants which are amenable [o rnNro! <br />through low level treatmau rechrwlogiu or But Management Protrit:es (BMP's). Since tarn gtneral <br />permit must be reviewed and submitted for public nonce every five years, the Water Quality Control <br />Division developed this permit so that mrious types of tlisdarges that only occasionally take place <br />can be regulated under one permit and can be covered by one application. <br />• <br />