PERMFILE133014

• Permit No: M1997089
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Name: ANASAZI CLUTURE MULTIPLE USE AREA
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
Roy Romer, Governor
Pani Shwayder, Executive Dircaor
Dedica[ed to protecting and improving the health and environment o/the purple of Colorado
4300 Cherry' Creek Dr. S. Laboratory and Radiation Services Division
Denver, Colorado 80246-1530 8100 Lowry 81vd.
Phone [phone] Denver CO 00220-6928
located in Glendale, Colorado [phone]
ht[p://www.cdphe.s[ate.co.us
November 17, 1997
Daren Stone
24600 County Rd. P
Dolores, CO 81323
CERTIFIED NO: z 416 978 573
Re: stormwater Permit Requirements for Industrial Activities
Stone Gravel Pit
Montezuma County
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Colorado Department
of Public Health
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Dear Mr. Stone:
It has come to our attention that you are engaged in an activity which is included under the
stormwater regulations. We have no record that you have applied for or obtained a stormwater
permit for the above-referenced site.
In 1987, the US Congress amended the Clean Water Act to expressly include stormwater discharges
from industrial sites as requiring Clean Water Act controls. In 1990, EPA issued regu]ations that
require specific industrial activities to obtain permits in order to discharge stormwater from their
facilities. Facilities involved in aggregate mining and processing are specifically included.
The Water Quality Control Division of the Colorado Health Department has direction and authority
to administer this program in Colorado. The Division has issued general permits for the regulated
industrial activities. An application form for the General Permit for stormwater Discharges from
Sand and Gravel Mining has been enclosed for your use. Please complete the application and submit
it to our office by December 19, 1997. Note that the application must include certification of
completion of a stormwater Management Plan (SWMP), and that the SWMP must be fully
implemented by the time the permit is issued. I have included a fact sheet describing the stormwater
program.
If you fail to obtain a required stormwater permit and discharge stormwater from this site, you are in
violation of the Clean Water Act and are subject to enforcement action by the Water Quality Control
Division. The Clean Water Act authorizes both civil and criminal penalties for willful non-
compliance.
The same holds true for any discharges of process or mine water from your site. If you have or
intend to have any such discharges, you will need a different application (also available from our
office).