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III IIIIIIIIIIIII III 999 000 RAG Empire Corporation 29515 Routt County Road # 27 Oak Creek, Colorado 80467 (970)879-3800 January 25, 2002 Ms. Carla Lenkey Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Water Quality Control Division -Permits and Enforcement 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South Denver, CO 80222-1530 FiEDEIVED JAN 3 0 2002 RE: PERMIT CO-0034142: 4th QUARTER 2001 DMR SUBMITTAL Dear Ms. Lenkey: Division o(Minerals and GeoloAY Enclosed please find the above referenced discharge monitoring report for the period October 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001. Outfalls 003, 022, and 024 discharged during this period. Outtall 003 did not discharge during October, and only discharged during the first week of November, and the first week of December. Ouffall 022 discharged only during the weeks of October 15`" and 22ntl, durinsq the first week in November, and during December. Ouffall 024 discharged only during the weeks of October 15`" and 22" ,during the first week in November, and during the first week of December. No permit limitation exceedences occurred during this quarter, however due to a miscommunication between Empire monitoring personnel, no samples were collected for analysis in December. All personnel involved in either the collection or reporting process have re-instructed on maintaining the tracking system, set up to catch missed samples or lab parameters. Field books and lab submittal forms will be checked weekly for adequacy, and the status will be reported to the Environmental Manager. Chronic Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) testing were performed at Outtalls 003, 022, and 024 during the quarter. The tests indicated no toxicity to P. promelas or C. dubia. The "Concentration with Statistically Significant Difference in Lethality" was >100% for both species at each Ouffall. Copies of the CDPS WET Test Report Forms for both species are included in this submittal. Outfalls 004, 007, 009, 011, 012, 013, 014, 015, 016, 017, 018, 019, 020, 021, 023 and 024 along with Site 3001 did not discharge during this period. In order to reduce the amount of paper work, the following certification will be substituted far the actual DMR forms to cover the outtalls, which did not discharge. 1 certify under penalty o/law that I have personally examined and am familiar with the in/ormalion submitted herein; and based on my inquiry of those individuals responsible for obtaining the information, I believe the submitted information is true, accurate, and complete. 1 am aware that there are signi(cant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility o(fine and imprisonment. See 18 U.S.C. § 1001 and 33 U.S.C. § 1319. (Penalties under these statutes may include Vines up to $10,000 and/or maximum imprisonment of between 6 months and 5 years.) ~. Richard Mills, Environmental Manager Date Please contact me at (970) 870-2750 for any further questions or additional information. RAG Empire Corporation Brian A. Watterson, Environmental Geologist enclosures cc: DMG CWPS Permit No. CO-0034142 file