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• 1.0 INTRODUCTION and REGULATORY BACKGROUND 1.1 CDPS (Colorado Discharge Permit System) PERMIT and WPCA (Water Pollution Control Act) REQUIREMENTS CDPS discharge permit number CO-0000248, administered by the Water Quality Control Division of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, requires this Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Plan (SPCC) to address the prevention, control, clean- up, and management of potential material spills. This SPCC Plan includes material located in: (a) production facilities (mill, shops, plants); (b) storage facilities (warehouses and loading docks); (c) tailing distribution and industrial water systems (pipelines, treatment plants, pumphouses); and (d) other facilities (labs, etc.) at the Climax Mine Site. Because this plan also addresses petroleum products, it complies with 40 CFR Part 112, Environmental Protection Agency Regulations issued in 1978 under the Water Pollution Control Act of 1972. Additionally, the requirements of a Materials Containment Plan (MCP) are met by this plan, 1.2 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PLAN REQUIREMENTS Climax Mine is a "Designated Mining Operation" (DMO) according to Rule 6 of the April 1994 amendments to the Colorado Mineral Rules and Regulations under the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act. This SPCC Plan is incorporated into the Environmental Protection Plan which defines how the DMO operator will protect those areas that potentially could be affected or impacted by "designated chemicals, toxic or acid-forming materials or acid mine drainage." All of Climax Mine's "designated chemicals" are addressed in this SPCC Plan. 1.3 SPILL PREVENTION CONTROL and COUNTERMEASURES PLAN (SPCC) REGULATIONS The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently amended the Oil Pollution Prevention regulation promulgated under the authority of the Clean Water Act (CWA). The Final Rule at 40 CFR Part 112 is entitled "Oil Pollution Prevention and Response; Non- Transportation-Related Onshore and Offshore Facilities". According to the July 17, 2002 edition of the Federal Register at 40 CFR Part 112, by February 17, 2003 facilities which store oil in bulk storage containers with an aggregate storage capacity greater than 1320 gallons were required to have an SPCC plan in place and by August 18, 2003 the Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) plan must be implemented. These deadlines were challenged by industry and were extended. According to recent information provided by Region 8 of the U.S. EPA in Denver, the owner of a facility that was in operation on or before August 16, 2002, must amend the existing SPCC Plan as necessary by August 17, 2004, and implement the amended Plan by February 18, 2005. By means of this May 2004 update, Climax Molybdenum Company is amending an existing SPCC Plan to come into compliance with • the new regulatory requirements of 40 CFR Part 112.