PERMFILE123300

• Permit No: M1997054
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 3/24/1998
• Doc Name: AGILE STONE SYSTEMS PARKDALE PROJECT FN M-97-054
• From: DWR
• To: DMG
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
Roy Romer, Governor
PaBi Shwryder, Executive Direcmr
Dedicated to prooecring and improving the health and emironmen[ o! the peopk o(Cokrado
4300 Cherry Creek Dr. S. Laborabry and Radiation Servim Divcian
Denier, Colorado 802461530 8100 Lowry Bhd.
Phone [phone] Denier CO 80220-6928 ~] r`
Located in Glendale, Colorado (3031692-]090 FiECEIVEC
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March 3, 1998
Division of Minerals 8 GeobgY
Me. Judy Minnick
608 Greydene
Canon City, Colorado 81212
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RE: Response to concerns raised over the proposed Parkdale gravel pit Project
west of Canon City, Colorado
Dear Me. Minnick:
Your letter of February 16, 1998 requesting that an Environmental impact
Study be ordered for the Agile Stone System gravel pit at Parkdale, Colorado has
been referred to me for reeponee. You have indicated that your concern in
requesting that the Water Quality Control Division (WQCD) intervene to halt the
project is the potential damage that the large volume of water proposed for
discharge to the Arkansas River and Tallahassee Creek will create serious impacts
to the two waterways.
In preparing a response to your letter, Z reviewed the propceal submitted
to the Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) for the gravel mining operation and
the gravel mining and processing permit issued by this Division on February 4,
1998; met with a representative from DMG to review the project and the water
quality impacts; consulted with the US EPA to confirm the criteria and process
for ordering an EIS; verified the need for a section 404 dredge and fill permit
from the D.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and contacted the Fremont County Planning
office regarding the County's position on and statue of the proposed project.
I oleo conferred with wQCD hydrologists regarding the potential water quality
impacts of the proposed project.
The DMG application indicated that there will be a discharge of the volume
you indicated to Tallahassee Creek. To ensure protection of the r~[ality of the
water and maintenance of the standards in this segment of the Creek, the
discharge ie covered by a permit, issued by the Water Quality Control Division,
which specifies the limits for total suspended solids (TSS), pH, and oil and
grease, the principal conetituente of concern for gravel mining and processing
operations. This permit, fCOG-500325, was issued to Agile Stone Systems on
February 4, 1998.
The WQCD permit addressee the conetituente in the discharge, ensures that
the permitted amounts will protect the classified uses of the water, and
maintains the standards assigned to the receiving eegment. The classified uses
on this segment of Tallahassee Creek are recreation class I, aquatic life class
I (cold water), water supply and agriculture. The discharge permit limits
included in the permit, which Agile Stone Systems must adhere to, ensure that
these uses will be protected.