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ST!°~TE OF COLOP.ADO <br />Roy Romer, Governor <br />Patti Shwayder, Acting Executive Director <br />Dedicated to protecting and improving the health and environment of the people of Colorado <br />4300 Cherry' Creek Dr. S. Laboratory Building <br />Denver, Colorado 80222-7530 4210 E. 11th Avenue <br />Phone (307) 692-2000 Denver, Colorado 80220-3716 <br />(303) 691-4700 <br />Water Quality Contml Division <br />WQCD-PE-B2 <br />(303) 692-3500 FAX (303) 782-0390 <br />May 29, 1996 <br />Christine E. Johnston <br />Permitting Specialist <br />Mountain Coal Company <br />P.O. Box 591 <br />Somerset, CO 81434 <br />RE: Permit Modification Request <br />Mountain Coal Co. -West Elk Mine <br />CDPS No. CO-0038776 <br />Gunnison County <br />Dear Ms. Johnston: <br />OF'CO~ <br />a <br />Nc~ <br />a <br />era 7f+~ <br />Colorado Department <br />of Public Health <br />and Envimttment <br />'k . RF('FI\I~D <br />MAY 3 0 1996 <br />Division o1 Minerals d u.ology <br />We have received your April 30, 1996, letter in which you request a permit modification. The necessary <br />order of events for a wastewater treatment facility expansion such as this is to first obtain Site Approval from <br />the Division, then amend the CDPS permit accordingly. The permit cannot be amended until the site <br />approval is issued. We understand that you are proceeding now with the preliminaries necessary for <br />submission of [he site approval request and will submit the request soon. <br />On this basis, we must place the permit modification request on hold until the site approval is issued. Once <br />is issued, we will resume processing of the modification request. Pending my receipt of notification of site <br />approval, the drafting of your permit is hereby suspended. In accordance with the Colorado Water Quality <br />Control Act, the amount of days between this letter and receipt of the issued site approval is not included in <br />the 180 day drafting time frame, nor is up to fifteen additional days for our review of the approval. Please <br />be aware that discharge at the higher flow cannot occur until the permit modification has been issued by us. <br />Please note that, contrary to my previous indication, this action will require public notice. <br />Please contact me at (303) 692-3605 if you have any questions about your permit. Please contact Tom <br />Bennett at (303) 692-3574 regarding site approval questions. <br />Sincerely, <br />o <br />Envirorunental Protection Specialist <br />Permits and Enforcement Section <br />xc: Tom Bennett, GW and Standards Section, WQCD <br />Dwain Wasson, Field Support Section, WQCD <br />Coal Section, CO Division of Minerals & Geology <br />Technical Enforcement Program, EPA <br />Gunnison County Environmental Health <br />