PERMFILE126208

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 6/24/2004
• Section_Exhibit Name: Exhibit 07 NPDES Permit
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Mountain Coal and Beaz Coal Water Quality Assessment CO-0038776 and CO-0044377
0038776 and the Bear Coal Company, CDPS Pem-iit No. CO-0044377, and is intended to determine
the assimilative capacities available to the Mountain Coal WWTFs for pollutants found to be of
concern.
Figure A-1 contains a map of the study azea evaluated as part of this WQA.
Figure A-1
Study Area
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State
- County
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- Street
-Expressway
Highway
Connector
Stream
Military Rrea
National Park
Other Park .
City
County
0 1 2 3 4 mi
Scale 7:714291 1 5
~a~era~e--true scale depends on monitor resolution
Source: US Census
TIGER Mapping Service
The Mountain Coal Company, West Elk Mine discharges to the North Fork of the Gunnison River,
Sylvester Gulch, West Sylvester Gulch, the Dry Fork of Minnesota Creek, and Lone Pine Gulch.
This site is one of several coal mines, both active and inactive, in the region. The mining site
discharges via 13 Outfalls. Specifically, Outfalls 005, 008, 009, and 015 contain surface runoff
water only and dischazge to the North Fork of the Gunnison River; Outfall 014 contains surface
runoffwater only and dischazges to Sylvester Gulch; Outfa11018 contains surface ronoffwater only
and discharges to West Sylvester Gulch; Outfalls 004 and 016 contain mine water and surface runoff
water, and discharge to the North Fork of the Gunnison River; Outfa11011 contains mine water and
dischazges to Sylvester Gulch; Outfa11012 contains mine water and dischazges to the Dry Fork of
Minnesota Creek; Outfa11013 contains mine water and dischazges to Lone Pine Gulch; and Outfall
017 contains mine water and dischazges to West Sylvester Gulch. Internal Outfall 007 contains
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