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_~ .~- <br />S 'l~_ Spa <br />3 <br /> <br />i <br />.r <br />~, <br />• <br />COLORADO <br />Richard D. Lamm <br />Governor <br />December 19, 1985 <br />Mr. Henry A. Barba <br />Environmental Specialist <br />Powderhora Coal Company <br />P.O. Box 1430 <br />Palisade, CO 81526 <br />RE: ,Spoils Spring Discharges <br />LPovrderhorn Coal-Cameo Hine <br />CDPS N0: CO-0027146 <br />Mesa County <br />Dear Mr. Barba: <br />OF HEALTH <br />Thomas M. Vernon, M.D. <br />E~eculive Director <br />CERTIFIED MAIL N0: 149 902 266 <br />We have recently received laformation from the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation <br />Division (CMLRD) which may affect your Colorado Discharge Permit System (CDPS) <br />permit. This concerns discharges from spoils springs. CMLRD has identified <br />the following area(s) at your site as being sources of spoils spring water: <br />Southeast end of refuse disposal area, <br />to pond 6 (outfall 011) <br />Any such discharges may be considered ae point sources or contribute to a <br />point source discharge and are therefore subject to CDPS Regulations. Your <br />permit does not currently authorise such discharges. <br />If such diechargee do in fact ezist, you should immediately Trite our division <br />to request a permit amendment. Your request should include the number of <br />spoils spring sources, any treatment provided, volume of eater generated from <br />these sources, results of any analyses of such spoils eater, the date <br />discharges began, receiving eaters sad any other related information. A site <br />sketch should be included, which ahon at a minimum, the location of each <br />discharge, floc path to the sedimmtation pond, if applicable and the <br />receiving water. If spoils eater flows into a sedimentation pond. please <br />elate in your narrative whether the pond is •ised to handle this water in <br />addition to surface rwoff sad whether the CMLRD has approved of routing this <br />eater through the pond. <br />Please note that even if the spoils water floes into s pond which has an <br />authorized discharge point, your permit does not now authorize discharge of <br />this source. The permit was written to address surface runoff diechargee only <br />fros this point. The spoils spring discharge is considered to be a change Sa <br />discharge •ub~ect to Part II.A.1. o! your perait. <br /> <br />III IIIIIIIIIIIII III / <br />~~ <br />F•C <br />~,` ''C <br />f~ %~ d <br />N ~, ~~.. O <br />DEPARTMENT <br />} '.aye ~r.•' 7r <br />*18T6~ <br />4210 EAST 1 1 TH AVENUE DENVER COLORADO 80220 PHONE (303) 320.8333 <br />