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<br />I <br />Blue Mountain Energy, Inc. WWTP Water Quality Assessment CO-0038024 <br />Figure A-1 <br />Study Area <br />LEGEND <br />-State !!• Strearo <br />- County ~ Military Area <br />® Lake/POnd/Ocean National Park <br />- Street 1~ Otfier Park <br />Expressway ( City <br />Highway --County <br />- Connector o i 2 a 4 mi <br />Scale 1:774291 1 <br />p g <br />km <br />n <br />i <br />~ <br />o <br />entls <br />#averaRe--true scale de o <br />mon <br />tor <br />esoluti <br />n <br />Source US Census <br />TIGER Mapping Service <br />The Blue Mountain Energy, Inc. WWTP dischazges to unnamed tributaries to Red Wash and <br />Scullion Gulch. The Blue Mountain Energy, Inc. facility is a surface and underground coal mining <br />facility that covers several acres. This WQA addresses Blue Mountain Energy, Inc. mine water <br />discharges from five outfalls (numbers 004, 023, 024, 026, and 029) and domestic wastewater <br />dischazge from Outfall 004, which is combined with mine water prior to discharge. Based on <br />WQCD procedure, discharges consisting entirely of surface mnoff aze not evaluated in this <br />assessment. This is because automatic discharges of surface runoff will not occur during periods of <br />critical low flow as surface runoffonlyaccurs during precipitation events, and any manual releases <br />of surface water dischazges from ponds will be required to meet the assimilative capacities set forth <br />in this WQA. <br />According to discussions with the water commissioner who is a representative from the State of <br />Colorado's Division of Water Resources, District VT in Steamboat Springs, Red Wash and Scullion <br />Gulch and their tributaries have a low flow of zero. The Blue Mountain Energy, Inc. W WTP is the <br />Appendix A <br />Page 2 of 15 <br />F <br />