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<br />Water (luality Control Divitii~•~1
<br />421.0 Bast 11LIi Avenue
<br />Denver, Colorado l;022U
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<br />CON'fACL': Larry t1. kcsclil:r
<br />Nine Gnginecr
<br />Dlue Ribbon Co:;1 ('ump,n.y
<br />P.O. Dox 58
<br />Uelta, C,0 1j14i.G
<br />(303)+874-7561 (We r:t~ rn e1s,i,ciatcd Coal Office)
<br />(3U3)+929-5911 (iil:w Ribbni; t4inc)
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<br />In a .1etCer rla Lid :\pril ~, 1";ij, wliirli w, u: t'ece~ived by Cite IfQCD April 9, 1985,
<br />Iiluu kil;buu Co.tL Compan,; r~~,;msii~1 ,r'. am~rrrdment fur the permit to add
<br />disrltarge point 0114 an.i to n~vi~_ti; tln~ purmit .limitation' for discharge point
<br />U01, since this disclutrgr'L;w Icts bc~:u reduced. Chang~~ to the facility were
<br />initiated pullowit:g a toc~i:~ic::l r~•vision approved by Colorado Mined Land
<br />Reclamation llivisiou in Sipt~:~,ihrr 19!14, Tltese changes included a realignment
<br />and diversion of epltemrra! ~Ir,!inaf;e water north of [hc mine and other
<br />diversions of surface runr.li v:,lrr .naay from disturbed mining areas and around
<br />tLc 111 Fund, end eliminatin~n of tl„~ .f2 puurl. Thus discharge point 001, which
<br />preciously r.untnined rein'.. ::.n:w~ .in,l surface rwtoff water, will now usually
<br />involve only :surface runui i ~:.~trr I rom puu~i )11, Discharge point 004 will be
<br />the direct discharge o!. rtii;u '«,itcr into I!ubhard Creek without utilizing any
<br />seCl.l ing pr~m.ls.
<br />Water which will enter pomi .~l.,:uriug most uccasious is surface runoff water
<br />from yard drainage areas and rlis[urh~c•d areas. In a condition where the mine
<br />water might not be in r.ompLi.utce with permit .Limits for discharge 004, the
<br />mine water mip,ILL be ~livrrl~~i in;o I,mn +~1 ;inri then through discharge point
<br />001; [leis rlivcrstun i:: ,•x!~~c~~ir•J ter urcur only oec;tsionally, or even less
<br />frcqumtt ly.
<br />Uiscluiry•,e point:; 002 .tml (;~l'~ .ire unchangc,l, involving sedimentation ponds for
<br />surface runoff water source:~. a~ith maximum lluws estimated [u be in the same
<br />rwt•,c ns pn•vlnualy .Iusr~t'ih~•J (O. i'1 cis).
<br />'Phe discharge struct!u,• Lur Un! was: clrnngud u> a 2 inch dewatering device and
<br />an 8 incl; I~rioidry ~;pilLw,ty, vitii .i maximum f.Low from tiro sp.iLlway of 2,2 cfs
<br />which would a.Llow n disrli;ir,~~: ul the IU ve:~r-24 hour storm in 3.1 hours. Pond
<br />l,'L, wliirli preccdus UUI, now li.c, ,~ 'r::iru :,urf;:ce inflow uL 0.57 acre-feet for
<br />the 10 :•ret-24 hour ~turGi .,."i
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