PERMFILE116207

• Permit No: M1995036
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 7/13/1995
• Doc Name: STORMWATER DISCHARGE PERMITS
• From: COLO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
• To: DMG
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
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Pam Shwayder, Ailing fzeMive Director
Demoted b pdaGng and improving the health and erninxrment o/dle peoplc of Cs~bndo
4300 (rierrv Geek Dr. S. Laboratory 9uilding
Deriver, Colorado 80222-1530 4210 E. 11th A~cnue
Phone [phone] (kmer, Colorado 80220•)716
[3031 691 4 700
Crystal Gray June 22, 1995
Adams County Parks Department
9755 Henderson Road
Brighton, CO 80601
RE: Stormwater Permit Requirements for Mining Activities
Kalcevic Gulch
M-95-033, Adams County
Dear Sir or Madam:
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Colondo Departmrnt
of Public Health
and Envilnlunrnt
We have received a copy of the reclamation pem3it application notice and/or an inspection report for
the site, from the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (formerly the Mined Land Reclamation
Division). The Water Quality Control Division administers a stoLmwater progtam, designed to
control stormwater runoff from certain categories of industrial activity, including mining. Your
facility falls under ane of these categories. Our records indicate that you have not applied for or
obtained a s[ormwater permit for the above-referenced mining operation.
Backttround
In 1987, the US Congress amended the Clean Water Act to expressly include stormwater discharges
from mining sites (and other industries) as requiring Clean Water Act controls. In 1990, EPA issued
regulations that require specific mining activities to obtain permits in order to discharge stotmwater
from their facilities.
The stormwater regulations apply to active and inactive mines, if runoff contacts overburden, raw
material, intermediate or futished product, or waste products, and leaves the site.
The Water Quality Control Division of the Colorado Department of Pubiic Health and Environment
has direction and authority to administer this program in Colorado. The Division has issued a general
permit for Sand and Gravel Miniu3g and Processing (and other nonmetallic minerals except fuel).
Application Requirement
An application form for the General Permit has been enclosed. Please complete an application for the
site and submit it to our office by August 3, 1995. Note that the application must include notice of
preparation of a Stormwater Management Plan (SWMP), as described in Appendix A of the
application. (The plan itself does not need to be submitted.)