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L I <br />li <br />Energy Fuels Mining Company ' <br />Raton Creek Mine ~ <br />STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN ', I <br />1. Introduction <br />Energy Fuels Mining Company ("Energy Fuels") conducts coal mining operations at the Raton <br />Creek Mine located in'Las Animas County, Colorado. Energy Fuels was issued CDPS Permit No. COG- <br />850032 in January, 1993, for the mine site and rail loadouts. ~, <br />CDPS Permit No. COG-850032 requires development and implementation of a Stotmwater <br />Management Plan (SWMP) for the facility governed by the permit. The SWMP addresses stormwater runoff <br />control from coal mine facility areas outside the coverage of diversion ditches and sediment ponds required <br />by the facility's Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) permit. <br />2. Minine and Associated Activities ~ ' <br />i <br />Energy Fuels operates the Raton Creek Mine and two associated railroad coal loadout sites: The <br />mine site is located approximately 3 miles south of Trinidad and east of Interstate I-25. The mine site <br />includes approximately 1327 acres of permit area of which 28.6 acres are disturbed. The Raton Creek Mine <br />is an underground mine with a small surface facility area containing one sediment pond and associated <br />. drainage control structures. j <br />Raton Creek's railroad loadouts are located in the City of Trinidad railroad yards both north and <br />south of Linden Avenue. The two loadouts mentioned above incorporate three separate leased areas oa'the <br />Santa Fe and Burlington Northern railroads. These loadout lease areas are referred to as Santa Fe No. 1 (SF <br />No.l), Santa Fe No. 2 (SF No. 2), and the Burlington Northern (BN). The total loadout permit area <br />encompasses approximately 6.3 acres of which 6.3 acres are disturbed area. <br />II <br />The mine and loadout facilities suspended operations in May, 1990. During 1991, Energy Fuels <br />Piled a notice of Permanent Cessation of Operations to the DMG. From this time to present, Energy Fuels <br />has procceded with limited reclamation activities in all the mine facility areas. With the exception of the <br />loadouts, current reclamation of the site does not constitute development of stormwater control plans <br />pursuant to the "post-mining phase" criteria. j I <br />i <br />3. Facility Man <br />Two- site-maps are attached to this plan entrtled 'Stormwater Management Plan-Mine Site Map'I,, anf d . <br />'loadout Facilities-Stormwater Management Plan Site Map" and are made part of the SWMP by ttiis ' <br />reference..These maps show the mine and loadout areas, including access roads, surface water features, <br />' drainage boundaries, and all drainage and sediment control structures. ~ ~',",j <br />i. , . <br />I <br />f <br />~i ~~_ <br />, , ~ ~ ~ ~' , <br />t' ~~ ~` ' ~ y ~,~ <br />fI ~ ~` <br />~{~~~y Ylh~'u Y 3 ~ ~_ -0'i f ~I~IryC V~5 } i !. <br />~Y: 3 nt^ ~qt ~t ~f ~~~' Y t ' fi ' '~: ~ ~ ~ l:d~'4 <br />