HYDRO29207

• Permit No: C1981041
• IBM Index Class Name: Hydrology
• Doc Date: 7/13/1995
• Doc Name: STORMWATAER PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR COAL MINES POWDERHORN COAL CO ROADSIDE MINE
• From: COLORADO DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
• To: POWDERHORN COAL CO
• Permit Index Doc Type: NPDES
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
Roy Romer, Governor
Patti Shwayder, Acting Executive Director
Dedicated to protecting and improving the health and environment olthe people of Colorado
4300 Cherry Creek Dr. 5. Laboratory Building
Denver, Colorado 80222-1530 4210 E. 11th Avenue
Phone [phone] Denver, Colorado 80220-3716
[phone]
July 10, 1995
Mr. Larry Reschke
Powderhorn Coal Co.
P.O. Box 1430
Palisade, CO 81526
Re: Stotmwater Permit Requirements for Coal Mines
Powderhorn Coal Co. -Roadside Mine
Mesa County
Dear Mr. Reschke:
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Colorado Deportment
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RECEIVED
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Division of Minerals & Geo{ogy
It has come to our attention that you are engaged in a mining activity that is included under the
stormwater regulations. We have no record that you have applied for or obtained a stormwater
permit for the above-referenced operation. (This letter does not apply to any discharges authorized
under your individual CDPS permit, CO-0027146.)
In 1987, the US Congress amended the Clean Water Act to expressly include stormwater discharges
from industrial sites as requiring Clean Water Act controls. In 1990, EPA issued regulations that
require specific industrial activities to obtain permits in order to discharge stormwater from their
facilities. Coal mining operations are specifically included. -'
The Water Quality Control Division of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
has direction and authority to administer the stormwater permit program in Colorado.
The Division has issued general permits for the regulated industrial activities. An application form
for the General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Metal Mining (which also covers coal
mines) has been enclosed for your use. Please complete the application and submit it to our office.
by August 14, 1995.
Note that the application must include certification of completion of a Stormwater Management Plan
(SWMP), and that the SWMP must be fully implemented by the time the permit is issued. I have
included a copy of our guidance document for SWMP preparation, as well as a fact sheet describing
the Stormwater program.
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