HYDRO31206

• Permit No: C1984067
• IBM Index Class Name: Hydrology
• Doc Date: 6/24/1992
• Doc Name: FINAL PERMIT COLO WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT SYSTEM CO-G-850007 PEERLESS RESOURCES INC
• From: CDOH
• To: L DALE LARSEN
• Permit Index Doc Type: NPDES
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, Gater Quality Control Di•:ision
Renewal Permit Rationale - Page ?. Permit ;Jo.: COG-350000.
ii. ?ermic Changes (continued}
9MP's also ine'_ude treatment requirements, operating procedures, and
practices co control pion[ site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or
~.aaste disposal, or drainage =rom raw material, inceraediace and _inisaed
product storage. ?ollu con otevencion (incorporating •aaste minimi=ac:c^.i
_- an essential part •~= best management practices. The permittee muse
look ac all phases of the ooeracion to ~iecermine what changes couid be
made coat couid result in a lower consumoc'_on and/or disposal~of
pollution-generating macar_ais, as ::ell as minimitina exposure of
pollutants a scormwacer. Such effor's often .esuit is greater orof_= to
the oermitr=_e and '_ess ooI_u con of tae environment.
The mechanism for imoLementacion of stormwacer 3MP requirements •richir.
this permit shall Se the Stormwater Management Plan (Sw'M.°).
The permittee will be required to develop and implement a SUMP plan.
Same activities required under this plan may already be in place.
However, the $4TMP plan will require the permittee to coordinate these
activities with any necessary new activic'_as in an order'_y manner so ='.hat
the result is the reduction or elimination of pollutants reaching state
waters from areas roc limited by effluent limitations. An added benef`_c
may be a reduction of pollution reaching ocher media, such as the air or
hazardous waste disposal sites. In Eact, the permittee is encouraged to
stri•~e for this overall goal. G'here the reduction of water pollution
only results in the increased pollution of ocher media, [here is no n=_c
benefit to the envirronmenc.
'Lhe permittees certified under this permit shall be reeuired to submit a
SWMP co the Dig:ision for review wichir. si:c months from the date the
certification is issued. The rzquiremencs of the plan do not specify the
exact pollution control facilities that the permittee must construct.
Instead, the plan allows for creativity on the permittee's ?art, as long
as the goal is achieved. Each oermitcee will need to determine what
controls are necesaarv ac me specific sic_. Then, the oermitcee wi'_1
teed _o develop a plan for the cimei'; e>:ecucion of t[lesz conr_ois. .~r.ere
construction ~~ r.ecessar'~, The plan snail intrude a schedule de cii_ag
the milestones involved with suc:n conscr•accion. ~s recessar~, elements
of The plan may reouire or:or approval from tae ;i1L2D.
The plan ;hail !r.c lode a statement signed ~ov coo management in which t_'lev
affirm .oat comoi_arce 'alt:: the Dian snail occur. P.lso, it shall orcv_de
or updac=_s ~aher- ~:er_ _~ _ :lance .a ~~oera con root wii~ or .nav ___uLt
in a change in .he euaiit•~ of ooLiucants addressed by cols ?ion, or __
the Dian _~ shown to be _.^.eff=_ct_•;e in acaieving tae specified ,Dais.
The plan, once auemittea, aii_ 'ce incor~oraced Taco The permit and _.~
impiemencacion ',ii1 be consideced a permit r=_quira:nenc. 9ailure to de sc
couid _esuit to ...^.fortemenc action. ~`.:e Dian shall remain _.. effect .as
long as the _`ac i?_ - 's _eguiaced by a ~.'D PS permit. Tile oermitcee ~a i'_1
be axnected -o ._r__f-~ on .. ?ear_7 oasis :hat tae plan _~ bettg
'_moiamencaa as .=_~auirea.