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rI ~ • III IIIIIIIII IIII III <br />d . <br />f <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />Roy Romer, Governor <br />Patti Shwayder, Executive Director <br />Dedicated to protecdng and improving the health and environment olthe people of Colorado <br />4300 Cherry Creek Dr. 5. <br />Denver, Colorado 80222-1530 <br />Phone (303) 692-2000 <br />Laboratory Building <br />4210 E. 11th Avenue <br />Denver, Colorado 80220-3716 <br />(303) 691-4700 <br />February 20, 1997 <br />Mr. Kye A. Abraham, President <br />LKA International, Inc. <br />3724 47th Street Ct. NW <br />Gig Harbor, WA 98335 <br />Mr. William D. Collins, General Manager <br />Golden Wonder Mining Company <br />P.O. Box 368 (l80 S. Gunnison, N7) <br />Lake Ciry, CO 81235 <br />r'\~~V <br />~'~Ff~~R <br />'~ ~W~ <br />-~ 2 41997 <br />~~ 61110 81A7V <br />OF ~~lo <br />~~ <br />Nc ~~ <br />+ ~ e <br />~ re 76 <br />Colorado Depuanent <br />of Public Hnlrh <br />and Environment <br />Subject: Water Quality Control Division Determinations Regarding Discharge Permit Applications for the <br />LKA International, [nc. Golden Wonder Mine (CDPS Discharge Permit No. CO-0043877) and the LKA <br />International, Inc. Ute Ule Mine and Mill facilities (CDPS Discharge Permit No. CO-0043915), Hinsdale <br />County. ~~ ~) ~~ ,/ <br />~L( tG r C~~~1 <br />Golden Wonder Mine: CDPS Discharge Permit No. CO-0043877 <br />CDMG Mining Permit Number M-78-091 <br />Ute Ule Mine and Mill: CDPS Discharge Permit No. CO-0043915 <br />CDMG Mining Permit No. M-78-092 <br />Dear Mr. Abraham and Mr. Collins: <br />You had previously submitted a CDPS discharge permit application for each of the above referenced facilities <br />to the Water Quality Control Division (WQCD), Colorado Departrnent of Public Health and Envirorunen[. <br />These two discharge permit applications for the Golden Wander Mine and for the Ute Ule Mine and Mill <br />facilities were received at the Division respectively on September l5, 1994 and October 14, 1994. These two <br />facilities are located respectively approximately 2.5 miles southeast and 3 miles southwest of Lake City in <br />Hinsdale County, Colorado. <br />The Division has reviewed your discharge permit applications and has conferred with persons in the Colorado <br />Division of Minerals and Geology (CDMG). Based upon these assessments, which are summarized in the <br />following paragraphs, the Division has made the following determinations rgazding these two discharge <br />permits. <br />For the LKA International, Inc. Golden Wonder Mine (CDPS Discharge Permit No. CO-0043877), the <br />Division has determined that an individual indusvial discharge permit is applicable for this site. This is based <br />upon the fact that mine water discharges from the mine adit going [o surface waters (Deadman Gulch) have <br />been previously observed and sampled. Thus, the Division is presently drafting a discharge permit for the <br />Golden Wonder Mine, and a copy of this draft will be sent to you in the next few months once it is scheduled <br />for an upcoming public notice period. <br />For the LKA International, Inc. Ute Ule Mine and Mill facility (CDPS Discharge Permit No. CO-0043915), <br />the Division has determined that no individual industrial discharge permit needs to be processed at this time. <br />This is based upon two considerations. First, there have been no discharges of mine water from the mine adit <br />going to surface waters (Ute Creek or Henson Creek); and based upon previously known water levels in the <br />mine, it appears that a discharge from the adit to surface waters is unlikely to occur. <br />